August 18, 2006

Find out more about the  Carr family on the Team page.

July 19, 2006

Dear Prayer partners---our family is still on track to return to Ufa in late August.  However, we have been given 30-day religious work visas instead of for one year.  Time and space do not permit me to go into all the details right now.  Suffice it to say that we will be having a meeting with gov’t officials within the first few days after our arrival, and we will need to have all our ducks in a row.  We don’t want to give away the farm, but we do want to say whatever necessary that would allow us and our team to remain and work openly.  I do believe in my heart that we will be able to get new visas after the 30-day ones expire, but I do not have enough facts to know how much longer of a visa the gov’t would extend to us.

 Please pray with us and for us as we wind down these last 5 weeks in USA, that---

1. I can stay focused on my doctoral work (July 24-28) at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City and do the post-seminar work (2 major research papers) in a timely manner BEFORE our departure on Aug 27;
2. I will be able to make contact by phone with a few key Russian Baptist believers so that we can all be on the same page and of one mind BEFORE our arrival in Ufa and BEFORE the important meeting/negotiations that must take place in order for us to stay long-term;

3. Our family can truly relax during a planned short vacation Aug. 11-12
4. We can spend just a little bit more time with family and friends before our departure on Aug 27
5. For our son Timmy as he goes to an evangelical day camp July 31-Aug 3, that the Lord work in his heart toward salvation and discipleship commitment to Him
6. God would be glorified in this visa situation, and that Satan will be overruled in this spiritual warfare issue, and that our emotions would be held in check by the Holy Spirit.  We do believe that it is God’s will for us to remain in Ufa. We sense great things unfolding in Ufa in coming years.  Stand with us and put on the full armor of God so that we will withstand Satan’s schemes, deceptions, and fiery darts being shot at the body of Christ.

 Regarding the Creative Arts Festival that took place in Ufa earlier this month, we’ve heard that over 200 folks were in attendance at differing times during the three days of activities.  We are awaiting some emails of personal testimonies of changed lives and some digital photos to share with you.

 Blessings!

Chris Carr and family

July 14, 2006

1) Team Ufa asks you to pray for the Carr family and their need for another vehicle to finish out their time stateside; the one they have has to be turned back in on July 20. They need to locate another vehicle before Chris Carr must be at a doctoral seminar on July 23.

2) Team Ufa asks you to pray for the Carr family’s visa situation. They are getting conflicting signals out of Ufa as to how long their visas will be valid and how they will be registered. Pray for them and local Ufa believers to have favor with registration officials so that the work of the Lord will not be hindered.

Team Ufa, Ufa, Russia, just west of the southern Ural Mountains – Chris and Eileen Carr (SCs)