Details

The court hearing will be at 12:00 on Tuesday. Along with the big prayer requests (mercy, victory!), please be praying for the little things. This time we're going to take Asya with us. Please pray that she won't be a distraction or problem. Pray for Jaan and Raia to have a good time with Tanya.

No more charges

Please pray that no one would come to file charges against me while we sit here, waiting for our court date. (In case you don't read our family blog, our court date is December 25.)

Trip details

Please be praying for us as we get closer to making definite plans for our trip the States. Please pray especially that the Lord would provide a car for us to use there.

Going home

We need to vacate this apartment, so we'll be going home to Kovrov on Tuesday. Please pray for safe travel.

Also, pray for wisdom in what to do next. We feel like we're in a better legal position, now that we've tried to get exit visas and been denied. It doesn't seem like they would press charges against me for being in Russia, when I can't leave! But we'll see. If we need to, we can stay with friends.

Praise!

We are seeing that the Lord is providing. Special gifts for our upcoming trip are already coming in. Keeping praying!

The main prayer requests right now

First, please keep praying that we would be able to return to Russia after the court hearing that we're waiting for. The judge could decide to deport me, which would mean that I would not be allowed enter Russia for five years or more. Or the decision could be different, and we'd get exit visas to leave in around two weeks after that. Either way, we'll be leaving, for a short time (as we hope and pray), or. . . .

Also pray that God would provide the finances we need! To quote a prayer request from a Gospelink letter that came in recently: "We be in need of financial situation."

(And, no, we still don't have a court date.)

Something minor

We've had colds and such almost the whole time we've been here. It would be really nice to have our children be healthy and to feel well ourselves!