Partnering Together

They have been out in the freezing cold weather with no complaining.  So far over 2000 Gospel tracts / invitations to a special Russian Christmas service (on Jan. 7) have been given out.  The cool thing about these invitations is that they clearly present the Gospel. No matter how many people come to the Christmas service, still many will read the tract and we've no doubt that God will use it in the lives of some.  Please pray with us that these invitations will fall into the hands of people who are seeking and open.  Pray for the Holy Spirit to work through them to draw people to Christ.  Pray that many will want to attend the special service.  Pray specifically for Alexander, a man who called Genady today to say that he wants to come to the Christmas service. This is the first concrete response we've received.  Praise God for how He is going to work through this effort to bring glory to himself and draw people to himself.  Tomorrow and Wednesday the goal is to hand out 3000 more.  Pray for energy, strength, boldness, and love as we do this. 

 Brad has been spending lots of time with the team and I've been home with the kids, but tonight he stayed with the boys and I was able to attend a party for the elderly Christian women at Good News Church. What a blessing!!!!!  The sweet ladies were so thankful and just loved having fellowship with the Americans.  Margie shared the story of the candy cane and they gave each lady one.  We sang songs together.  Each lady shared prayer requests and team members wrote them down and promised to pray for them. Almost every single lady asked for prayer for salvation for family members.  We shared some food together and also testimonies of how God is working in Russia and in America. It was such a sweet time. At the end the team gave each lady a gift bag with little gifts and fruit. The ladies were so happy and thankful.  Thanks to all who gave financially to make this party possible. I know some from Poplar Springs Baptist Church gave towards this and probably many others.  I'll post some photos so you can see the joy on the faces of these dear ladies.  Enjoy!