Spoken For International Youth Outreach 3rd Annual Christmas in Penza

Jan. 4
The team is home, safe and sound. Thank you for your prayers. The Penza Christmas project was an amazing blessing to all involved. Most of all, we thank God for the privilege of being part of what He is doing!

Jan. 1
We have so much to tell you but little time to write. New Years was incredible. We spent 7 hours with the most special kids we have ever been with (at Nizhni Lomov). We played, had a wonderful program, had a wonderful dinner, watched the Incredibles in Russian, had a carnival, and shot off hundreds of fireworks. It was a blessing and a special night. The most amazing thing we saw was how the kids adapted to us instead of us to them. Wow. One boy played perfection with his mouth due the fact that he has no arms. He beat everyone.

Dec. 30
After all sorts of airline acrobatics, the team has arrived safely in Penza, Russia for this year's Christmas outreach to the orphanages. The trip includes a New Year's Eve party with children and teens at the special needs orphanage, an evangelistic banquet, and Christmas celebrations at six orphanages with stockings, gifts, singing, drama, and carnival games, all wrapped in the message of Christ as the Reason for the season of celebration. Click an image to the left to visit Penza virtually through trip photos!