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Hello all! We have finished a full week of our time in Russia and have already been blessed by all the opportunities we have had. Every morning we take time to prepare and pray for the day ahead through personal and team devotionals. Monday began our first day of our time with the children at the local transit center. As our team entered the center, we were blessed to see the wonderful facilities we would be working in for the rest of the week. The walls were painted with bright colors and the classrooms were full of supplies and art … Continue reading →

Greetings from Novgorod We are having a blast here in this beautiful town; it is Thursday night at 11:30. We had a fun filled day; we got up and did our usual routine of breakfast, worship, and devotions. After that, we split into our two different groups and made a plan for the day. We were blessed with sunny weather, and got to meet some of the orphans at a sidewalk chalk competition at an IRS office here in town. As we walked up, the group of young orphans ran up to us with open arms and bright smiles. After … Continue reading →

We just finished Day 2 with the kids at the orphanage. We are all absolutely loving our interaction with the kids. Today not only did we get to go back to the orphanage that we were at yesterday we also got to go and hang out at a sister orphanage not far from where we are currently serving. This orphanage had kids ranging from ages 4-9. We mostly hung out and played a ton of games with them. We got to go to the playground in the back of their orphanage for about an hour and run around and have … Continue reading →

Team B – St Petersburg Hey Mom, Dad, Jared, and all who have been supporting me! It has been so, so amazing here, and I can’t even begin to describe all that has happened so far. But I will say that my heart has definitely been broken for the orphans we’re working with, and I’m not going to want to leave! Thanks for all your prayers; please keep praying! – Joelle Hi Mom and Lexie, I miss you so much. I have no idea where to begin to describe what is going on here, there is just so much good … Continue reading →

Hello from team Russia B. We have been having fun learning about the language and history of Russia. We have had the opportunity to ride the Metro, eat the local foods, and go on a few cultural excursions. Our fieldworker has been wonderful as she has been helping us acclimate. We are staying in a beautiful building with comfortable beds and warm showers! Continue to pray for our team as we are preparing to serve the orphans here. Dasvidaniya!   ~Rebecca ——– [Pree-v-yet] from Russia!  We’ve been here for 2 days now and MAN do we have some stories for you! … Continue reading →