The following was written by a pastor with whom I have some association here in Russia. by Andrei Furmanov Daily life in a city for the majority of Russian men and women is very much the same. One gets up at 7- or 8 a.m. depending on his or her company business hours. A simple…

Here are some of the highlights from out conference and training on Theophostic  ministry in May here in Russia: Our public event, meant to introduce the broader Christian community to the ministry of Theophostic prayer, went better than I had expected. Nearly 200 people from all kinds of churches attended. About 6 other cities were…

As I have reported through this school year, wonderful things are happening in our counseling training groups. People are getting set free from major and minor life issues, relationships are being healed, and even diseases are being healed. To say that my students are enthusiastic about what they are experiencing and about the possibility of…

The following is the text of a sermon I recently delivered while on a brief visit to the US. It concerns the orphan spirit that I suggested is not only responsible for the tremendous problem of orphans in Russian, but goes throughout society as a whole. Moreover, I suggested that it is a deep and…

Periodically I need to write in more detail about some of what is happening here in one or more areas of ministry, and that is my task today. My ministry in Russia is multifaceted, and though it all fits together, today I want to tell you more about the way God has allowed us to…

I had a private practice in Christian counseling and (later) life coaching in Virginia from 1997 until we moved to Russia in 2007. Although I had an Masters of Social Work which got my foot in the door to a group practice, from the very beginning I leaned not to my secular training but to…

Here is a letter I wrote to someone I’ve hardly thought about in over 10 years, but God brought him back to mind recently when I was giving Natasha (a young graduate from the Harbor) a testimony of God’s work in my life and marriage. I’ve had to track him down, and I still haven’t…

I have written several times about Nastya, but here is a short summary of our history with her and how she came to work with me in our new ministry: Orphans Reaching Orphans. The Transformation of Nastya The Nastya I met was right after we moved to Russia in 2007. She was already a few…

 I have written several times about our relationship with Yuri, but I thought it would be helpful to summarize our history here in one place for you. Yuri was in the English class I taught at the Harbor (a residential ministry for orphan graduates) when we first moved here in 2007, and he was so…