A recent visit to the Russian mission field made us appreciate the Apostle’s word of encouragement in 1 Corinthians 15…Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.  God’s kingdom is coming and our work is bearing [...]

The first snowflakes of the winter fell on September 17, 2008. Thankfully, they didn’t stick, and we had a lovely fall through the month of October. On Saturday, March 28th, 2009, we hit another seasonal milestone, the first night when temperatures do not fall below freezing. Luke and I call it “The Big Melt”.
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“Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!” On Easter Sunday people all across Russia will greet each other in this way, but it won’t be the 12th of April, it will be the 19th. Here in Russia Easter usually falls on a different Sunday than in the United States.
Russians like to color Easter eggs. [...]

Last Tuesday Luke and I were eating lunch after his morning class when the doorbell rang. It was one of our neighbors. He said, very nonchalantly, “Your car is burning. Maybe it makes sense to put it out?” My jaw dropped to the floor in shock, both to the news and the way he delivered [...]

Quite often when Luke and I would talk on the phone while I was in Nebraska during January it seemed that the weather in Siberia and Nebraska were pretty comparable. Not any more. February was a COLD month! Last week Thursday and Friday when we woke up it was – 39C (-38F). If it’s colder [...]