The Village

Pray for the Small People of the North who live in Far East Russia!!!

Visas Issued

Praise the Lord!!! We have recieved our visas. We were issued a one year multiple entry visa. What does this mean? This means that we fly out on Monday October 29. We will leave Memphis International Airport at 10:47 am. Our flight will take us through Chicago, IL; Frankfurt, Germany; Moscow, Russia and finally to Petropavlovsk, Russia. We will land in (PK) at 10:00am on October 31. It takes a little while to fly around the world. Please pray that we make each flight change and that our flights go well. Pray that all of our stuff is packed correctly and that it will check all the way from Memphis to PK. That would be a blessing. Once on field we will have a week of orientation, learning how to get around the town, where the market is, and eventually will begin our language study. Thank you for holding the rope! We will send out a mailing address when we get one.

Tight Grip

Thanks for holding the rope!!! PRAISE THE LORD................our LOI's (Letters of Invitation) came in today. We were able to process all the information and get the documents sent over night express to apply for our Visas. Please pray that all the document changing of hands will go smoothly. Pray for a tight grip on our paper work. Pray that our flight will be booked to leave Memphis on the 24th and Moscow on the 27th. God is in control and we are very content with His timing. God bless each one of you for joining us as prayer partners. Keep holding the rope!

Lee and Emma are enjoing their homeschool curriculum. However, Suzanne and I are not as good at recess as we used to be. They are both doing well and are still very excited about going. Lee thinks that he is going to learn to snowboard once we get there, "you might hold a tight rope on that also." Emma is content on the idea of making some snow angels and of course a few snowballs to "smack" her brother with.

Lee invites ya'll to email him at lee_red13@hotmail.com

Mississippi

The Roberts family is back in MS for a short stay before we leave for the Far East. We had a safe trip in from ILC. We are currently awaiting our (LOI) Letter of Invitation that comes from Russia. Once we get the LOI we will file for our Visas and then the airline tickets will be issued. We should depart on the 24th of October if all goes well. We will be in Petropavlovsk for a year while we are in language school. We will then move to the village. Pray for us as we continue to process the necessary paper work for us to enter the country. Pray that there are no hang ups that would cause us a delay. Thanks to all of you who are continually "Holding the Rope" for our family. God bless each of you!

Mississippi Bound

Today was the last official day of class at FPO. Tommorrow we will have a departing ceremony and we will head back to Mississippi for a couple of weeks before we depart to Far East Russia. Please pray for us as we travel back home. Pray that the Lord gives us a couple of great weeks with our families. Pray that the LOI's and Visa's come through at the correct time. We are MS bound and we see some of ya'll very soon.