Happenings in Russia with students

We just LOVE what happens each fall. Print houses all over the area pump out a quarter million magazines designed especially for students. For some of those who recieve a copy, it is a life changing experience. Here are some accounts of what took place in Russia.

MOSCOW report:

It seems that fall has been mostly comprised of heavy bags and happy faces. Why? Well, we’ve embarked on a mass distribution of a student planner, which the Russia Campus Ministry has developed for our fall strategies. Our staff in Moscow have learned they can each carry about 40 planners without having to go to the chiropractor.

When the students hear that they can receive a free planner, they are elated. To receive the planner they fill out a simple questionnaire with four questions. The fourth question asks them if they’d be interested in a 10 min conversation about the Bible. Right now about 40% of students are responding positively to this question! So, doing the math: 2500 planners already distributed, means there are about 1,000 students to follow up on 13 different campuses spread across the city. Is it working? Last week at the Bio Tech U, Masha called Nastiya to follow up the survey. Because of the questionnaire it’s very easy to transition to the Gospel. By the end of the conversation Nastiya had placed her faith in Jesus. Now Masha is maintaining contact with Nastiya and pursuing follow up with her. Who else is joining us to help with distribution? Volunteers from several churches have met us and gone on campus with us (including pastors) to take part. Another student organization organized recently committed itself to help us with distributing Survival kits on two campuses where they have believers with a heart for outreach. They recently came and took 480 planners, formed a team and went after two campuses where we’ve not had any access. Praise God for partnerships!

Ekateringburg report:
Join us in thanking God for what He is doing here in Ekaterinburg. During the month of September eight young women and one young man trusted Christ through our ministry. All of these contacts came out of the Student Survival Kit Outreach. So far we have been able to share Christ with over one-hundred students. One of the most exciting things about this is that our students are taking the initiative to set up their own evangelistic appointments. More than half of those who have heard the Gospel, heard it from one of our students!