World Mission's Summit 2

WMS2 was a Chi Alpha led "missions fair" held in Cincinnati, OH over New Year's . . . a gathering of over 5,000 students from Chi Alpha groups on college campuses and universities, Master's Commissions, churches, etc, together with over 500 missionaries from around the world. God showed up as speakers challenged students to give a year and consider a lifetime . . . what would you do with your life if you had no fear? What an phenomenal time!

Hey, there we are . . . all of us Russia folk!

w/ Damitra

Itinerating in the GREAT Northwest Ministry Net

Northwest Ministry Net

Thanks, Missionary Car Ministries, for the car provision this year! Founded by Darrell Beebe & based @ Cedar Park, this ministry provides vehicles to missionaries home on itineration. If you have a possible car or dollar donation, please contact Steve Bjorklund

@ 425-891-2792.

October Itinerating Kansas District

Thanks, Myron, Karen, Chuck & Deketa!

(Nicholson Ventures in Dodge City)

Thank you, Jeff & Angela for opening your home!

Thank you, Kansas District!

Calling YOU

April 2008 -- While renewing my Russian visa in Mongolia, I began calling YOU in the middle of Siberian night time, so I could connect with USA daytime hours . . . and I continue to call now that I'm Stateside . . .
As of September 2008 through Fall 2009, I am officially coming to you to tell about what God has been doing in Siberia these past 3 years. Let me know how best I can serve you -- whether thru a meeting, speaking engagement, drinking coffee, or whatever else suits. kara.cusic@agmd.org

Youth Travels # 5 - Mar 08 - Wk 2

ORLIK - this is a Buryat village in an absolutely gorgeous part of Siberia. Nina is the pastor here who has started from the beginning to develop relationship and is finding herself more and more received. Her life has been threatened by shamans, she has been offered large sums of money to leave, and she has walked through times of strange physical illnesses, but God has shown Himself more powerful and she has no intention of leaving. This is culturally a very tribal mentality, so if you reach the older people, then you reach the younger generation . . .

Totem Poles . . . Prayer Wheels . . .

Rags tied in trees to honor the gods . . .

It was supposed to take 8 hours - after 13 hours on a terribly slippery road with accidents all around, we arrived.

YUMMY POSIE (stuffed meat dumpling) and Blini (crepes) - after coming thru the checkpoint, Roza's mother fed us for free at her cafe.
We split and stacked a load of wood.

We hiked & prayed . . .

We spend time with the church members.

Youth Travels #4 - Mar 08 - Wk 1

TATAUROVA is only about an hour outside of Ulan Ude, where I live. The youth in the church are VERY few, and sisters Lena (17) and Tanya (15) say that students in their school spend their time translation satanist songs from German and English into Russia to publish in their school newspaper.

Tanya, Masha, Lena - trying to look thoughtful :)Tanya is 15 and knows she is called to ministry. There may not seem to be much going for an expanding youth ministry in this village, but this girl could be a serious contender for bringing on new things . . . enough "cool" to be received and enough guts to go after it.
Yup, teens in the villages live by their cell phones too.

1st Regional Youth Leader Meeting

Our first meeting of youth leaders in the region . . . they either currently serve or have a heart to begin so. Of all the places we've visited so far, this was a great showing . . . we talked vision and got to know one another . . . we'll begin meeting once a month for prayer, training, encouragement, and team building.