Well, we have been pretty busy since we've been back. We are Trying to get the bios and pics done for the sponsorships at the orphanages. This is a chore because it's so hard to get all the kids in one place at one time. So, we get what we can when we visit. You think it would just be a matter of getting the case workers to round them all up...better said than done. We keep working at it though. It's awesome just being able to visit with the kids.

We are starting our photography project "Through These Eyes" with the kids at one of the orphanages tomorrow. The vision of this project is to

teach children goal setting while introducing them to the art of photography and create advocacy about life in a Russian state ran orphanage through the eyes of a child. We chose 7 children ages 10 to 17 to participate. They will learn a little about photography and then take pics of their lives over the next month. We will give them disposable cameras and turn them loose. We always see their lives through our lens. It will be interesting to see it through theirs. We will document the progress through video and photos of our own. These will be done by our children...so the whole project will be shot and documented by children...this should be a blast!!

We are leaving for Estonia on the 23rd of this month. This trip serves 2 purposes. We need to renew our visas and we have to be out of the country to accomplish that. We also feel like God is leading us to explore the possibilty of helping some ministry to Russian orphans there. Estonia is considered Eastern Europe but was once under Soviet rule, so there is a large Russian influence...and quite a few Russian chilodren in orphanages. They are children with no citizinship. They have no country to call home. The Estoonians don't want them because they are orphans...and the Russians don't want them because they are orphans. We will see if there is a possibility that Big family can be a help to any one ministering to them. We will be there for a month. Please pray that God will give us safety as we travel and stay there. Also, pray that the trip will be fruitful.

I was blessed to be able to work with a team from America and made some new contacts here in Lomonosov. I met a Baptist Pastor named Andre that I think opened up a door for someone in our church to start going to a children's hospital here in town. I have found that lot of what we do here is just being at the right place at the right time. Through these encounters we are learning to be obedient.