It's True,
Rayma and I are...

Loved friends and family!

Rayma and I are going to have another BABY!! Many of you heard me announce this news as Pastor Ron (at McMinnville Calvary Chapel) held his telephone up to a church microphone. Through an endless line of incredible modern technological devices, a tall goofy Russian Pastor (that's me) announced the good news. However, for many of you this is new news and I hope you are blessed to hear it this way.

Rayma is 14 weeks along and is due on August 27th. We had an ultrasound taken here in Perm, and everything is normal and healthy. We don't know yet, of course, if it's a boy or a girl, but everything else checks out great. We were surprised to see that they had one of the most modern ultrasound machines we've ever seen and the ultrasound we had done only cost $12!

Our plan right now is for Rayma to return to America in mid June. She will spend a month with her family in Albuquerque, NM then go to McMinnville, OR to complete the rest of her pregnancy. I will return to Oregon at the first part of August and stay for 5-6 weeks. The McMinnville church is planning to send another team of people out here to Russia next October. We will have a series of outreach concerts much like we did last fall. If it works out we're hoping that Rayma (with Elias and the baby) can return to Russia with the outreach team in Oct. As for the medical side of things we have been and will continue to be in contact with several different doctors, Russian and American. We have a health plan that covers the pregnancy and we are all very excited at this new addition to our family. Please keep us in prayer as we step into another new adventure.

Thank you all for your constant prayers and support we love you all so deeply.

Your missionaries,

Dave, Rayma and Elias