Greetings from Moscow!


We made it. Praise God!

The flight was everything we thought it would be: long, fun,
exhausting, exciting. It was so weird to land in Germany. It was like
going from one world to another. Everyone went from speaking English
to speaking something else. It was a little difficult to get around
but we figured it out.

Elias is doing great. In Germany we took a tram to the proper terminal
and were than bussed out to the airplane. Elias loved it. All the
people here enjoy him, and he really is opening doors for us. He's
eating great and sleeping even better.

Once we got through customs our contacts where waiting. They were
really excited to see us. As we waited for the van we rented, they
asked us how we felt called to come. Boy, did they get an earful...we
drove to the Calvary Chapel Bible College extension campus dorm where
they showed us to our room. It's like a suite with a doorway divider
and a full walk-in bath. They cleaned it really well and even set up a
nice crib for Elias.

Today we set out on our first adventure. Diapers! A new friend, Alex,
walked us to the nearby store (20-min walk each way). I can't tell you
how awesome it was to throw Elias onto my shoulders and, with Rayma by
my side, to walk the side streets of this new place. Exciting!

On Monday we are taking off for our first two outreaches. We will be
going to a couple different cities over the next 20 days.

[Spasiba] Thank you, for everything your prayers are being answered.

We will e-mail you all again soon.

God bless.
Dave, Rayma and Elias