Hello everyone, today Rick and Rebecca Emenaker returned back to California after serving here in Moscow 7 years. Rick was the director of Mission Aviation Fellowship here in Russia.
Rick has been a good friend over the years and I will miss him. I will surely miss the wonderful thanksgiving dinner (with a real turkey) that they have hosted. The Emenaker family lived in South America before coming to Moscow and have been on the mission field since 1992. They will be returning to their home in southern California for the next year. Their home church is Calvary Chapel East Anaheim. Their three children Hannah, Nathaniel and Rachel are already moved back to the US. Please pray for God’s will for the Emenaker family. We will miss them, they have been friends to Russia.
Please pray for our good friend Dima, he has returned home for one month. His home town is in the coutry of Tajikistan. Dima is a Christian and his faith in Jesus Christ is not well received in his town. Please pray for Dima, for the Lord to open up the opportunity for the Good News to be shared to his mother and his relatives. thank you
Here are some recent photos of Geno from the zone. Usually I speak to him once a week but these are the first photos of him that I have seen in a couple of years. He is looking healthy. For those of you who may not know our dear brother Geno, he is in prison in the Arch Angel region in the far north of Russia. Geno is the church leader in his small fellowship there. Geno also is a worship leader, writes songs, and is seriously studying the language of His ancestors, Hebrew. We consider Him our missionary to the Russian Prison zone. Geno is a part of the tremendous work God has done through Spiritual Freedom Russia. Dale was the first known American to be allowed into the Russian solitary confinement of the prison. He then was allowed to speak with Geno and share the gospel with him. Please pray for Geno and his small faithful fellowship. That the blinders would fall off the eyes of so many of his fellow inmates and they would come to the knowledge of Christ. Pray for Geno’s continued health. Thank you.
Greetings from Moscow, hard to believe we are already knocking on the door of July. Summer is always a nice time to have weddings here in Russia. On the first of June, Steve and Julia became man and wife. It was a sweet simple wedding after our morning church service. Julia is an amazing woman and has been a part of our fellowship for about 5 years. Julia rarely misses the opportunity to study the Bible. She and her 3 children Veronica, Dima, and Sveta have been a great blessing to our fellowship. Steve came to Moscow to build a golf course in north Moscow, Steve is a professional turf grower. Steve now is building a golf course on the coast of China, and Julia and the kids will be moving there soon . It will be exciting to see what new adventure God has for this family, we are going to miss them……
Also on June 14th Olga and Eugene were married in Olga’s home town Чебоксары (Chebokcary) it is a beautiful city almost 400 miles east of Moscow located on the Volga River. It was a wonderful 2 day event. Olga‘s brother Misha , who is a Calvary Chapel Pastor in Sochi officiated the service. I have known both of them for the last 8 years. After a very intertaining wedding party, we all that evening took a river cruise on the Volga, it was very charming. The next day Eugene and Olga put on a BBQ and then later we all went on bus tour of the city on the river Cheboksary. Cheboksary has it’s own unique culture, and language. It also has its own Calvary Chapel. It is so wonderful when you see the Lord bring two people together and Eugene and Olga are a sweet witness of God’s plan for man and woman. Also Christina Dixon came back to Russia to visit. Christina is a great friend to Russia and has many friends here. She worked at the CCBible College in Moscow. It was great to see her back. (see photo Christina on the left, Olga who did a great job with the wedding party, on the right)
Please pray for "Spiritual Freedom" (SFM) the ministry to the prisoners in the Russian prison system. (
Please take time to watch video about this great ministry.) The ministry is going through a difficult time. Please pray for the resources to continue. The Lord has blessed this ministry for 15 years. We believe the Lord will provide the resources to continue. Please pray for our situation. As we met with the staff today the life of George Mueller was mentioned and how the Lord provided for his ministry to the orphanages in Bristol even to this day. George never sought money; He just prayed and believed God for their needs.
Please pray for Dr. Tom he still is waiting to have a hip operation. It has been drawn-out for 3 years now. Tom desperately needs to have his hip replaced, please pray that the operation will come, and that all resources needed, will be supplied. Also Tom is living with his friend Andre. I have known Andre for about 6 years. He was one of the guys who would hang out with a group of homeless guys at the University Metro. Andre would usually show up at our outdoor meetings under the influence of alcohol. Andre was never
interested in the gospel. He was one of the few that did not responded to Christ. Fast forward 6 years and Tom moved in with him. So we started meeting once a week for a Bible study. Andre would join in and listen and he started responding to the Good News. Andre one night last December left the house to join up with one of his friends for a night of drinking that resulted in Andre severely breaking his femur bone. A metal rod put in his leg. It has left him for about 6 months confined to his bed. But the blessing of all this is we have seen Andre grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. He now understands the gospel. Both Tom and Andre are pretty confined to the house. Please pray for God's continual work in his life and the recovery of his leg.
Please pray for an opportunity to visit another TB hospital. I met Victor when Dr. Tom was in the hospital as his roommate. Victor was next to Sasha the young man who past away in February. (
see blog the March link) Victor was in the hospital to have his leg removed. He went home in December. I got a call from Tom last week that Victor just had his other leg removed and that he was back in the hospital. So I was able to get back into the hospital to visit Victor. I visited Victor for the first time last week. Victor is not a believer. Please pray that he will be open to the gospel. Perhaps with the loss of his second leg God may have his attention. Also the last time I was there a group of patients were sitting outside. So I handed them all the book Daily Bread in the Russian language. As I walked away one of the young guys yelled to me, "Sect!!" I just kept going and he yelled it again. I believe what happened next was as close as you can get to righteous anger, I turned around and headed back to the young man and told him that what I had given him was God’s word from the Bible. He listened closely and when all was said in done we were the best of friends. Hospitals are a great place to share the gospel. People have time on their hands and usually they are under difficult circumstances.
Hello everyone, today Rick and Rebecca Emenaker returned back to California after serving here in Moscow 7 years. Rick was the director of Mission Aviation Fellowship here in Russia.
