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Chris and Eileen as they arrive
safely in Russia.
Dear
Friends
We made it here to our apartment in Ufa about 2 pm Ufa time (3 am Central time
in USA) yesterday afternoon (Oct 21st). All of our luggage arrived safely
(always a miracle when nothing is missing!) and our friends met us at the
airport and helped load the luggage/kids & then carried all of the luggage up
5 flights of stairs in our apartment building. The kids' nanny (Alphia) also
had done an excellent job getting the apartment ready and also had bought
groceries for our first few meals.
So our transition was rather easy, except
for not sleeping well the past few days in Moscow because of the difference in
time (9 hours, now it's a difference of 11 hours here in Ufa). Eileen and I
are very tired and probably will be for several days until we and the kids
sleep better at night. So ask folks to pray for us all to deal with the
physical discomfort in a godly manner and to have clarity in our thoughts and
speech as we take care of very important initial arrangements such as
registration.
Our housekeeper (Ola)will be starting to
work with us again on Wednesday and we hope to be fully involved in ministry
again within a week or two.
The children all did quite well during the long plane ride from
Tulsa-Chicago-London-Moscow-Ufa. We definitely felt the power of God released
because of folks' prayers back in the states.
We hope to get back in the habit of sending out email updates twice a
month so that folks know how to be more focused in their prayers on
behalf of God's work thru us in Bashkortostan.
Thank you for your
friendship and prayers.
Chris and family
Rev 7:9-10
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