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Hello everyone, greetings from Moscow. Tomorrow is the 859 birthday of Moscow old.We have had rain all week but the mayor has promised to seed the clouds and chase them away as there will be an amazing 2,000 concerts going on throught the city.Well it has been almost a month since we were asked to leave our 11 year church location. But last week we found a hall in a hotel close to where we were meeting.We had our first Sunday service there last Sunday and it was a wonderful time. It is a little small for our needs but it is a peaceful place and the management have welcomed us. It is interesting that the Hotel is owned by the army. We are able to use the hall 4 times a week and so we will be returning to our regular schedule. I'm so thankful the Lord opened up the opportunity so quickly to find a new location especially as I'm retuning for 6 weeks to California. It will make my trip a lot more enjoyable knowing we have a place to worship. During the last of our Sunday outdoor services in the park, which would have been two weeks ago, I was a bit discouraged. It looked like it was going to rain any minute. The best place in the park to have the service had 2 men that were drinking and were under that influence. We could hardly chase them off. I still remember that popular acronym WWJD. But one by one people begun to show up. Yuri was at our old location directing people to the park. One man called me on my cell phone trying to find us in the park. He and his family had gone to the old location and were directed to the park. As I went out to the street to meet them it was a great surprise to find it was Ilya and Zalina former worship leaders at the church of Sokol. They had moved to the USA before I moved to Russia. It was such a timely visit as they joined our outdoor service and did worship for our communion service. The Lord encouraged me so much that day, He turned the circumstances completely around and we did not get one drop of rain. God did the cloud seeding that day and gave us a great service.

We are settled for the moment and it will give us time to find a location where we can better serve our community. A place where we can have the church open 7 days a week. Almost every building has a basement, they are huge and most have natural light and they even have kitchen. Please pray for the Lord's guidance.

On Monday I will be traveling home, and I look forward to seeing many of you once again. Please pray for Natasha, Vova, and all those that will serve in my absence. The Lord is doing a wonderful thing in our fellowship. God Bless and see most of you soon!! dean "The Lord has done great things!!!"