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The picture above is what we look like learning the Russian language through Rosetta Stone...The picture below is sometimes how we feel learning the Russian language!!

Philip and I have been so blessed to be able to get a jump start on learning the Russian language! We were given a gift a few months back that enabled us to purchase Rosetta Stone! We have been trying to be faithful in our lessons, but it just isn't the same when someone (a teacher) is standing over you holding you accountable for your work! We have been doing well though and have learned some words in Russian like woman, man, girl, boy, cook, bicycle, hello, goodbye, sandwich, egg, and many more. I have the hardest time saying the word for sandwich! I say it over and over and Rosetta Stone keeps saying that I am saying it incorrectly! The other day I seriously said it about 15 times...my patience was running thin! Anyway, I decided when we get to Russia, I won't be eating any sandwiches for sometime! Seriously, though we are so thankful for this time right now to be learning Russian. As you know we are praying and anticipating to have all our support raised by late next spring so we can leave for language school at the beginning of the summer. We will be attending language school at Columbia International University in Columbia, South Carolina. They have a Russian Language Institute that we will be a part of for 8 weeks. (check out the link to the right) Following language school we will depart for Russia in the late summer.
Praise the Lord because...we are 21% funded as of early this week!!! We are getting closer and praise the Lord for opening doors and working on people's hearts to be a part of this ministry!

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, and baby Adalynn

Request

Philip and I were looking forward to being with Vincennes Avenue Church this morning in Washington, Indiana. We were informed yesterday that Pastor Gilley's husband was in an accident Friday evening while coming home from work. He broke his back and was in surgery yesterday. We are asking that you take time today to pray for Pastor Gilley and her husband during this time. Her husband is in ICU in Evansville right now. Because of this accident we were unable to share with Vincennes Avenue Church this morning, but look forward to rescheduling in the future. Again, please join with us in prayer for this congregation this week. Thank you for your faithfulness to the Lord!

Blessings,

Philip, Kara, and baby Adalynn

We are 18% funded!!! Praise the Lord for 6 new faith promise givers in the last week!!! Thank you for your continual prayers...God is faithful!

A Weekend of Blessings

This past weekend Philip and I drove to Columbus, Ohio to visit with Faith Community Wesleyan Church! We were also excited to connect with this church because my family is from the Columbus area and they were able to come and hear us speak! It was a great weekend to catch up with family and to also have a chance to share with Faith Community congregation about the work in Russia. We were excited to hear that this church has had previous missionaries through who were once ministering in Russia! We knew the Lord was with us as we spoke on Sunday morning, so thank you for your prayers. We are also asking that you take time to prayer with Faith Community Wesleyan as they meet later this month to see if the church can support us financially in this ministry. The Lord is faithful and we are AGAIN continuing to see his provision for what He has called us to do. Praise the Lord!
Thank you, Faith Community Wesleyan, for the wonderful time we had with you on Sunday morning! We appreciate the time of prayer we had with you as well as a new faith promise giver and prayer partner!

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, and baby Adalynn

Answered Prayer

GOD IS GOOD...ALL THE TIME...GOD IS GOOD!

We want to take time to praise the Lord for an answered prayer! As you know we have asked you to be praying for us during this support raising time. We have asked specifically for you to pray that we receive more faith promise givers and churches who would take us on as one of their supporting missionaries. God is good, faithful, and true! He has answered our prayers! Recently, we received a letter from Brooksville Wesleyan church in Brooksville, Florida letting us know that they have decided to take us on as one of their supporting missionaries! We were thrilled at this news and immediently knew that the Lord had a hand in this situation! We are blessed beyond words to see how the Lord is answering our prayers and being faithful to provide for the calling He has placed on our lives. We are encouraged and humbled once again to have the Lord show Himself faithful to us.

Small Group

Philip and I miss our small group from DaySpring Community Church in Mississippi! We would meet with our small group each Sunday evening for dinner and Bible study. It was a wonderful time of growth and fellowship while we were in Mississippi!
We just wanted to tell you all that we appreciate you and are so thankful for your support through your prayers and financial giving during this time! The Lord is using you to bless us and so many others through your heart for the world!

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, and baby Adalynn

Prairie Creek Wesleyan

This past Sunday Philip and I traveled a few miles south of Terre Haute to the town of Prairie Creek where we had the wonderful privilege of speaking at Prairie Creek Wesleyan Church. This church is special to Philip because he had some connections with the church from the past. When Philip and his family would come home from Africa on home ministries they would go to this church because it is where his grandma attended at the time. We have a picture of Philip and his family at this very church with a big welcome sign welcoming them home from Africa.When Philip and his family moved back to the states, Prairie Creek Wesleyan is where they attended for a time before moving to Faith Wesleyan Church.

We enjoyed sharing with this congregation about the work in Russia. We praise the Lord for 3 new prayer partners as well as 1 new faith promise giver. We felt the presence of the Lord with us yesterday morning and want to thank you for lifting us up in prayer. Thank you, Pastor Terry and Prairie Creek congregation for the opportunity to come speak!

Blessings,

Philip, Kara, and baby Adalynn