Last Goodbyes

Wednesday was our last day in Samara, but was a very good day at that. We began with a river cruise on the Volga with many members of the church,…

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One for the Books

This morning was pretty similar to yesterday. We finished our painting at the church and got everything cleaned up. We also took a break at noon to celebrate both Max…

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Painting the Day Away

Sorry for the short post tonight, we just got back to the hotel and it's already 12:30am here. Jeff started us off with a nice devotional today about the importance…

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Sunday Funday

We got a bit of a later start this morning since we didn't have a devotional before leaving for church. They only have an 11:00 service at the church, so…

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Cуббота (Saturday)

We once again started our morning with a devotional over Romans 10:8-10 and Matthew 28:16-20. We were reminded that although we may have a language barrier with the people of…

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Day 2 of Adventures

Everyone seemed to have gotten a good night's sleep after our long day of travel and we were all up and had eaten by 9 for our morning devotional. The…

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“Nothing is Wasted with God”

During college many of us had to take "core" classes. In liberal arts college, like I attended, the idea was simple:  We are committed to producing graduates who have a…

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Privet from Russia

Welcome to the blog! If you haven't already heard, a group from HPCUMC has journeyed to Samara, Russia in order to do mission work with our sister church, Samara United…

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By this they will know…

This past Sunday we awoke to a shock not experienced in the United States since 9/11; hate unleashed, mass murder, an act of terror. Like you, as I made my…

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Diving for Earrings

Doug and I have travelled to Israel several times.  We enjoy visiting a jeweler in the Christian Quarter of the old city of Jerusalem.  They do beautiful work.  We have…

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