Today 20 kids from Solotcha got to come to the Ministry Center! Right when they got their, we loaded up and took them bowling! This is a bit of a tradition for them.... each year we take all of the older kids on a bowling and pizza trip. It was SO good to see some of our favorite kids!! Valdemar was there and he must have grown a FOOT since the last time I saw him in December. Also, Sergei was there... and I didn’t even recognize him... last time I saw him he was average height, kind of lanky and looked like 14... now he’s 16 and looks so old. The cool thing is that he was still super involved, and even gave Keith his phone number so that he could contact him the next time we are in Ryazan. It was great to see the kids from Solotcha today. Again, we just keep saying that there is not enough time. My heart longs to go to the orphanage, but I know God is sovereign, and we are bringing Him glory through sharing His word with these graduates. After the Solotcha kids left, we took the graduates to the Coffee Bean for dinner and coffee!! It was an amazing sight to see the graduates laughing and our team members smiling and talking for hours. God is good.
There is still so much more to be done. Tomorrow is our last full day here. It’s hard to believe. We are going to a camp to visit some small children (yay!!) that our friend Viktor works with at the Rybnaya orphanage. We are so excited to see these little ones! Pray for our time with them and pray for the rest of the time we have here with the graduates, staff, and friends.
There have been many great conversations with grads, kids and friends alike about the God we serve, and the one who paid our debt... please pray for each seed that has been planted, and for more opportunities to share and cultivate relationships!
I can’t believe our trip has almost come to an end....
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