Today we celebrated Noelle’s 4th birthday, although she doesn’t officially turn 4 until tomorrow. We had a great time Because Christina’s mom and brother were also with us.
CMI VI Annual Conference
December 3-5th we held our annual conference on the shores of the Black Sea about 25 miles North of Odessa.
Thanksgiving Key
Many of you have been praying for some time now concerning the purchase of a new facility for the CMI.
White Stuff
We got the first snow here last night. It wasn’t much but the kids were excited to see white stuff in the yard instead of mud.
Philippi
Our last day in Greece we also had the chance of visiting the ancient city of Philippi. This was one of the major cities in Macedonia during Paul’s time (See Acts 16:11-39)
The place where Paul baptized Lydia,
Athens
This week our mission has its regional conference in Greece. The conference is actually about an hour South of Thessaloniki.
CMI facility update
We know that many have been praying concerning the purchase of a new facility for the Church Ministries Institute here in Odessa.
A Tight Squeeze
Sunday morning I drove out to the village of Sahanskoe to pick up some of the believers there who wanted to come to the zhatva (harvest) celebration in Makarovo.
At Work in Makarovo
During their 5 days in Makarovo the team got a lot of work done,
Sahanskoe
Today I took the team to visit another small church in the village of Sahanskoe, just about 25 minute drive from Makarovo.
Babushka Olga
Babushka Olga lives in the small village of Nickamarovka about an hour and a half outside of Odessa.
Discovery Team
The team from Discovery arrived safely. Two arrived on Sunday amid much flooding. It was so flooded that road to downtown was completely blocked under 3-4 feet of water.