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<\/a><\/p>\nPriviet (Hello) Family and Friends! We are almost halfway through our journey here in Russia and it has been quite the experience! We had our first day of ministry at the transit center on Monday and have found out that flexibility with plans is the key to success here. The look on the team\u2019s face was priceless as the youngest children at the center came into the room and we met them for the first time. We tried (and mostly failed) to pronounce their names correctly, but smiles were abundant as they saw us struggle with the Russian language.<\/p>\n
Yesterday (Wednesday) we got to go on an excursion with the older kids to a museum that had miniature replicas of different regions of Russia. First week of ministry is almost done and God has been doing amazing things through both teams from CBU!\u00a0 Here is an update from the team working in St Petersburg: Priviet (Hello) Family and Friends! We are almost halfway through our journey here in Russia and it has been quite the experience! We had our first day of ministry at the transit center on Monday and have found out that flexibility with plans is the key to success here. The look on the team\u2019s face was priceless as the youngest children at the center came into the room and we \u2026 Continue reading <\/a>A typical day for us looks like this: devotions in the morning, packing our lunch, walking to the transit center, taking the youngest children to the park to play, lunch break, and then the afternoon is spent with the middle school and high school aged teens here at the transit center. We then have dinner and debrief what has happened that day while preparing our lessons for the next day as well as a time of worship and prayer.<\/p>\n<\/a>It was unlike anything we had ever seen! The kids were really enthralled by it and enjoyed getting some fresh air and spending time with us, and the team definitely felt the same way. Tomorrow we plan on taking some of the younger ones to a Winnie the Pooh play and having a \u201cDiscoteca\u201d with the teens in the afternoon.
\nOur team is doing extremely well, but we do have some prayer requests:
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Team unity: that we would continue to work well together to share Truth to these kids
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Emotional health: we are getting very attached to these kids and are having a hard time thinking about leaving them at the end of our time here
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Physical health\/Energy: that we would be disciplined in resting when we have the time and that we would not get sick<\/a>
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Boldness: that we would sense the urgency of our purpose here and take advantage of every opportunity we are given to share God\u2019s Truth
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Focus: that we would not get distracted from the reason we are here
\nWe miss you all so much and are thankful for your prayers! We can\u2019t wait to tell you about all of the amazing things that God is doing here in Russia and the Transit Center specifically.
\nIn Him, Courtney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"