Day ten, sixty remaining. Today we received the word that almost $ 2,400 was given for our special offering this past Sunday night. That's so close to the entire total I will need for the trip. Praise Jehovah-Jireh! I am very thankful for our church's generosity and second step (after the elders' support) for the trip to Vlad. The trip has all the basics of planning, fund-raising, travel arrangements, etc. One brother in Christ from LA has send me a load of Russian language-learning lessons in mp3 format. I've got to get to work! All is set date-wise with a 10/6 departure and 11/3 return from NY to Moscow to Vlad. I must confess that I lacked a basic geographical sense of Moscow's location in far western Russia with Vladivostok's place at the extreme southeastern corner. Though Russia is regarded as a country on the continent of Europe, it is fair to call Vlad in the Eurasian area where China and North Korea are so close.
Next step is visa application, purchase of airline tickets, and constant language learning. Have you ever looked at the Cyrillic alphabet? Not that much different from Greek and English combined with a twist! One happy development is the use of S.M. Houghton's Sketches from Church History. Steve has encouraged me to buy it - I also understand he is shipping several copies of it (in Russian no less!) on ahead to Vlad. Looks like a tremendously informative and inspirational read. Can't wait to get my copy in the mail...
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