Now that I’ve spent some time relating some general thoughts about my impressions from my recent journey to Russia (see Part 1 and Part 2 of this series as well as my original poem, “Ivanovo, my love” if you need to catch up), I’d like to get down a little more today into the nuts … Continue reading From Russia With Love Part 3: Breaking the Cycle
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From Russia With Love Part 2: Love Wins (with a little help from a hockey fan)
It’s now just a little over 36 hours since I arrived home from an amazing adventure to spend some time and hopefully leak a little bit of Jesus into the lives of a group of teenage orphans in the city of Ivanovo in north-central Russia. Even now it’s difficult to articulate the experience of being … Continue reading From Russia With Love Part 2: Love Wins (with a little help from a hockey fan)
Ivanovo my love
I've been blessed to spend the past five days in one of the most interesting cities I've ever seen among some of the most incredible and beautiful people I've ever known. This poem is for each of them and all of them and the city that gave them to me. She contradicts herself at every … Continue reading Ivanovo my love
From Russia with Love Part 1: A study in contradictions
This morning I was awakened before 6am by the sound of a Russian road crew working to patch a semi-paved street outside my hotel window. It gave me my first bit of free time since arriving in Ivanovo to write a brief report on this trip for you faithful followers of The Awesomeness Conspiracy. It … Continue reading From Russia with Love Part 1: A study in contradictions
To Russia With Love
In just a little less than two months, I will be traveling with a team to Ivanovo, Russia, to work at a ministry center for older orphans--teenagers and young adults who have recently exited the Russian orphanage system. While orphans everywhere face innumerable challenges, orphans in Russia are especially vulnerable. Many find themselves lost in … Continue reading To Russia With Love
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