So much to tell

burtons | August 19, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,
Hello to all.  It has been a while since I wrote.  We are still in Russia and doing well.
Today we went to a school we hope to be able to do a project for.  They are the first state sponsored school for multiple-handicapped children.  We had heard of this school because they [...]

Visa Travel

burtons | August 13, 2009

In early August, we were required to leave Russia because our 90 visa was expiring.  To make this interuption work out in the best possible way, we scheduled a training session with new humanitarian missionaries in Rega, the capital city of Latvia.  I dreaded crossing over country borders again because your passport nearly gets worn [...]

Another week, another blessing

burtons | August 3, 2009

This week was not as eventful as last.  We stayed in Moscow the whole week and went to the office every day. 
We went to our new branch last week.  What a change from our old one.  There were close to 100 people there.  There might have been more, because we had more than thirty in [...]