Just a quick update as we are making the final preparations to return to the States for our 5-month furlough. We were able to claim Karalyn’s residency permit on Monday, and will be trying to register the permit Friday morning around 9am (Thursday evening 9pm EST). We would appreciate your prayers as we try to […]

Thanksgiving Day is one of my favorite days of the year — not just because of all of the good food that we get to enjoy, but because it is a day that we specifically set aside for remembering and giving thanks for all that the Lord has done in our lives. While there are […]

In preparation for our upcoming furlough and the new materials we will be printing, we have taken new family photos and updated our prayer card.  For those of you who are updating your missionary files and prayer boards, our new picture and prayer card can be downloaded from the information page of our website at the following […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayer letter with pictures and full graphics, please click HERE   Thank you to all who prayed for us as we traveled up north to the village of Vanavara for a preliminary survey trip as we sought the Lord’s leading concerning the possibility of a future church-plant in that town.  […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayerletter, please click HERE   Summer has now ended and fall has arrived, bringing with it rain and cooler weather, with temperatures already dropping below freezing at night. The Lord blessed our summer VBS outreaches with great attendance in each location and we are excited to see how the […]

We ended our VBS outreaches on a high note in the village of 13 Bartsov, where the Duane Hearron family has been ministering for a number of years. Since it was our first time holding VBS in this village, we had no idea what to expect for numbers, so we were blown away when we […]

Thank you for praying for the week of VBS in Shila. It was probably the best week of VBS we have ever had out there. The weather was hot, and it rained one day; but despite it all, we consistently had close to 20 kids show up each day. By the end of the week, […]

Thank you to all who prayed for our VBS in Atamanovo this past week. It was a huge success as the Lord greatly blessed the week with perfect weather and great attendance. Every day, we had a minimum of 35 kids come and participate in the VBS activities, leaving us with a grand total of […]

The Lord blessed our week of VBS here in the city of Krasnoyarsk. The weather, while hot, was perfect each day and we were able to hold all the games outside as planned. Our numbers were about the same as previous years. We had a total of 31 kids register throughout the week with 7 […]

To download a printable PDF of this prayerletter, please click HERE   While these past months have had their share of challenges and obstacles, we have been reminded over and again of how perfectly the Lord controls every aspect of our lives.   The biggest prayer request that we saw answered over the past few months […]