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DATE:
July 23 - August 1, 2010
TASKS:
Our team will work with two different orphanages. One is for children aged 3 to 10 who have eye or other physical impairments like fetal alcohol syndrome or Down Syndrome. The other is for children aged 13 to 19 who are social orphans.
We perform backyard Bible clubs, sports evangelism, Bible study and arts and crafts. The orphanages are located on the Gulf of Finland, about 2 hours outside of St. Petersburg, Russia. Both orphanages have children that can be adopted, although many of the children are there not to be adopted, but to be taken care of until their parents return to get them, or until they are released.
Buckner International is the ministry that we have been working with since the first trip to Russia in 2004. Last year we also were able to take some hand-made clothing from the local ministry Hemmed In Prayer and we will be taking some more this year.
REGISTRATION IS COMLETE. PLEASE BE PRAYING FOR THIS TRIP!
and follow the directions. MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER FOR THE RUSSIA TRIP RU10-0001 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!You'll need to create the account, then wait 24 hours and then go back to it and complete the application!
Trip participants:
- David Watterson (trip leader)
- Gary Lakey
- Rhonda Mecalf
- Joella McPherson
- Jordan "Buck" Reed
- Joe Youngblood
- Clay Youngblood
- Brandon Whitten
- Brian Fleming
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Capital: Moscow
President: Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister: Mikhail Fradkov
Population: 142,4000,000 (2006 est.)
Currency: Ruble
RUSSIA ORPHAN BACKGROUND:
Russia is a country rich in culture, natural beauty and history. Covering one eighth of the world’s land area (6,592,800 square miles) and spanning 11 time zones extending across all of Northern Asia and 40% of Europe it is by far the largest country in the world. According to the Russian Statistic Agency, there were roughly 39.3 million children in Russia at the end of 1998. Of this number, 621,115 were orphans. About one-third, 230,000, were housed in 1,600 orphanages.
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