Inna and met when she decided to expand her horizons by taking coaching training with me in 2009. Not only did she take well to the training, but she showed a hunger for everything I offered that was discipleship-oriented, especially as it related to counseling. She later told me that before she started taking our…
I’ll just share with you what I wrote to one of the members of the team from the International House of Prayer who came to lead several days’ worth of training for our core group in June while we were in the US. Amanda, Let me give you a testimony. We got back on the 22nd.…
We got introduced to a new pastor while in the US who was gracious enough to be willing to introduce us to the congregation on Sunday for prayer. My task: summarize for him our work as briefly as possible. It made me work, and here is the result: We are here to foster a prayerful…
If you’ve been aware of our ministry in Russia for any time, you know that orphans, both literal and spiritual are a constant theme I return to for understanding what God is doing and wants me to do as a spiritual father for so many. It’s a topics that seems deeper and more powerful the…
I had the honor of preaching at a Russian church in Virginia recently, but I really struggled with what to speak on. What burdened my heart was what I was learning about how Russian churches in the US do not support missions in Russia, except for one-off offerings when speakers come through town. I came…
Nastya had two weeks off from work, so my task was to fill it, and full it did get. We had two basic goals: Connect with pro-life and post-abortion ministries for relationship; Connect with individuals interested in such ministry in Russia for prayer and financial support. God gave us lots of new relationships, quite enthusiastic…
People of course ask me often about my opinions on Russian politics. I usually sound half-articulate to most who aren’t themselves really into Russia. One thing that strikes me about this latest talk by Gorbachev is the gradual shift in his rhetoric over the years, from being pro-Putin to mild criticism to bold and systemic…
I’d like to share some more details about all the translation work that we have been doing so that you can get an idea of yet another dimension of our work in Russia. It’s not like there is a shortage of translation work going on, but as it pertains to the Christian world of publishing,…
Since life coaching and coaching is no small part of my work here and the vision I have to transform the city, it only makes sense to clarify what it is. I barely understood the concept before I got trained in 2006. The profession is really no older than the 1990’s in fact, so don’t…
Abortion is not an issue I talk often about, but I have addressed it occasionally in my communications and presentations because of the horrible history that Russia and the Soviet Union have in this regard. There was a time in its history that the average woman had 11 or more abortions in her lifetime. At…
orphan dreams 