Back Home!

We are back in America, adjusting to the time difference and trying to get caught up on life. Lucy and I will both be posting later with thoughts on how the summer went. A couple of quick updates in the meantime:

• On our last day in Russia, we got the final documents for our new apartment in the city of Chelyabinsk. Ilya and Anna Sluzin (the pastor and his wife who will be living in this apartment) are now busy putting in carpeting, floors, wallpaper, and new room doors. We are very thankful for God's help in moving this process along
• Lucy and I both spoke in Church last Sunday. It went well. I got to preach in the morning service, Lucy preached in the afternoon youth lead service.
• The last few days were spent packing, saying goodbyes, and praying with friends. Our last nights in both Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg were spent having "shashlik" (Russian barbeque) with old friends.
  
• Lucy and I both have lots to catch upon back home. Lucy with here studies, Dan with new ministries at church. Please pray that God will help us to get over bad colds and adjust to the change in time zones.