It's really happening, we leave in the morning.

Russia Trip Prayers

As you have an opportunity to be in prayer during this next week, I would ask that you might include some or all of this list for myself and our team. Blessings and many thanks!

Please pray that:

All team members arrive on time and safely to the airport tomorrow morning.

All items of necessity will be remembered and packed.

All of our checked luggage goes safely through with the Vacation Bible School materials, crafts, games, t-shirts, musical instruments, etc.

Flights will be on time, weather will be good for travel, and that the team will be safe both going and coming home.

All team members will get good rest on the flight from Atlanta to Moscow.

There will be no turbulence on any part of the flight both going and coming home. (For those of us who are not fond of bouncing around in the air!) :o)

Those meeting us in Moscow will have safe travel, arrive on time, and be well rested. (our Russian team members and Jeff Kintner, our associate pastor joining us from 2 weeks in Afghanistan)

We will travel safely from Moscow to Pokrov in the Vladimir Region.

The children at the orphanage will be excited and their hearts and minds would be prepared for our visit.

The children will have a desire to participate in activities with our team, particularly the VBS lessons each day.

Both children and team members will form fast friendships/relationships with one another.

Our team would be respectful in speech and action toward the adult Russian staff who will be working with us and that good relationships would be fostered here as well.

God would work through each of us, according to our gifts, to reach out in love to hurting children.

Each team member would reverently submit to God’s indwelling Holy Spirit that we might each be used during the week as God desires.

God would be always at the center of every thought, word, and action during our week.

Fundraising for Russia

Only two weeks left for fundraising and I still need about $2,400.

I believe that there are others on the team who still need funds as well.

You can send checks t0:

Covenant Presbyterian Church
2801 Parliament Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920

Specify that it is for the Russia Trip.

We have added a trip to a space museum for some of the older kids. That's pretty cool.

I've also thought of a daily even called "An Hour with ___________." I don't know how that will go over, but I thought that if we have a session with a couple of our American travelers, it might encourage kids to come and ask questions and hear about our stories.

More to come. We have 13 people that are excited to go to Pokrov, Russia.