News from Komi

HI everyone! Glad to see you here! First and foremost: thank you very much for keeping me in your prayers!
So… I made it to the very North of Russia – the capital of Komi Republik – Syktyvkar! Wow! And how did I even think of coming that far North? You know, I have been praying about a ministry that would give me an opportunity to learn more about Christians in Russia and at the same time to serve Him and get more experience in public speaking. So God gave me this wonderful chance and now I am working as an interpreter and coordinator with Tree of Life ministry, organized by Adam and Kristen Davis from Michigan, USA. We are speaking at very different churches, organizing different events and meeting all the spiritual leaders here in the Republic of Komi. Praise the Lord! God is very faithful in keeping us occupied when he calls us to work in His business!
Right now we have just finished the 2nd Million Leaders conference (www.equiprussia.ru) and are getting everything ready for the next 3rd conference in March. Million Leaders Conference, based on John Maxwell’s curriculum is a good study for Russian Christian leaders. Not only senior pastors and church leaders are invited to participate but also business, educational and government leaders as well as everyone who has a potential and desire to become a good leader. This conference is not just a good leadership tool, it is also a great chance to bring leaders from different Christian churches together to demonstrate the power of the Body of Christ united. This is the main vision of this mission here in Komi Republic.
We also have an opportunity to travel around Komi and meet pastors from little villages and towns. It’s amazing how big the Kingdom of God is already on this Earth! I have never thought that I have that many brothers and sisters here in Russia. God is really showing us all the privileges of being a part of the Kingdom and serving to Him. We meet hospitable and kind sisters and brothers in Christ wherever we go.
Through this mission God has been broadening my spiritual outlook and revealing a lot of new and unknown truths about His Church. I am experiencing many various points of view on worship, service, leadership role of women and etc here in Komi and it gives me an idea of what the Body of Christ is like in the rest of Russia. I believe the Lord is preparing me for future work – I don’t know where and I don’t know in which role but He never does anything without a purpose.
I am thankful for each one of your prayers and they are needed!

this month please pray for:

- unity between Christian churches in Russia


- clear direction concerning Bible college
- my personal spiritual growth
- wisdom with unbelieving relatives and friends


May “the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension… guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 4:7)

Altai expedition - to the ends of the Earth with Agape

Greetings dear friends!
Thanks for coming by to check my blog spot! It been a wonderful month and I have a lot to tell you but first of all about the highlight of september - Altai expedition with Agape medical center. Altai mountains are in Siberia close to Mongolian border. Expeditions like this take place 3 times a year but it's the first time that Agape came to Altai. In the town of Gorno Altaisk there is a wonderful church Novaya zhizn - they hosted us and were very hospitable and offered their homes for us to stay on the way to the village and back. Our destination - Ust-Koksa village was 420 km from Gorno Altaisk and it took us more that 12 hours to get there! However we did not regret for it was a wonderful trip through gorgeous mountains and valleys.
The main goal of this expedition was to show God's love to the people who live "at the end of the earth" and so about 20 volunteer doctors and medical workers from 4 different countries got together to provide medical service along with free medicine to as many patients as possible. Alongside the doctors who did not always have a chance to share about their faith came a team of foreign and local helpers who told about the Good news and handed out Bibles to the people in the lines.
As the coordinator of our trip informed us in the end, we rendered medical service and distributed medications to about 800 people in different remote villages of Altai. I worked with Dr. Wilhelmina from Holland and we saw 15-25 patients a day. I enjoyed working with her and learnt so much from her that in the end of the trip I felt like a doctor myself!
I am so gratefull to the Lord for all the people from Agape medical center who organize such expeditions and I surely hope this was not the last expedition to Altai.

Praise the Lord for:

- all the organizers of Altai medical expedition
- freedom to share the good news in Altai
- His faithfulness in givin me this opportunity to serve Him and His people

Please pray for:

- the seed we have hopefully sown there
- upcoming outreach from the church of Gorno Altaisk to the village of Ust-Koksa
- all the local doctors we met who were very helpfull and devoted to their job
- our patient Nadezhda and her daughter who suffers from schizophrenia

'And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?"
1Peter3:13

Hi dear all!
Thanks for wondering how I am. I have been pretty busy since I left CCBCE in the end of June. I spent 2 days in Kiev with hospitable Oksana's family on the way to Moscow. In Moscow I only had less than a week to pack up my things and move them to one part of Moscow giving them away or throwing them away in the process. It is so easy to get rid of things! especially if you can bless someone with it!
The Lord showed His absolute care for me during those days in Moscow: I had a place to stay and someone even picked me up at the railway station with my 2 heavy suitcases.After visitng my favourite church (CC Sokol see the link> http://ccsokol.blogspot.com)
I had to leave for Karelia to do a children's day camp, which has been taking place there every summer for the past 6 years ( I joined them only last year) It's a great opportunity to minister to about 400 kids every summer. A helper from the States and I were leading 8 year olds. It was one of the biggest teams - about 40 kids but God blessed us with another 2 helpers and gave strength to my voice for I had to speak in a vE-Ery loud voice at times.
Now I am back in my hometown Novosibirsk ( in Siberia) where I was not born but grew up. I am enjoyng fellowship with my relatives and my mom's food:) I am also taking part in a children's day camp that OM missionary team is doing in Novosibirsk and I am so greatful to God for giving me this temporary ministry.

When I was leaving Bible College a month ago I was nervous. I had no idea where I was going and what was ahead of me. I still don't know for sure where God wants me to serve and what his plans are but I know the plans He has for me are for good and not for evil (Jeremiah 29:11).
So may the Lord fill you with the same confidence in Him and His good plans for you!

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Last Days of School

My second semester in CCBCE is over and although it was not an easy time for me and many of my fellow student the Lord gave us grace to finish it well.
There were about 20 student graduating and also 8 interns. We had a very nice graduation ceremony and dinner.
When all good byes were said and all the cleaning of our huge campus was over I was blessed with an invitation to spend a week at my Hungarian sister’s house in a town called Gyula near Romanian border. It took us 4 hours to drive there! Kriszta’s family was very hospitable and I felt just like home! They made a lot of Hungarian food for me, and I had a chance to cook Russian food for them and they liked it very much and even asked for the recipes. Kriszta’s mom is saved but is a baby Christian and her dad does not want to take Christianity seriously. I hope the Lord used that time to sow good seeds in this family.
Now I am back to college to serve here for a month. The Lord showed me that I should stay here for a month and reflect on what I have learned this semester. There is a program called ”Summer of Service” and some more people from different countries are coming this month. So far we only have about 10 students and 10 interns. We work about 6 hours a day but sometimes it is very tiring for most of us are not used to physical workJ ( in general our generation is pretty weak unfortunately) but it is a lot of fun too.

Please pray for extra strength and energy for the season of conferences is ahead( and it means more work) and also for God’s guidance for this summer and my future. His provision this summer as I go to Moscow and then later to Novosibirsk. Please pray for the camp we are doing in Karelia (republic in RF) in July, it is more like a VBS and many kids come, pray for their hearts to be ready for the Good News.

I am planning on going to Russia on June, 28. I do not know if I should stop in Ukraine ( I know it is my desire but I dnot't have time or mney for it) or just go directly to Moscow. I miss you all and hope to see some of you soon!

"Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will" Eph 1:3-5