Wednesday Update - Trip Nearing the End

Adam was able to call at 7am Central this morning and got a chance to talk to both Gretchen and Ingrid. While I was delighted they could speak with their daddy, it did throw off the carefully choreographed sequence of events I need to do to get the girls out the door and me to work on time!

Heard a really cool story from Adam this morning that should serve as such an encouragement for those of you who have been lifting this trip up in prayer.

On Monday Adam and his team met with a woman (Natasha #2 - not the same one that Adam asked for prayer about in my last post.) On Monday this woman prayed to receive Christ. The team asked her if she wanted them to notify her husband of her decision. She declined as she felt he wouldn't understand or care. Apparently they have been separated for the last few years since he was an alcoholic.

On Tuesday Adam and one of the other teams were comparing notes/stories from Monday. The other team had met with a man and prayed with him to receive Christ. As they started describing the story and particulars about this man, Adam's team realized that Natasha #2 was this man's wife!!!

How cool is that??? This missionary team prayed with an estranged couple in separate locations, on the exact same day to receive Christ!!!! God is up to something so very cool in Ryazan...your prayers are and will continue to be important to this couple. Hopefully God can work in both of their hearts to heal their relationship and allow them to experience the marriage He wants for them both.

An update on Natasha #1. There was another Natasha (we'll call her Natasha #3) that was a part of this group of women who tend to stick together. Adam's team met with her again on Wednesday - this time alone without the other group of women. She prayed to receive Christ and was able, for the first time in a long time, have the energy to walk to the market. She's been suffering from cancer and tends to have low energy. The burden of sin and situation was released when she gave her life to Christ and it physically impacted her in a big way.

There's so many great stories and I can't wait to hear them all when Adam returns. I don't think I'll hear from him via phone until he's back in the states. They leave for Moscow Thursday afternoon/evening. Friday is a "tourist day" for the team to relax a bit before the long travel day home on Saturday. He arrives in O'Hare on Saturday night. He continues to ask for your prayers for this people and for the team serving over in Ryazan.

Thanks!

Tabitha