Mom here for two weeks

Actually, my mother has already returned to the states, but our internet wasn't working for about two weeks. She really enjoyed her time here, meeting the Christians, and spending time with Adele and Benjamin. It was in the 80's when she got here at the beginning of September. The day she left it was about 45-50 and rainy. She is planning on coming again when she retires in a few years

Debris Removal

We removed the debris from the wall, loading it into a "state-of-the-art" WWII era trailer. Several people from the neighborhood even came to help!

concert and visitors

the day before our visitors from minsk returned home, the yong people put on a concert.  We had about twenty visitors.  a band from another church's youth group also did a special number at the end.  with the departure of the Minsk Christians, we were expecting a little drop off, but we haven't really noticed that.  We are averaging between 8-12 visitors each week.

New ceiling!

We finished the ceiling at 11:15 Friday night. The accoustics were noticably better Sunday morning!

As Moldova turns...

This is starting top feel like a bad soap opera (which i recognize is a redundant phrase). We were denied our opportunity to open religious visas for katie and the kids. the explanation was that there was already a valid visa in their passports, and since the valid visas were issued in the N.Y. consulate office, Moldova could not invalidate them. I did show her my passport, where she did exactly that only two months ago, but she only replied that it was a mistake that she wouldn't make again.
The result is that we will have to renew the visas once more in three months, and then we will leave for the united states sometime in late January. and try to resolve this issue there.
In other news, we have found out that katie is pregnant. The baby is due sometime in March.

Moldova and other things

Once again we have to make a trip to Moldova. Hopefully we will have nothing 'exciting' to report.
Today we had close to 30 people in church, Galina is in the hospital recovering from her surgery. We also celebrated Benjamin's 5th birthday today.

Galina needs prayer

Galina is having some medical problems.  She is going into surgery this week to fix a perforated intestine.  It's pretty serious.