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Today, we went to the transit center in the morning. Amy, Danny, Jazmine, Kierney and Lina started the day off with “The Redeemer” skit. We then split off into our groups. The teenage girls decorated journals and then decorated shirts and signed each shirt. The teenage guys did crafts and the boys at the transit [...]

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Greetings, from Russia at 10:48 pm, as we finish packing all the presents for the kids. Today was amazing in the transit center! It started off with a mimed skit called “King of Hearts” showing the masks each of us wear and the ability Jesus has to take away those masks. A lot of the [...]

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Saint Isaac’s Cathedral is tall. And when I say tall, I mean, 261 stairs tall. What a lovely view of the entire city greeted us when we finally reached the top! In the cathedral itself, we were met with the same impressive architecture that greeted Russian monarchy for centuries. A Russian Orthodox service that was [...]

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Update by 2 team members! Today we took the metro to the Hermitage Museum. The metro was extremely crowded and we literally could not move inside. One of the team members made a new friend on the metro. The Hermitage was amazing and we even got to see The Prodigal Son (Mrs. Warren was sitting [...]

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Day 2 with the kids! Fred:  God has blessed, is blessing.  High points mentioned in our evening devotions as a team, have included working/playing with the orphans, and some of the sights we have seen along the way.  King’s kids (and adults) and SunErgos kids are starting to connect, starting to communicate even without a [...]

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Dear family and friends, We met the kids! What a joy and an experience! Quinn, Danny, Kierney, Lina, Katya: The younger children surprised us; they abound in energy, and their moods change upon a whim. They are far less trusting, as they did not warm up to us nearly as quickly as we thought they [...]

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Today we experienced Russia! The snow, the ice, the wind, the drivers, the underground metro and the beauty of St Petersburg! We started with learning about the Russian culture, which will help us to relate to the kids a little better. Then we found out what to do and what not do! Being told that [...]

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The  first team has arrived! A team of 22 from King’s High School has come to spend their Spring break with the street kids of Russia! Amazingly all of their 40 bags made it safely! They brought some amazing things to share with the kids! Tomorrow we start with a little bit of an orientation, [...]

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This year we start our “summer” camps in the spring! At team of 22 from King’s High School in Seattle, WA will be arriving this Sunday to do a 6-day camp for the kids and teens at the Transit Center in St Petersburg, Russia! We are excited to host our first High School team! We [...]

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