Teen Challenge Center

Hello everybody,

As most of you know I have been living in a teen challenge center for 5 days where those there only speak Russian. Wow ok so this week has been very hard but it has benefited me very much! My Russian teacher is incredibly gifted in teaching and I know God has set this up. By the end of the first day i learned how to read. I knew all of the letters by the second day and could count to 1,000,000. I also knew many basic words and phrases and I wrote my first paragraph intruducing myself (what I like to do, what I want to be, ect). Granted the paragraph wasn't entirely gramatically accurate. By the end of the second day I had a venacular of well over 100 words! I have been learning so much. I have been praying for this whole summer for God to bless my learning of the Russian language and I know that he has blessed me. It is my prayer that he will continue to bless this time of preperation. Today I heard two of the womans testimonies from the center. It just about broke my heart. In a country with thousands of alchoholics and drug addicts God has specifically picked these few and saved these few so that they can reach so many others. One of the women who gave their testimony said at the end that she justs wants to help people. It was so genuine because she knows what its like to hurt. Praise God. Please pray for those at the center. Many are rough around the edges but God loves them very much. Pray for Alexander, the director of teen challenge, to have wisdom and guidance from the Holy Spirit. I know that God is working.

Be blessed so that you may be the blessing

Joseph