Adoption, Adoption, adoption!!! Is there anything ELSE that those Shulgins do?!?!
Alrighty folks. Sorry for the lapse, we've had adoption on the brain, but here it is.
What we are up to:
Coming this summer..........Youth with a Mission's ministry program, Mission Adventures!! We will be organizing Mission Adventure in St. Petersburg, Latvia and somewhere far away in Russia Siberish:)
We love MA and the chance to work with church youth groups, teaching about God, missions and injustice issues. We love challenging Russian youth to think outside the box and helping them realize that they CAN make a difference in the world we live in. After a week with us we send the teams out prepared to work in orphanages, elderly homes, practical help, churches, etc.
New this year:
UNITED!!
We are involved in helping a new church plant in St. Pete! We LOVE our church! Heather is serving as the Children's Pastor and is working on developing the children's ministry for kids 0ish-13ish. It's been awhile since she has worked in this capacity but is loving every minute of it. It has been an honor to work with the kids and families in our church. The children's ministry has had a great start this year and we expect for next year to be even more dynamic! Zhenya is in charge of media at the church, creating videos, slideshows, newsletters, designs, etc. He also is the M.C. at church. What you say? An M.C. at church? You got it. He is and has played an important role with our pastor Andreas in creating a service that is truly unique. We love helping our pastors Andreas and Anneli in any way we can and meet with them regularly to talk, plan, pray. We believe that God has huge plans for this church in the city and we are so excited to be involved at the ground floor!
Continuation:
Design.....while the other ministries have been things that we have both involved in together as a couple, this one is strictly Zhenya's deal. Heather does not even pretend to understand a thing about computers or anything technical or else her husband would mercilessly mock her. Design and photography is another ministry focus. Working with magazines, writing articles, designing magazine covers, posters, designs for churches, other ministry organizations, YWAM.......the list goes on and on.
So how can you be praying for us?
Our greatest need is to be praying for MA this summer. Quite honestly, because of the adoption process both Zhenya and I are just totally emotionally spent. Zhen has numerous times commented on he's not sure how he's going to make it through this summer. We typically go into our summers excited and full of energy. But as it is we spend our days running from office to office, needing to do something concerning adoption and our nights then need to be spent working and calling America to get things taken care of there. We will soon give you another MA update with more details. But please pray for the strength emotionally, physically and spiritually to give all we can to this ministry this summer.
We love you all and are so thankful for you in our lives!!
Alrighty folks. Sorry for the lapse, we've had adoption on the brain, but here it is.
What we are up to:
Coming this summer..........Youth with a Mission's ministry program, Mission Adventures!! We will be organizing Mission Adventure in St. Petersburg, Latvia and somewhere far away in Russia Siberish:)
We love MA and the chance to work with church youth groups, teaching about God, missions and injustice issues. We love challenging Russian youth to think outside the box and helping them realize that they CAN make a difference in the world we live in. After a week with us we send the teams out prepared to work in orphanages, elderly homes, practical help, churches, etc.
New this year:
UNITED!!
We are involved in helping a new church plant in St. Pete! We LOVE our church! Heather is serving as the Children's Pastor and is working on developing the children's ministry for kids 0ish-13ish. It's been awhile since she has worked in this capacity but is loving every minute of it. It has been an honor to work with the kids and families in our church. The children's ministry has had a great start this year and we expect for next year to be even more dynamic! Zhenya is in charge of media at the church, creating videos, slideshows, newsletters, designs, etc. He also is the M.C. at church. What you say? An M.C. at church? You got it. He is and has played an important role with our pastor Andreas in creating a service that is truly unique. We love helping our pastors Andreas and Anneli in any way we can and meet with them regularly to talk, plan, pray. We believe that God has huge plans for this church in the city and we are so excited to be involved at the ground floor!
Continuation:
Design.....while the other ministries have been things that we have both involved in together as a couple, this one is strictly Zhenya's deal. Heather does not even pretend to understand a thing about computers or anything technical or else her husband would mercilessly mock her. Design and photography is another ministry focus. Working with magazines, writing articles, designing magazine covers, posters, designs for churches, other ministry organizations, YWAM.......the list goes on and on.
So how can you be praying for us?
Our greatest need is to be praying for MA this summer. Quite honestly, because of the adoption process both Zhenya and I are just totally emotionally spent. Zhen has numerous times commented on he's not sure how he's going to make it through this summer. We typically go into our summers excited and full of energy. But as it is we spend our days running from office to office, needing to do something concerning adoption and our nights then need to be spent working and calling America to get things taken care of there. We will soon give you another MA update with more details. But please pray for the strength emotionally, physically and spiritually to give all we can to this ministry this summer.
We love you all and are so thankful for you in our lives!!
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