Saturday, March 21, 2009

Our Field Directors


Philip and I had the wonderful opportunity to meet our field directors! Our field directors, Brian and Cara, are here in the States on Home Ministries. They are getting ready to head back to Russia in a few months. We happened to be in New Jersey the same time they were going to be speaking in a church not far from where we were! It was such an amazing time to meet them face to face! We also got to meet their new daughter, Sophia! The Lord again confirmed to us that Russia is where we need to be! We are so thankful for people like Brian and Cara who are there to encourage us and answer the many questions we have. Besides the fun of hearing more about Russia, it was just great to get to know Brian and Cara a little more personally! We are looking forward to our time in Russia with them! Please be praying for Brian and Cara as they are finishing up raising their support to go back to the field.

Thank You!


We want to extend our thanks to the people of New Dover United Methodist Church from Edison, New Jersey. This past weekend we had the opportunity to share with this congregation about the ministry in Russia! We were able to share with them about how the Lord has led us to be missionaries to this country. Philip and I were a bit nervous as this was our first church to speak to about Russia. The Lord was so good though and we felt his Spirit present with us in the services. The people at New Dover United Methodist Church were so kind and welcoming! We were able to go out to eat with the pastor and meet with some other church members throughout the week to share more of our vision. It was a wonderful and blessed opportunity. We thank you again, New Dover family, for your support and hospitality!

Philip's sister and brother-in-law, who is the youth pastor at New Dover United Methodist Church, and us on Sunday morning.

And Then There Were THREE...


We are so excited to tell you that there will now be THREE people going to Russia! We are expecting our first baby on October 17th! We are thrilled with this blessing! Philip and I will be moving to Indiana to do the rest of our support raising at the end of May. The baby will be born here in the States in October. We don't anticipate any slow downs as far as our departure for Russia goes. We know this little baby is a blessing from the Lord! We are 10 weeks along! We wanted you to know, so that you can be praying for us during this time!