Dear friends, we will be updating our blog once a month until we are in Russia again and then I will try to post more often. Our special call has begun. We have been called to serve as Mission President of the Russia Samara Mission. We will begin serving on July 1, 2010. We came home in December 2009 and spent the holidays with our family. This was a treat that we continue to enjoy. It was hard at first because we felt like we still needed to be in Russia. It was an adjustment. It has been such a blessing to be with family again and to be with Julie's MOM. Our training has begun!! We are busy listening to training cd's and watching training dvd's and are learning tons. We feel very blessed as we train for a most humbling calling. Often-times we have tears flow as we realize the importance of our calling. We feel humbled, inadequate, excited, concern, happy and willing to serve......and very blessed to be able to do this. We have begun language training again at the Provo MTC and the Lord is helping us so very much. We are so thankful for this help, because we really could not do this without Him.
We are thrilled to be going back to Russia. We met some very good friends that we will cherish forever. We pray for all our Saints in Russia and all our awesome missionaries. The Lord's work is just pioneering in Russia, but there are strengths we see in the Russian people that the Lord needs to help bring the gospel of Christ to ALL HIS CHILDREN. We look forward to making even more friendships. Please, everyone, pray for the leaders of the nations in the world that the gospel may fill the earth. Pray for our missionaries worldwide - they have a tremendous responsibility and need our prayers. May you all enjoy life each day sharing smiles and laughs and LOVE.
