Greetings to all wherever you may be, We left Columbia at 6 am on the 31st and where blessed with a prayerful sendoff with David Abstanance, Dale Knight, Bette and Caryl Lynne Plasket. The Lord immediately took over because our flight to Atlanta was oversold; we were rerouted through Dallas; upgraded to First Class from Dallas to LA. Sounds easy? Only because a gate agent understood we were on Mission and wanted to help. However, we went through Dallas, our bags went through Atlanta - we arrived in LA with only 1 hour to make our connection to Seoul, Korea. We made our flight by walking right on and our bags showed up in Seoul. We were in His hands! We spent the night in Seoul (Tuesday) and left again for Khabarovsk at 9:30 am on Wednesday arriving at 2:30 pm. We actually "sailed" through immigration and customs to the amazement of all concerned. We were met by Connie, Janet and Rob (Missionaries), Vadim (Russian Business man) and Tatiana (Russian Business Lady). Checked in to the Zarya hotel and went to dinner with the missionaries. On the way back to the hotel we stopped at a food market to stock up on goodies and water. Then we all went to bed to be prepared for Thursday, the first day of our Pastors Retreat. Anyone who has ever been on a Mission trip knows that "flexibility" is a necessity! Well, we had prepared for a group of 25 Baptist Pastors and ended up with a group of both Pastors and Russian Businessmen. Other than the fact that all of our presentations were geared to Pastors and, we had to "adjust" on the spot, all went well because, He had made these arrangements and would not permit us to be put-out. In our first attached photo you will see Tommy giving his presentation. Our interpreter, Vladimir, a Russian Pastor, actually did very well with Tommy's Deep South talk. 
In the second photo you will see a group of Pastors and businessmen trying to turn a sheet over without stepping on the floor. They did great and really enjoyed the exercise. It was a very long day for us but, we all felt blessed by the experience. 
After driving back to the City (oh, I almost forgot to say that the Retreat is being held at the Khabarovsk Bible School on the outskirts of Khabarovsk), we went to the new, and first, fast food establishment in Khabarovsk, The Golden Chicken! Then back to our hotel by 9 pm to either crash or prepare for our needed adjustments for Friday. At 10 pm my phone rang and it was Tanya, one of the students I had met in October. We made arrangements for her to take all of us on a tour on Saturday. She also asked for more information about Jesus and wants to go to church with us on Sunday - PTL! Battery is low so I need to close. Please continue to pray for us. P.S. If y'all get this then I have bridged this gap! | Next | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Previous | Picture Carousel | |
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