EE Mission Day 9 - Fellowship with new friends

Back at the end of the summer, two families were here for adoption in the current region we are staying. During that time, I made contact with one of the families, and they were adopting from the same orphanage Gayle is located. These families were here several weeks and met some amazing people. This information was passed along to us, and we were blessed to meet and worship with these same brothers and sisters in Christ. In addition, we are also in the same region as the Eubanks (another Recee's Rainbow family). They joined us as well.

We attended worship at Calvary Chapel.  The pastor preached the sermon in Russian, and his wife translated it to English. It was refreshing and convicting.  One nice part of this chruch is that they preach from the Bible expositionally; book by book, verse by verse.

Also, a gentleman got up and talked about his recent experience of attending a new bible school. He talked about certain events and decisions that led him to the school, and also talked about some of the sacrifices/hardships. Much of what he was saying could be applied to any situation God calls us to. He mentioned that when God puts something on our heart we must respond by taking the next step. You can't just simply ignore it. God put adoption on our hearts, and gave us the courage to take that next step. We are now living that next step, Praise God!

After the service and time of fellowship, we decided to go out for a late lunch with one of the couples and a sweet young man that was in their care. Three of us walked and took the metro, and the remaining four went by car. I was excited to ride the metro, because this will save us a lot of money with our visits to the orphanage ($40 per day for driver vs. $1 per day for metro). We were so thankful for their time, and we enjoyed a meal at a local Mexican restaurant.

Pastor and other church leaders praying before the service