The Sweetest Song

This is Volia and Volia, two ladies we shared the gospel with. Many women of their age want nothing to do with strangers and will not even speak to us, but these women were very open and excited to hear why we came to Russia.

There's something really neat about this time also. There is a law that will not allow us to share the gospel with children below the age of fourteen if a parent is not present and consenting. We were not even allowed to give them Bibles or tracts. I didn't much like this law and did not really have much regard for it since I believe that God's call for us to speak trumps all such laws, but I didn't want to get anyone from the church in trouble. Then again, there are ways to get around things like that. (As decievers and yet TRUE.)

So as I was speaking to these ladies, there were several young boys on a bench slightly in front of us and to the left. I could see them listening very intently, even though they pretended not to. It was very neat! In fact, they weren't the only ones listening in; there were several other benches of people nearby that heard the gospel too. Praise God!

Hanging out at the church before the prayer meeting

Here are some of the girls from the church having fun.

The girl on the right is from Murom. She is twelve and started coming to the church in Murom without her parents knowing. Now she is just part of the family, and a young woman from the church brings her every week. That was such a cool story to hear.


Here we are saying goodbye to the Murom girls. They had come for a day of evangelism, a ladies tea, and the concert.

At the ladies tea.