HEADED TO ADYGEA AND MONASTIRSHINA OPENING

THE WEATHER IN ESTONIA HAS BEEN PERFECT. WARM IN THE DAYTIME (NOT HOT) AND COOL AT NIGHT. YESTERDAY, AFTER WE RETURNED FROM THE AIRPORT, (HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH OUR TICKETS TO KRASNADAR - BUT GOT THEM STRAIGHTENED OUT) WE WENT DOWN TO THE BEACH. ANATOLY AND HIS KIDS SWAM AND I WALKED A LONG WAY DOWN THE SHORE. THE BALTIC SEA IS COLD, EVEN IN THE SUMMER, SO IT WASN'T REALLY INVITING FOR ME TO SWIM. THE ESTONIANS SEEM TO ENJOY IT HOWEVER. IT WAS KINDA GOOD TO HAVE A DAY WITHOUT ANYTHING TO DO MUCH.

IN A LITTLE BIT WE WILL LEAVE FOR ADYGEA. WE ARRIVE THERE ABOUT 6:15. LEONID WILL MEET US AND IT WILL BE ANOTHER 2 HOURS TO MAYKOP.

I HOPE YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE MONASTIRSHINA PROJECT. , I SHARED WITH YOU HOW THE MAYOR, GOT INVOLVED AND PLANNED A BIG OPENING CELEBRATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY CENTER/SHED.< WELL, THROUGH A SERIES OF EVENTS AND CHANGES, THEY ENDED UP SCHEDULING IT ON THE DAY I WAS TAKING MOM AND THE LITTLE GUYS TO THE AIRPORT IN MOSCOW. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE IT WAS ALL FOR THE GOOD. OUR GOAL WAS NOT THE RECOGNITION, BUT THAT VALENTINA WOULD GET THE CREDIT AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FACILITATE MAXIM AND THE GOSPEL WITH THE CHILDREN THERE. IT WORKED OUT WONDERFULLY. THERE WERE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE PRESENT AND MANY MORE INVOLVED IN SOME MANNER. GROUPS FROM AROUND THE SMOLENSK OBLAST CAME AND THE PARTY LASTED A GOOD BIT OF THE DAY. < JEB GOT TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT SOME (HE SO LOVES THAT), AND COULD HAVE GIVEN A SPEECH, BUT WE LET COLYA DO MOST OF THAT. THE MAYOR DID MOST OF THE TALKING, AND I'M HOPING ALSO GOT SOME POLITICAL MILEAGE OUT OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO. ALL IN ALL, A GREAT DAY.

NOW, OUR PRAYER IS TO BUILD ON THE MOMENTUM. MAXIM WILL BE MEETING WITH THE KIDS NOW TWICE A MONTH TO BEGIN WITH AND WE HAVE PLANS TO BEGIN A SATURDAY - SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH THEM. WANT TO MAKE PLANS FOR ANOTHER PROJECT MAYBE FOR NEXT YEAR (POSSIBLY A BATHROOM FOR THE CENTER - THEY USE A NEIGHBORS BATHROOM AT PRESENT. WE WILL PRAY AND SEE.) OUR MAJOR PRAYER IS TO SEE THE KINGDOM COME TO MONASTIRSHINA AN A GREAT WAY AND MANY CHILDREN COME TO CHRIST AS A RESULT. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS ON THEIR BEHALF. SPEAKING OF PRAYER......

WE WANT TO LIVE LIVES OF PRAYER, NOT JUST HAVE TIMES OF PRAYER.

TALK TO YOU FROM ADYGEA TOMORROW.

LOVE YA'LL. YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.