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October 2008—St.
(Click on http://www.flickr.com/photos/stpaulmp/
to see photos of the Camp’s work and
life. This month’s are here.)
РЕБЁНОК—reh-BYONE-ahk—Baby
Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, And He who formed
you from the womb: "I am the
LORD, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad
the earth by Myself;
October, besides beginning with fall leaves and ending
with Reformation day (the day all Lutherans dress up as Calvinists, Baptists
and others to scare each other), is for the Ingrian
Pro-life ministry the kick off month for our program. Why?
Well, because every October Pastor Don Richman, Foreign liaison for and
one of the original founding members of Lutherans For
Life makes his fall trip to
Along with putting together a new seminar topic, we also write up and translate a corresponding brochure. So this month, along with my teaching Bible at the International school, leading English language Worship, leading Bible study with the scouts and fulfilling other duties related to my call as pastor and missionary with the Ingrian Lutheran Missionary Committee, pro-life took up the lion’s share of time. As usual, this year all went according to plan—but not our plan…
Pro-life Seminars
Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands
forever, The plans of His heart to all generations.
Already back in August Pastor Don Richman and I began planning for his annual Fall visit. This year we planned that he would address the annual Ingrian Lutheran Synod and as his stay spanned 3 weekends, we would plan for 4 seminars—one in Petrozavodsk (which he would do by himself), one in St. Petersburg held at St. Mary’s church, and two in two villages within an hour’s drive of St. Petes. This year we picked Tutari which has a relatively new congregation and Turyo which has a relatively old congregation (since it was originally founded in 1611). Don picked the theme: Babies are people, too—with the emphasis being on the Biblical, medical-biological, and moral-psychological proofs that an unborn baby is indeed a human life and therefore due the protection all human life deserves. Don asked me to then lead a Bible study on the role and responsibility of men and fathers. Pastor Alexander Schmidt would translate, his wife Olga would coordinate the details, and Zhanya would contribute on all fronts as needed (she made sure we had all the necessary materials, food and so forth—which was a big help). This was our plan, anyway.
God had a different plan.
Don did the seminar in
So—having taken good notes, Pastor Schmidt and I were left to do the remaining two seminars, a bit ahead of schedule. Instead of Don and I leading the seminars, Alexander and I lead the seminars. A bit difficult on such short notice, but a blessing in disguise. The seminars at Tutari and Turyo were well received (we have a standing invitation for Tutari and have already been invited back to Turyo). Alexander is a good teacher and teaching on these pro-life issues came quite naturally. We are already planning—depending on schedules and availability—that we can cover more ground if we have more lecturers. If it is God’s plan, this will mean we can cover more ground with our limited resources.
1 Corinthians 3:7 So then neither he who
plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
One of the projects of the Ingrian Missionary Committee is a regular training course
for developing parish missionaries among young adults—although age is not
really an issue or barrier to participation.
Although this program is officially coordinated by two Finnish
missionaries, Tita and Pekka
Jauhiainen, part of my duties with the missionary
committee is to be available to teach at this course which is held at the Ingrian Theological Institute in Koltushe
a village outside of
This missionary training course if very
important, and is designed to equip leaders in every congregation not only with
outreach tools, but also tools for defending the faith (they learn various ways
to witness to people in cults and various para-Christian
sects), and growing in their own faith.
This is very important for many Ingrian Congregations. Missionary work in
The first disciples whom Jesus called ran immediately to tell their brothers or friends with the simple invitation—come and see. Training is good, but don’t let that stop you.
Prayer Requests
Continue to pray for Darrin and Ira Johnson who are still out of the country waiting for documents so that they can return to Russia, pray for English worship service—there are 4 people in confirmation class, pray for the upcoming elections in the USA since there God can even work through the lesser of two evils, pray for Pekka and Tita and all the Finnish missionaries who are struggling with visa problems since they are required to be out of the country half of the year, pray for the work among the scouts—I am still exploring the best way to get through to the leaders, pray for me and my families health as the wet weather sets in and flu season begins, pray for Zhanya and me first thanking God for His provision, but also asking that His provision and guidance continue. Pray especially for Zhanya as she is studying to finish her degree (a 4 year part-time program), pray for the International Christian Academy as it seeks a more permanent home and seeks a stronger registration that will permit help ease its teachers’ visa problems. Send me your prayer requests as well so we can pray for you all as well.
Family News
Karl finished the first quarter with only one B+, the rest A-s, As and A+s—it seems the smaller class sizes, the nurturing atmosphere and the Godly attention of the teachers is having a good effect on Karl’s studies (although he always was a good student). Nastya is still in the Russian Gymnasium and studying rather inconsistently—one day an A and another day, well… Keep her in prayer as she studies.
Russian Joke
“So professor, tell us, the first time you explained your original and ground breaking theory, we are sure your audience broke out in spontaneous applause and praise.”
“no, it wasn’t that way at all, what was said, actually was, it’s two in the morning already, quit messing with my head, roll over and go back to sleep.”
O little flock, fear not the foe, who madly seeks your overthrow
Dread not his rage and power, what thro your courage sometimes faints
His seeming triumph o’er God’s saints lasts but a little hour.
Hymn 263 TLH v 1.
In Christ,
Leif & Zhanya Camp
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to see photos of the Camp’s work and
life. This month’s are here and descriptions are with them.
CONTACT ADDRESSES Feedback, questions, whatever are most welcome.
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Our Russian home address: Leif and Zhanya Camp 18 line V. O. dom 43 Kv. 7 St. Petersburg, |
Stateside contact address: Leif and Zhanya Camp, C/O Marli Camp 902 N. 12th |
Ev. Bolshaya Konyushennaya dom 8 St. Peterburg, |
Telephone: after getting an international line by dialing 011, dial 7- 812 (our area code) 321-1508(our phone number)
Note—Between St.
E-MAIL: lzkcamp(at symbol)mail.ru & leif.camp(at
symbol)elci.ru. Prolife web site with Russian materials you
can down load: prolife.elci.ru. Other websites: Lisa Stapp has set up a website which has
some of our last newsletters (with their cover letters and pictures): http://www.worthywomanpage.com/camp/index.html. Also my mother's home congregation has our
newsletters--the latest can be downloaded from: http://www.stpaulmp.org/camp/ a
second site archives our past newsletters since 2002 http://www.stpaulmp.org/archives/ . Please feel
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