Our 6th team for the summer has arrived safely! Each one of the 8 students is very excited to be finally in St Petersburg, Russia, after 8 months of planning and waiting for this day! 🙂 They are resting at their apartment and will start the 3 day training tomorrow morning!
It’s that time, the time when we have to say goodbye. However before we say goodbye we would like to give you one last update of our amazing experience here in Russia. Last time we left you hanging with such anticipation for our sauna adventure! As we approached the sauna we weren’t exactly sure what to expect.
Today was the last day of our 2 week camp at the TB Children Center.
For friends and family who are worried about our location: this is a place where kids who have been exposed to TB come to be checked and go through a 3-6 month treatment to make sure that they do not have the disease. No child is contagious.
Yesterday afternoon we were given a chance to visit a baby orphanage where kids from age two to seven stay until they are adopted or transferred to an orphanage for older kids. Continue reading
This past week has been life changing spending time with all these precious children. We have spent hours playing all kinds of games with them, talking one on one with everyone, teaching them about God and just being with them and loving them. They have opened up so much and connected with us in so many ways. We are their role models and they look up to us. They love playing outside no matter what the games are and they are very active. We have taught them games and life lessons but they have taught us more about life than … Continue reading
One week of ministry is now completed. We are tired, but so moved by how God has moved in our work. The kids are great to work with. They do everything we ask them to do and more. It is difficult to get away at the end of the day because they want to tell you bye and give us high five’s multiple times. Continue reading
