BACK AT WORK
It was a wonderful six days in Finland (plus two spent in transit on the train) for our family. It was quite short (Russians can only receive 8-day tourist visas), but we managed to squeeze in a lot of fun and quality family time.
For an extensive look at out time in Finland, visit our Finnish photo set on Flickr!
Now we're back at work (me) and school (Sonia) while Lena is managing to do some hairdressing on a part-time (and sometimes even paid) basis. Summer work at the CCI/Russia office is a bit more low-key, but there is still lots to do: mailings, gathering of statistics, video projects and much more.
Of course, there are hundreds of camps operating during this time, faithfully ministering to the spiritual needs of thousands of children and youth. Praise God for these camps, and please keep them in your prayers!
Thank you for faithfully upholding us in prayer!!!
– Kevin, Lena, Sonia, Maya & Deena
BLESSINGS
Answered prayer from last time! The entire family had a wonderful time in Finland. We are very thankful for the opportunity we had to spend eight days together as a family. It was especially appreciated by Nina and Maya & Deena. Thank you for your prayers for safe travel and Nina's health (she did extremely well)!
For the second year in a row our local church has been able to reserve a great facility for camp. Praise God for the opportunity to minister to youth through camp!
We have finally managed to come together in prayer as a family on a regular basis. I wish the "finally" wasn't necessary, but the important thing is that Lena, Sonia & I are now consistently spending time together in prayer each day. We have so much to be thankful for, not least of which is the faithful prayer support of you, our readers. We in turn pray for you!!!
PETITIONS
Please pray for our camp preparations. Pray also for Pastor Andre & Masha Bay and myself as we plan the program and prepare for camp.
Please continue to pray for Nina's health. She seems to be doing better, but little will be known until Nina meets with the specialist in the next week or so. Pray that she will take good care of herself and that the medications will help.
Please remember our staff as they continue to travel to camps to serve. Many serve as camp speakers, program leaders and directors. Pray for safe travel (sometimes thousands of kilometres) and fruitful ministry.
DID YOU KNOW...
...that there are no newspaper deliveries as such in Russia? Here newspapers come in the mail just like magazines.
...that for Sonia's literature exam each student had to come to a table with 24 tickets spread out face down and draw a ticket with 2 questions on it? Sonia's questions were: 1. Describe the moral and philosophical problems in Dostoevsky's “Crime and Punishment”, and 2. Describe the characters and morals of the key characters in Gorky's play “At The Bottom”. After that she was given twenty minutes to prepare using books and a sheet of paper and pen. Then Sonia had to stand in front of an examination table and orally answer the questions (and face supplemental questions if the teachers were unsatisfied with her answers)!
ESSENTIAL INFO
Kevin & Lena Hamm are missionaries with Mennonite Brethren Mission
and Service International, serving with Christian Camping International/Russia in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A printable version in Adobe Acrobat format is always available for download.
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Hundreds of our recent photos can be viewed at Flickr.com. (And now Sonia's pictures too!)
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