from Russia with love...

July 6-8

We are safe in Russia after two very long train rides! Camp Wesley and Wesley Days were so amazing and we are quite sad to have left everyone there!! I can’t even begin to describe how much the Lord was moving there and with everyone at camp. The kids and the leaders were just such a blessing to me and the relationships that were formed are priceless. Being able to share with a few people who didn’t believe or never went to church and just Wesley Days was such a wonderful opportunity. The questions the kids had and the answers that Dan and Courtney had for our questions were so needed. We got to talk about a lot of different issues with both youth and older people in Latvia and from Lithuania and I just can’t even begin to describe it.
We can’t believe the first half of our journey is over and we have less than a month before we head back to the states. It’s quite crazy. We took a train on the 6th from Riga to Moscow that was 16 hours and after arriving on the 7th and meeting Kira (the pastor here in Kirov that we will be staying with and working with) and walking around for a bit we took another train from Moscow to Kirov that was 12 hours. We met up with another guy from the States in Moscow, Michael who is friends with Pat Whaley and will be joining us for the time as well. So here we are on the 8th finally in Russia. We will be in Kirov until the 17th then we will head on to Syktyvkar until the 25th when we will return to Moscow for a youth camp and a church dedication on the 2nd. We will travel back to Riga by train on the second and be there for a few days before departing for the States.
Pray for us during the transition and that we will be ready to serve in whatever way we can while we are here!