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2007 College Mission Trip to Russia
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2006 College Mission Trip to Russia
This past July a group of 8 went to Tula Russia to help with a camp for around 75 children. These kids came from the town of Tula and other surronding towns. There was also a group of 17 who live at an orphanage in Tula and were able to attend the camp.
Over the years we have gotten to know not only the campers but also the leaders. As always it was so much fun to see old friends and to make so many new ones.
Our day started early and ended late. We had meetings in the morning and at night and all during the day we played games, sang songs, worked on craft swam in the very cold river and showed our love for these kids by just being there. The hardest part of this trip is that we aren't building a building, we are building a life long relationship. You see, all of our effort is so worth it when you see the smiles on the faces of the children who for the most part have very hard life. Laughter is rare.
During the time in Russia we did have a little free time. We visited Moscow and the town on Tula. To stand in Red Square where so much history has happened and to walk in the Krimlin and along the Moscow River is something that words can't start to explain.
Please pray for the childern and families that you see in the following pictures. They need to know that God IS watching over them.
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2005 College Mission Trip to Russia
Each summer for the past 6 years a group of College age students have traveled to Tula Russia to help with a camp for Russian children who might not otherwise be able to attend a summer camp. For 10 days they are able to have fun and to get away from the sometimes hard life of a youth in Russia. The town of Tula is located about 90 miles south of Moscow. At one time Tula was where all of the arms and ammo was made for the old Soviet Union. Now with the cold war over, the jobs left so there is high unemployment. Tula is a town of about 800,000 people. The country side around Tula is beautiful. This is where we camp. Also while we are in Tula, we visit two orphanages and just play with these children. Only about 10% of the children in orphanages will ever be adopted. I hope that some of the pictures will tell the story of these beautiful children and there leaders who are all Gods children.
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