We’ve finished our third day at the transit center. For those of you who don’t know, the kids at the transit center are usually social orphans; they may have an actual guardian, probably not a parent, but the guardian cannot take care of them so they end up at this center. Many of them come from abusive backgrounds and have never experienced a healthy family situation; however, the kids are continuing to warm up to us as we invest in them.
The city is beautiful and some of us are ready to move here. We have been learning a lot about Russia, it’s history and people with Tanya and Misha these past few days. We’ve successfully navigated our way through the city to find markets and cathedrals, as assigned in our training; exploring the city is always fun. 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
After a very long flight of over 34 hours, the second team from California Baptist University has arrived! Everyone was tired, but very excited to be finally in Russia! The team has been training and exploring the beautiful city of St Petersburg! Today they went out in pairs for an assignment which is part of the 3 day training SunErgos provides.
Priviet from across the globe! Today is the second day at the Children Center and our spirits are high and our smiles are big. So far we have had two sessions with the kids. We work with the kids (ages 3-17) from 10am-1pm followed by a break and then back again from4pm-6pm. We start each session with a skit followed by a lesson, a craft and then games, games, games!
