The month of December has been a fun one!  We participated in various events around the city to celebrate Christmas.  On Friday the 17th, at Womens Club, we celebrated Christmas with around thirty ladies in attendance.  We were blessed to have two American students visiting with us for the week, so we were happy when they agreed to take part.  One of the girls even played Mary as we told the story of the birth of Jesus. 














We ate by candlelight, sang songs in Russian and in English, three girls took turns reading the Christmas story from Luke, and Eileen shared with us the true meaning of Christmas and about the gift of salvation that Jesus brought to us. 



















Each girl received an angel Christmas ornament as she left.





We were excited to see many local believers there as well as some new girls we had never met before.  Please pray for these girls during the holidays.  Pray that God will open their hearts and reveal truth to them as many of them will be on vacation for the next couple of weeks and will have some extra time to reflect on this season.