I'm back and ready for SNOW!!!

This was my last night in Modesto, My good friends Troy and Sheila, with Logan and Beau, and of course my sweet Sis and my brother in law Bradley, by the way Shiela and Bradley are brother and sister as well

Hello everyone, it has been a little over a week since I returned to Moscow from my 6 week stay Modesto. It did not take me long to get back into the swing of things, after being awake for almost 2 days. I was greeted at the Airport by Shasha, Yuri, and Natasha who whisked me away right to the Friday night prayer meeting. For you who travel this is a great recipe for avoiding jet-lag." We are still meeting in the Hotel Sokol and will be there at least until the end of November. We are looking for a new place as most of you know. I believe it’s time to have a place where we can meet at any time. Right now we have run out of room at the hotel but it is very nice and we have a great opportunity to be a witness to the workers and the guests.

Staring on Sunday afternoon about 20 of us will be going out side Moscow to the Baptist camp to have 3 days of prayer. Some of you may remember we did the same 3 days of prayer in the summer. ( see blog ) We will start around the clock prayer at 9:00 pm on Sunday night and continue until 4:00pm on Tuesday. The theme is going to be James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning”.

On our Sunday service we had a new addition to our church. We were able to use our new digital projector for the songs during the worship service. This wonderful and totally unexpected gift is such a great blessing to our church. Now all are able to see the words of each worship song clearly on the wall even if the sun light is coming through the window, a problem we usually had with our old style overhead. Thank you Kevin and Herta!!!! ( see photo of them)

There is so much thanks to give out for making my time home such a memorable time. I’m a hopelessly spoiled missionary by my home church CC Modesto. My Sis and her husband Bradley are part to blame. Special thanks to Franz and Jonathan, who went out of the way to load me up with a year of CD of various teachings, and my favorite Pastor D. Thank you all at CC Modesto, you all are a wonderful role model for me.

Please continue to pray for God's perfect will in seeking a new location. Pray for Dr.Tom who desperately needs a hip operation. He has been waiting for an opportunity for over a year and it looks like it will be soon. Pray for Losha who returned to the street life. Pray for the guys in my flat, that their lives would bring glory to God. And for the prayer reteat, that we would all come away for it with a greater love for prayer. God Bless you,dean

And yes we have had our first SNOW!!!!!