Today we're going just to visit the children at the orphanage. That's allowed, even though we can't have Bible lessons there any more. Also, either today or some time later this week, Pavel will be talking to the director about letting the children come to Bible lessons at a different location. Please pray that she will agree to that!
September 29
HUGE PRAISE REPORT: We have official permission to work with the kids again, and not only that, but we can have the Bible lessons IN THEIR CLASSROOMS! That's going to be so much easier than having to take them somewhere else. God gave us more than we even asked for. Now you can pray as this gets started. I'm guessing that Ira will do the teaching and Will the music, but everything needs to be sorted out now.
October 8
It looks like lessons will be starting in about two weeks. There are still a lot of details to work out. Pray for Ira and Yulia, because most of the responsibility falls on them.
October 15
Tomorrow will be the first lesson with the children this year. They decided to go ahead and try it at the place where our church meets, as a kind of Sunday school for the children from the orphanage. Tomorrow Ira will be teaching by herself, and she's somewhat worried about it. The other girl who was supposed to help her has to work, and Will is going to be in Moscow.
October 22
The lesson went well. Yulia was able to help after all. Fifteen children came! They had coordinated it amongst themselves so that they all met and came together.
