Russia

Steve and I have been here in Perm for a week now, and are pretty much over our jetlag. We have around 40 people coming to the teaching every night, though not the same people every night. It's an experiment in finding practical ways to help train their people in a rapidly growing church.
I was in a town called Kudymkar on Monday and Tuesday of this week, teaching on the Cross. The church there is less than a year old, but we had 15 people each of the two nights, and I taught for about 3 hours a night. The town is about 120 miles away, a 3 hour drive.
I visited their rehabilitation center, the third one I have visited on this trip. The churches start with the rehab centers, and then develop the church structures.
The weather is pretty gray. There are still patches of snow on the ground. Winter wheat is starting to turn green, but that is about the only green thing you see. All this while they are having beautiful spring weather at home!
Bruce Watson came yesterday, and will stay here in Perm while I go to Ekaterinburg.

Ingrid and Peder

We brought our old car to North Carolina for Peder and Melissa to have. This was Ingrid's farewell to her faithful friend (the Volvo!). We had it for 10 years.