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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Another Sunny Day, Another Picnic
11:42 AM | Posted by
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First things first. Here are some pics from the women's club last night. It had a beach theme so that equaled fun with water balloons. As far as the fellowship and sharing time goes, all reports were positive.
Today was one that started out without much activity. The Centreville group had worship in one of the hotel conference rooms at 10am for about an hour and then went for some souvenir shopping. One must remember that traveling ten time zones is no mean feat. Therefore, it is wise this weekend not to push too hard so that when the number of activities picks up next week, the team won't be exhausted. After lunch at Rostick's KFC the group did a short prayer walk down one street in the downtown area and piled up in Chris Carr's apartment for for a little rest. The big event of the day was the picnic that was put together in order to celebrate July birthdays. Anybody with a birthday in July received a little gift and we all sang happy birthday to them in Russian and English. Whenever we go on a picnic near the river in Ufa, dinner is shashlik. (grilled meat) They have great shashlik at the river.
We had a good number of people to show. One thing was added to this picnic that we did not have at the last one. Eileen organized a water balloon throwing competition. The time of fellowship and meeting new people was great.
Today was one that started out without much activity. The Centreville group had worship in one of the hotel conference rooms at 10am for about an hour and then went for some souvenir shopping. One must remember that traveling ten time zones is no mean feat. Therefore, it is wise this weekend not to push too hard so that when the number of activities picks up next week, the team won't be exhausted. After lunch at Rostick's KFC the group did a short prayer walk down one street in the downtown area and piled up in Chris Carr's apartment for for a little rest. The big event of the day was the picnic that was put together in order to celebrate July birthdays. Anybody with a birthday in July received a little gift and we all sang happy birthday to them in Russian and English. Whenever we go on a picnic near the river in Ufa, dinner is shashlik. (grilled meat) They have great shashlik at the river.
The girls and Brandon enjoying their time at the river.
Since we had gathered together both believers and non-believers, some of the people gave testimonies. A particularly powerful testimony came from one of the men. He had all sorts of problems with drugs and alcohol and he told the story of how Jesus pulled him out of that.
Polina translates and Rustem shares with the group how he found the Lord.
We had a good number of people to show. One thing was added to this picnic that we did not have at the last one. Eileen organized a water balloon throwing competition. The time of fellowship and meeting new people was great.
Tomorrow is Sunday and the group will split in the morning and go to two different churches. Some may go to one church that begins at 4pm. Also, some will go the Bible discussion group that normally meets at my apartment. Pray for the team at the services tomorrow. It is very hard to stay awake in a service where you don't understand what is being said and you are still jet lagged. Pray for the Bible discussion group. Pray that the team gets solid rest tomorrow night so they will have energy to be effective during the week.
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Blake, thank you so much for doing this; it is awesome being able to get daily updates, including pictures of loved ones thousands of miles away. Please tell my husband, Wayne, and my son, Bradley, that I send my love.
Thanks, again, for this labor of love.
Nalda Wallace.
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