October trip is now forming and preparing. . .

Prayer time is upon us for the October 09 trip to Udmurtia. The team has materialized from two places. Yellville, Arkansas sends Nellie Yount from First Baptist, and Jack and Sara Gilliland from Rea Valley Baptist. Also joining us is Susan Gabreal, from First Baptist, Elk City Oklahoma. We are waiting on word from another man from Oklahoma City. Please pray for these individuals, our translators, the transportation and most importantly, what the Lord wants to be accomplished in this trip.
Two other couples are joining us in Udmurtia from as they continue to study the Russian language.
Good things are continuing and prayer is appreciated.
More coming later.

Jack Gilliland

Language students doing great. . .

Here is a note from our good friends in Russia
They've just returned from a get together with friends in Greece. Now back in Novasobirsk and back to work on the Russian language. Keep praying for them and the upcoming trip to Udmurtia in October.

thanks for your prayer faithfullness
Jack


A D AY I N A THENS
e are over two months into
our language study in
Novosibirsk, and God
continues to bless us. We
were able to travel to Greece for a
conference with some of our friends
from Central and Eastern Europe. It
was a great time of refreshment and
fellowship, and we were even able to
sneak in a little sightseeing! It was so
great to see many of our friends who
we met at orientation in Richmond.
On Friday, July 3 a team from Georgia
arrives to hold a week long English
Club. We anticipate that many of our
friends will attend. Please be praying
that we will have opportunities to share
with the people who come to English
Club. Also pray for safe travel for this
team. We are excited to be able to
celebrate the 4th of July with them!
Last month a team of 4 baseball players
came from the states to host a week
long baseball camp. We had a great
turn out and most of the participants
even learned how to play! One of the
coaches shared his testimony to the
entire group. Please pray relationships
will be built with those who attended
baseball camp.

Prayer note. . .

Sorry I haven't posted anything in awhile. On our last post, we talked about 'grandpa' Valodya and his grandchildren. This same family had a 4th child born just after this photo was taken and would have been 4 months old this month, but he wrote and said that the child had passed away last week at 3 months old. So sad. Please keep all this family in you prayers.

Serving Him together,
Jack Gilliland, VSC Udmurtia

Congratulations 'Grandpa' Valodya. . .( again) ...

Valodya Kuznetchov, our Udmurt evangelist who is busily showing the Jesus Film everywhere he can get a group together ( 5 new places since February) is shown here with three of his grandchildren. These are his oldest daughter Masha's children shown here last February and expecting her fourth. He wrote today that she has had the baby and everyone is doing good. Continue to pray for this family. Her husband was out of work last month.

This makes number 5 grandchild for Valodya.

Thanks for your prayer support.

Jack Gilliland

Udmurtia VSC

"If we show it, they will come. . ."

The snow is beginning to melt and spring is just around the corner. It will be planting time soon in the little villages all around Udmurtia. Valodya Kuznetchov is already busy with his planting even on frozen ground. The report just came in that he has shown the Jesus film five more places since Mark McManus and I went with him in February. That's some serious traveling on the snowy roads that we saw.

Please pray and help us keep Valodya busy. We are also praying for more teams to be trained by him to do this work as well as discipling teams to do follow up involving church plants in all these place.

Pray for some very dear friends who will be moving to Novasibersk, Russia soon to begin studying Russian language.

Serving Him together,

Jack & Sara Gilliland, VSC

The 'Energizer' Church. . .

. . .they just keep going and going and going. . . The little church at Chur village ( shown here with the 'cafe outreach center' in progress) reports that February 23 ( men's day in Russia) they sent out invitations to the village for a special get together at the church and 46 people showed up. At their Christmas program 35 people came; mostly young people.

They are having a surge of 'energy' in the form of blessing from God. Pray for them as they live out the gospel in their village and that many people will come to salvation.

Projects and prayer needs for 2009

Our projects and prayer needs for 2009 are summarized in this photo. Please join them in prayer for:

a. The Christians of Udmurtia to hear God's call to go out and reach the unsaved of their Republic.

b. For teams to join us June 10 - 23, 2009 and for October, 2009 trips to go with teams of these young people to show the Jesus film and visit their neighbors.

c. For the laborers who are answering God's call to
live there and serve.

If you are interested in being involved with either of the dates listed above, please let us know by writing artman72687@yahoo.com.

blessings
Jack