News from Alex and Magen!

It is now our second week in Russia, and we arrived safely to Novgorod.  Our week has started and will end with a VBS camp for the children and teens here at the children’s center.  Yesterday was our first day and it was so much more than we expected (in a good way).  We arrived to a classroom of children who were shaking in their seats with excitement to come and meet us.  When their teaching session was over we were greeted with Russian songs and cheers.

As VBS began the children and teens only became more and more open with us.  It was amazing the joy and excitement these children had for us.  At times all they wanted was a long hug or a lap to sit on, and all of us were more than happy to give them all the love and attention they wanted.  It was also very heartwarming to see how happy these children were, even though they have so much less than most kids.

As our first day came to an end all of the children had only one concern, that was to make sure that we were coming again.  They can rest assured that we will be coming again; better yet we will be here all week!  Family and friends thank you for all your prayers, the Lord is doing amazing things with us here!

Magen and Alex; volunteers from First Baptist Church of Downy, California