Page Bakarich and I recently returned from a two-week church planting effort to Blagoveschensk, Russia.
We joined a group of 12 other people under the leadership of Calvary Church Planting Mission. We worked well together and
God provided us strong and experienced leadership. Many invitations to our concerts were handed out to people on the street,
in shopping malls and at other public settings.
Four girls from southern California provided the entertainment at our indoor concerts.
Their band, �Sorrow Underfoot�, delivered Christian music in a format that appealed to the college age crowd. Each succeeding
performance resulted in more people. The fourth and final concert attracted about 170 attentive listeners. The words to the
Christian songs were projected in Russian and English onto a screen behind the band. The gospel was clearly shared at each
concert with song and personally by our leadership during intermission.
Three subsequent evenings after the last concert an opportunity for fellowship and Bible study was offered in Pastor Igor�s home.
God brought 20-25 young people each night to these fellowships! Pastor Igor�s prayer request is that they not so much hear his
voice and others telling them how much Jesus loves them, as the voice of Jesus himself calling each of them to Him.
In addition to concerts, members of our team accepted invitations to visit university classrooms, private homes and business
offices. We were warmly received in each environment. The trip was very gratifying, knowing that many heard the gospel and a small
following have formed a connection to Pastor Igor. The memory of the happy young faces fellowshipping in the safe and nurturing
environment of the Pastor�s home is a blessing. Pastor Igor�s material resources are small but he is committed, through God�s grace,
to help people in Blagoveshensk discover the love of Christ. Please pray for Pastor Igor, his small family and the new church in
Blagoveshensk! Thank God for this humble, gifted man desiring to fulfill God�s purpose for his life. �And whatsoever ye shall ask in
my name, that will I do, that the Father might be glorified in the Son.� John 14:13.
-Randy Knight
