This is our team for mission trip to India and Nepal, Jan 18 - Feb 3: Adjmal, pastor Nikolay, Kristina, pastor Pavel

Production meeting

20 days left... it's so exciting.

God have done a lot of blessings. Pastor Nikolay recived his pasport on Dec, 23ed.
Last Sunday night, when pastor Nikolay and Adjmal came to Zelenograd, we prepared all documents for visa and early Monday morning gave it to Nika who's helping us with visas.

All day Monday we have planning meeting for our mission trip. Pastor Pavel told about dates and where we're going to be. We planned our budget. Spent time to discussed who is in charge of each thing. So, now everyone has a lot of things to prepare for the next meeting which we've planned for Jan,9th in Borovichi.
During this meeting we've seen how God is working. When we're planning and trying to understend what we'll do there, each time God sent opportunity to talk with people, missionaries, pastors from India and Nepal, who gave more detales. God sends everything in time. It's amazing.

We've started to think about Bible stories, craft, music and materials for all this.
Our Janice is in the US now and it's a great chance for us to ask her to bring some stuff from there. It's a big work for her there.

For our mission trip we decided to have special projects where you can donate or help somehow. Here is this list:
· $150 for materials for craft

· $100 for workplace tool
· $50 for gifts for missioneries
· $600 - portable speakers
· $400 - video-projector to use it in Nepal
· $3000 – professional vidio-camara (Praise God that one family already donate $300)
· $90 - for missionaries dream to go with children to the zoo
· $1300 – camera

We talked with pastors and missoineries in Indea and Nepal, with out friend in the USA.

My father and I recived $1990 and we need $1190 more. Please, pray that God can help us with finances side.

Our thanks:

- pastor Nikolay recieved his pasport

- have given all documents on visa

- everyone know what his response

- have all programm

- have talked with all people in Indea and Nepal with who we're going to work

- Kristina passed her exams, except one on Jan, 15

Our needs:

- all preparation for next meeting on Jan, 9th

- for families during our mission

- to get visas

- that we can have opportunity to buy tickets to Nepal

- to have finances to buy camera and speakers

- to get all finance support

- to coordinate all programm

- for safe trip back to Janice because of all stuff she'll bring

We spent time for prayer about this tip and out heart.

Thanks for all your support, prayers and help. God bless you.

31 day left

One month till our mission trip to India and Nepal. Unbeliveble that time runs so quickly.
God is faithful and He's doing a lot of things.

Today I recived official permission for passing exams early then fixed time for session. Praise God. I have one week to pass 2 exams. I need to get ready for all of them. I'm not nervise because I know that with God I can do everything! Please, pray for wisdom to remember everything.

One more blessing that God opened people's hearts and they donated 22000 rub ($715) for the mission trip. It's just a half of the whole sum for the trip. I'm praying that God provides the rest of the sum. He can do this, I know. If God talks to your heart and you want to go with us to this trip too, you can donate finances or pray. In such a way you can be part of this ministry to God.

Our team meeting is going to be on Dec, 28th (whole day). Everyone needs to prepare his part. I should prepare music part - songs which we can learn with children, it's good to fing sound tracks for this songs (if you can help with this, that will be great!!!), songs for services to sing together and solo songs. The second part where I have responsibility is Awana for kids. So, pastor Kurt from NorthSide Baptist Church sent me games with rules in english for the game part. He'll help with booklets for the second part where we are going to study and learn God's Word and we need to make a lot of copies for kids. I don't know what to do on the 3ed part of the programm, except for songs. I think that we can do Bible stories or craft. Everyone should write what he needs and how everyone in group can help in this.

So, a lot of preparation and just a little time. BUT God with us! It's a good news!

Thanks for all your prayers.

keep going

one week has been passed since we had our meeting.

Since that time, I wrote letters to russian and american friends about my mission trip, my thoughts and needs. I'm still resiving answers for this e-mail and a lot of people will pray and some of them want to help with finances.

After Sunday we recived from people $340. Praise God.

On Sunday morning service we had team who are going to India next week to do First Christmas for children at the orphan home. We handed over presents for this children from our church to them. They told about there trip and this children.

We discussed that next meeting we'll have on Dec, 28th.

Please pray for us to get everything ready for it. Pastor Nikolay still doesn't have pasport.

Thanks for your support! We need you!

God is Faithful!

Again and again God blesses us in many different ways.

Today pastor Pavel (my father) had a meeting with one of the pastor from our sister church in Russia. They spent most of the day together. Pastor Pavel shared about mission trip, about ministry, blessings. He hadn't mentioned about needs and money for the mission. But God knows what we need and how to give us this. He prepared surprise for us.
Can you imagine what that church did? they decied to donate $327 for the mission trip to India and Nepal. This church has just 12 members and they leave in a small town but they have strong faith. God is doing great things through them!

Today at the university I saw our schedule for the exams. And I have these 2 exams, which I need to pass, befor our mission trip, so I can pass them with my group and not earlier. God knows everything and everything is under His control!

Thanks for prayers. Please, continue to do this. We need your prayer supporting.

First meeting has finished

Today we had our first meeting together about mission trip to India and Nepal.
It was over 3 hours and finished at 2am. Everyone shared with team how he made this decision to go to India with misson and what have been happened.
We discuss a little what we want to expect or get from this trip. Each of us has there own fears, incomprehensions, problems with something, but we united in trusting all problems to God.
We already have seen God's work in preparation.
I got permission to pass my exams session earlier. People start to donate our trip. My sister Angelina came today to our father and gave envelope where was 22ooo rub ($735). It's amazing and God's works.
We're planning to have next meeting on Dec, 28th.
We want to make a film about India and Nepal and show people the differents, contrasts, real life and destroy a myth about these countries.
We have started preparation. We'll prepare AWANA programm for kids, for teenagers we want to make extreme.

Here is our needs:
- pastor Nikolay need to recieve pasport
- Kristina has exams (earlier session)
- Adjmal should deside all questions with work
- we need a professional video camera to record a film
- we all need to recive visa for this trip
- everyone should prepared testamony in english
- pray about our spiritual preparation
- collect all money for the trip

Preparation...

Several days befor first meeting with all our team. A lot of documents, materials to read. We need to learn some useful language (they have funny language:) sometimes I can't even pronounce it. For the first meeting I need to prepare documents, pictures for visa and question after reading all informalion and be ready to spend time for prayer!

44 days left befor India and Nepal

First step

This year is unusual. I have had a lot of things going on. And God has blessed me in many different special ways. I know what I can be thankful for. I had special opportuninty to do internship in the USA during all summer. I was able to go to the National Worship Leaders Conference. I learned a lot from this trips. I could help and serve God at church, in Awana Club, in music ministry. I was a part of the great events.
And at the end of this year God calls me to go and try what mission is. It's a very serious decision which I made.

One evening my father came and share with me about mission trip to India and Nepal and that he want me to go with him. I didn't think about it at all but after this I start to pray and think "do I need to go or not?" "What is God's will?" And after week we talked about this and start to think what God has already done. First af all, he gave this opportunity and my father's wish to take me. Second is that I need to have an internship in a company during all Decamber but I don't. So I have time for rest and preparation. God already provides that some exams I don't need to pass, they already put me excellenе mark. Praise God.

I don't have money, I don't know their culture, I have never been in mission trip, I have exams session at this period, I have ministry at church BUT I made decision to go and do mission. I trust in God that He has special plan for me and my life.

We already bought tickets for this trip (Jan,18-Feb,4)

I want you to pray for our team, that we can decied all questions which preparation, school, work, ministry and many more. And aspecialy for our spiritual preparation.

I'll try to write inform you about preparation and our trip every week or may be more often