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June 9-16, 2004 -- Eight members
of a volunteer team came to Ufa
Through their efforts, we believe they helped open the door to share the Gospel in additional future venues. Through their efforts, we believe the Lord is going to start at least two new evangelistic Bible studies in the areas where they prayer walked. (The Westside team along with Josie, Eileen, and translator Irina) |
Mark Bordeaux, pastor of Westside preaching at Good News Baptist Church with Irina assisting with translation. |
Lauren Bordeaux (center) and Rachel Wilson (to right of Lauren) sharing their testimonies and distributing Bibles to kids & teens at the orphanage. |
Pastor Mark with several of the children at the orphanage who warmed up to him real quick. Sharing the Gospel after an impromptu pickup game of basketball, handing out Bibles, and touching the lives of the children living there were all a part of his day. |
Many of the children at the orphanage who received new shoes through the ministry of the Westside Team. |
Team members along with the orphanage director (3rd from left) and Mark Ignatichev (5th from left, director of the charitable Ufa Children's Fund) at a lunch provided for the team. |
The team at a fellowship picnic involving members from multiple churches. We had a cookout, volleyball, lots of soccer, singing, praying, and cold weather! |
Westside team members along with Team Ufa and local believers before splitting up into 3 smaller teams to prayer walk the Sipailovo District of Ufa |
Eileen and two of the Westside team members (Jessica and June) visiting with a woman whom they met in the Nizhegorodka district in Ufa during prayer walking. The woman (Fuchsia) invited the team into her house for tea. |
Larry and other members of the prayer walking team with Fuchsia who graciously accepted their gifts of scripture portions and tracts. |
Two of the prayer walking participants sharing the Gospel with a young girl as they give her a Gospel tract in Russian and talk with her. |
While here, they worked in ministry with
us. ... They
prayer walked and distributed Bibles and evangelistic
literature in two different districts of Ufa where there isn't a single
evangelical church.
They were involved in evangelistic visitation in the homes of prospects for Grace Baptist Church and Ufa Bible Church.
They
shared their testimonies and preached in 4 different church fellowships
while in Ufa. They fellowshipped with believers from several churches
during a cookout/picnic. They spent an entire day ministering in a local
orphanage where they donated new shoes, sports equipment, and shared the
Good News with 45 orphans and orphanage workers. They visited and shared
the Gospel with prison officials, former prisoners, and former drug
addicts.