Hi, Friends and Family -
This will be our temporary Russia blogspot: "To Russia with Love."
We will be in Russia from July 7th through the 24th. We will only have e-mail/internet access about half the time we're there, but when we can, we will post updates to this blog about what's happening. We will also send out updates on e-mail through the North Seattle Church of the Nazarene church office.
Thanks for checking in periodically!
Our itenerary (subject to change, of course):
July 7th: Fly out of Seattle at 6AM; through Chicago (with a layover of a few hours); then, from Chicago to Moscow!
July 7th (PM) -- Check into the Hotel Eridian for the first night, and then ....
July 8th: Get settled into the District apartment near the hotel, and some sightseeing and meeting some Moscow Nazarenes and other community folks from the 8th through the 13th...
July 13th: AM service, Charles preaches at Moscow First Church of the Nazarene. (Present VBS offering from North Seattle to District Children's Director!)....
July 13th-18th: Head to Chekhov for the 30 hour Systematic Theology I course Charles is teaching to ministerial candidates through Euorpean Nazarene College's Moscow extension....
July 18th (PM)/19th -- Take an overnight train to St. Petersburg (with Olga, our translator, accompanying us!).
July 19th: Tour St. Petersburg with our translator....
July 20th: Charles preaches at St. Petersburg Church of the Nazarene (AM service); also touring of some Russian Orthodox churches.
July 21-22: More St. Petersburg sites, including the Hermitage museum and the Winter Palace of Peter the Great....
July 22: Overnight train from St. Petersburg back to Moscow.
July 23: Prepare to return home to the U.S.A.
July 24: Fly out of Moscow around 12 noon, through Chicago, and then to Seattle!
Thanks for your prayers.... Check into the blog when you can.
Blessings,
Charles, Edna, Emmy, and the Boys.
