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October 2009—St.
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УЧЕНИК—oo-chen-EEK—Disciple, student
2 Thessalonians 1:11
Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of
this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of
faith with power,
This month we have watched the dollar fall, prices rise, snow and cold weather arrive, tires go flat, viruses take hold and slow us down, but at the same time we have hosted the arrival of several guests and seen the hand of God move many area of ministry forward despite the lack of funds, the lack of energy and the other impediments the devil has tried to put in our way. This month Chaplain/Pastor Anton Laguoutine came to boost the Ingrian Lutheran Chaplaincy initiative, Pastor Don Richman came to boost the Ingrian Pro-life ministry, Pastor Bill Moberly came to scout out evangelistic and language camp possibilities at local Lutheran parishes (Bill heads up The Eastern European Mission Network—look it up on the web if you are interested), English service has once again moved, and we celebrate another Reformation day. Well, you get the picture. Along with this, our children Karl and Nastya are continuing and enjoying their studies at International Christian Academy in St. Petersburg, Zhanya is studying her third year at a local institute to get an advanced degree (she finished two years in one last year), and I am continuing youth work and work with the Ingrian Missionary Committee.
Jesus promises to be with us, and He has—God does not
desert His children. 6 years ago October
2003 was the first month we began to live here in
Christian Schools
Psalm 34:11
Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Matthew
23:37 "O
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John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children
walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up
a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he
will not depart from it.
Given our
financial situation, a few have questioned the wisdom of sending our children
to
My self being a
product of Lutheran schools, my dream has always been to start a Lutheran
school in
But why are
Lutheran Schools needed here in
I want to take this moment to encourage all those parishes that have schools, to renew their commitment not simply to the school, but to the mission to use that school as a means to make disciples. At the same time want to encourage all of you to support the Christian schools in your area with your prayers, time and talents. Faith cannot be forced on someone, but it can be taught, it can be strengthened—and needs to be strengthened—so that our young can carry the faith forward into the next generation.
This will also
be in the prayer requests below, but pray for the possibility of a Lutheran
school for children in
Prayer Requests
Pray for the Ingrian
Lutheran Chaplaincy initiative and the many contacts made through this month’s
activity, pray especially for Deacon Andrei Savilianen
who is heading up the Russian side of things.
Pray for our pro-life ministry, I am again searching for a suitable assistant(Zhanya has agreed to
help as needed, but has little time at present). Pray for the youth work going on at St.
Mary’s and which will begin next month in Turyo (a
parish outside of St. Petes). Pray for my children’s studies at
Another personal prayer request
I serve here in Russia in a rather unique way—I have received a call directly from the LCMS partner church, so I receive no support from LCMS World Mission as I am no longer under their roof. Support is not just financial (and pension and insurance), but also Spiritual retreats and so forth—these I also miss. For the most part, the Russians and Finns see me as an American, so again, for the most part assume it is the American’s responsibility to provide for my spiritual care—so I am often “over looked” (The American missions looking after their own and the Russians, the Finnish missions looking after their own and the Russians, and the Russians looking after their own which often does not include me). I am not complaining—I figured this when after prayer we accepted the call to stay. God has and does provide, but I do find that I am lately quickly drained spiritually—Zhanya, too. So I ask for prayers for this—that God provide more encouragement and spiritual food for both me and my wife (my kids are getting good support through the school—and this is another big plus). It was a real blessing this month to have two guest pastors preach at English service—as I was able to listen to two sermons. That was nice.
Language Camp and Evangelistic Opportunities
I mentioned above that Pastor Bill Moberly, director of EEMN, was in town scouting out parishes for the possibility of holding English language camps as a way of growing these parishes and reaching out into the community. I also understand that LCMS World mission might also be planning an English camp in the area, and it is always possible to work directly through the Ingrian Lutheran Missionary committee (as one parish did last year for a camp in Viburg). If you are interested in participating in the camps organized by EEMN or LCMS world mission—you may contact them directly or drop me a line and I will pass your name along. If your church is interested in organizing a group directly, also contact me.
Russian Drivers—this month’s joke
To understand this joke, you first need to understand that to call someone a “goat” in Russian is an insult—a clean translation would be “jerk.” I like to think, however, that this “insult” has biblical roots—as in sheep and goats (of course, if one meets a goat, the goal should be to convert them into a sheep, not name them for what they are). Still, the joke: A young son is riding with his father in the car. He asks, “father, how come when I ride with mommy there are not goats on the road, but when I ride with you, there are goats all over the place?”
Preserve Thy Word,
O Savior, to us this latter day
And let Thy
kingdom flourish, enlarge Thy Church we pray.
Oh, Keep our faith
from failing, keep hope’s bright star aglow
Let naught from
Thy Word turn us while wand’ring here below
TLH #264 vrs 1
In Christ,
Leif & Zhanya Camp
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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 |
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Telephone: after getting an international line by dialing 011, dial 7- 812 (our area code) 321-1508(our phone number)
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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
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