Interesting acquaintances!

We have had a few people visit this month. Nikolai (in the blue sports coat) with his wife in the corner, and a friend of his, Sasha. They actually sought us out, having gotten our address from a church of Christ they visited in Crimea. I am not sure exactly who they received the address from, but apparently someone we have met. It is possible that a preacher from Donetsk, who knows Igor fairly well. They meet with a nondescript group of 'believers'. we are going to have a discussion with them, as they are currently meeting in a home. hopefully it would be possible to bring them into the group. From what we have learned so far, they are fairly well acquainted with the church of Christ.

Anton Andreivich Tovpinets

That is the name of the new addition.  In Russian culture, the middle name is a derivative of the father's first name (whether boy or girl).  

it's a boy!

Actually, we already new that it was a going to be a boy, but Anne had her baby early Wednesday evening.  They have not named him yet. More to come...

Good news for Zhenya

It appears that Zhenya will get his disability pay at the end of next month. There were a few legalities that we were concerned about that will not seem to be a problem. as a part of his disability his medical treatment and prescriptions will also be free.

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.