[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ife on the road is always exciting and challenging. You spend countless hours worrying about whether you packed your deodorant, toothbrush, clothes and all that gear you are taking on the trip; however, the real reason we spend all this time worrying about these things is because of the people we meet along our journey.
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ow many photograph’s do you have in your home? Hanging on your wall? In picture frames spread throughout your rooms? I don’t think I have ever really pondered the question myself until returning to Russia. At work, I have photos pinned to my cubicle walls. We have pictures hanging throughout the buildings. We frame them […]
This man had dropped off his grandson at the summer children’s ministry in Pskov, Russia and then proceeded to grab his paper and folding chair, and settle in for a relaxing scan of the headlines. (Shot in Pskov, Russia – July, 2011 – Canon 5D/2 | 85mm f/4 @ 1/1000 | ISO 100)
Last year, I went with Encouragement International on two missions trips to the Czech Republic and Russia and loved every second of it. If you have never been on a missions trip before, I can tell you that you will meet people and experience God in new and exciting ways. [x_video_embed type=”16:9″][/x_video_embed] Encouragement International is […]
**Author’s Note: This post has been sitting in my drafts folder for the better part of six months as I never quite finished this from my spring missions trip.** When I look back on our time in Saransk, my heart is here. I got to spend a few moments with my sister family – Victor […]
As I reflect on the first day I arrived in Pskov,Russia to do ministry in the courtyard, I was wondering how I would fit everything in to place. Before me lay a vast expanse of dirt and grass flanked by apartment buildings that look like they rose from the ashes of the cold war. The amphitheater had […]