Vanguard: Greetings from each team member!

Lindsey—Hi Mom, Dad & Aaron (and everyone else)!! We are having a great time with the children!! They are so fun and full of love!!  The team has been staying healthy (minus the MANY mosquito bites) J, the crafts and Bible games have been going very well and the kids are so welcoming—all thanks to all of your prayers! Please keep praying for health, safety and most importantly for the 50 children that we will be sharing Christ’s love to! Love you all…see you in a few weeks! Love, EE

Sara – Greetings Everyone. It’s hard to believe it’s been a week already- and I survived w/o a cellphone! Being here has been great, I know that everyone has been keeping us in your prayers and I thank you greatly. We started working with the kids yesterday and it was definitely a very fun experience showing them God’s love and our appreciation and seeing them respond to it. The kids do their best to talk to teach us Russian and keep their patience when it takes us 5 times to get it right. All in all, this trip just keeps getting better and better! Sending all my love , xx-S

Gaby- Hello everyone reading this! Just want to thank you guys for your prayers because it lets us know that you care about us and this mission. Mom and dad if you are reading this I miss you guys very much and hope that you guys aren’t missing me too much, you too Naomi and Brian. Dani if you happen to read this, I miss you very much too, and can’t wait to tell you all about it. Love, Gaby.

Eric – First of all, I have to do a shout out to the Russia team from 2010! So many great memories are coming back being here again… I wish you guys were here too!  We just finished spending 1 ½ days with the kids, and it has already been so much fun!  Thank you so much to everyone who is praying for us, and for me especially.  I found out that on our last day in Novgorod I will be able to visit Olesya, a little girl, who really got attached to me last year.  So I am beyond excited to see her again!  Our team is doing great; we are really bonding and working together to plan all the events for our summer camp, which the kids are really enjoying.  Yesterday (after our first day) one of our translators told us that the kids were saying that they were so happy that we were here because they won’t be bored any more.  Thanks again for all your prayers!  God bless!

Sean- Hello friends and family! I just want to share that the experience here in Novgorod has been amazing so far. God has given us such a great opportunity to reach the children at the center here, and it is because of your prayers and support that we are able to be here. So thank you, and I am looking forward to sharing all of the things that God does here with you all when we get back!

Lauren- Howdy ya’ll! Just wanted to check in and say we are having an incredible time here in Novgorod! Loved seeing St. Pete! The kids are so special and God is so present! Don’t know if I will ever want to leave! We are a little stinky and official mosquito landing pads, but all is well! I miss home and everyone there! Keep praying for us! Love you family! Peace!

Joey G. –Hello! We are having an amazing time here in Russia! There is so much to take in. We are on day two working at the Children Center. It’s been awesome! My team members and I are all very attached to the children already! They are amazing! Please keep us all in your prayers, the kids, the team, and our translators Marina and “Art.” God is doing great things here in Novgorod. I am very excited to see what the rest of our stay will be like. Love you all!