Sorrow Underfoot band@sorrowunderfoot.com Sorrow Underfoot The Christian Rock Band Sorrow Underfoot's Music and Updates Sorrow Underfoot, Music, Christian, Missions no http://www.sorrowunderfoot.com Sorrow Underfoot's Music and Updates en band@sorrowunderfoot.com (Sorrow Underfoot) band@sorrowunderfoot.com (Sorrow Underfoot) Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:00:00 PST Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:30:00 PST Sorrow Underfoot Music Christian Russia Update|August 10, 2009 “Pre-ve-et” (hello) from Russia, I just thought I would share a few thoughts from the “Papa”, as they call me in Russia. There have been so many precious moments already on this trip and I see God working in the people we have met and in our own lives as well. To minister as a family has been a blessing. Here are a few highlights. 1) To see my kids take such an interest in and love the kids at the orphanage was a blessing. I was particularly touched by how Justin reached out to these two little orphan sisters, Nika and Dasha. They wanted to be around him all the time. There was a language barrier but the love of Jesus he had for these kids just broke through that barrier. It was so hard for him to leave them. 2) It was so touching for me to see Shannon and her fiancé Jeremiah lead a girl to the Lord on the streets of Tambov after the concert. Maureen and I prayed for them as we could see they were having a deep emotional conversation with a girl. The girl had ideas of suicide and a life of drugs and who knows what else. She felt she was not good enough for God. She prayed with Shannon and Jer to ask Jesus in her life. What a blessing for me to see my daughter and her future spouse reaching out together in Christ’s love. It was priceless and brought a tear to my eye. 3) Brittany touched me when she shared at the Church service in Tambov about the importance of starting your day out in God’s word. She really ministered to the Russian church but it also spoke to me. It is such a blessing when Christ ministers to you through your kids. See the picutre of Brittany sharing at the church in Tambov with Lizzy, the pastors daughter, interpreting . 4) It is awesome to see how Maureen has been and continues to touch the lives of many young Russian women. Some of the Russian girls call her “My American Mom”. She has been able to share with some girls that are now getting married, close to marriage and newly married. She shared much about God’s plan for marriage and they treasure the words the Lord has given her to share. Elveera, in the picture, will be getting married next week. 5) I was able to speak on three occasions which was a stretch for me. I gave the message at one of the concerts, then shared at the outreach in the park. One of the most emotional and special times for me was when I spoke in front of the Church in Tambov and shared some things from my Dad’s life to encourage them. I shared how Dad, a follower of Christ for over 50 years, had such an unconditional love for family and even the unloved. It touched a number of people, and to see how my Dad’s life is having an impact on lives all the way in Russia, even while he is with the Lord, was real special. 6) The concerts were well attended and gave us a chance to meet new friends and for the band and the team to share with the kids. We had two special days hanging out with the kids the days after the concerts. We had some old friends and many new friends. There were many special times being with these kids and showing them Christ’s love. Many came to the train station and saw us off which was special, but it was hard to leave our dear friends. I am amazed how close we can get to these kids after only a few days, just by sharing the Love of Christ. This trip was a difficult one for me to decide to go on for various reasons, but I know this was God’s will and I would not trade the experiences I have had already for anything. One of the challenges was that I tore my ACL ligament in my knee a few weeks prior to the trip. But the Lord has kept my knee strong and I was even able to kick a soccer ball a bit at the orphanage and the outreach in the park (please don’t tell my Dr. or my Mom). We have a break before heading back to Tver to visit another orphanage then on to Kaluga to have another outreach concert and encourage the church in that city. Thank you all for your prayers. God Bless, Ron (Papa) http://www.sorrowunderfoot.com/Blog/blog.html Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:00:00 PST Russia Update|July 28, 2009 We flew out of LAX on July 24, with a 4 hour flight to Atlanta and a ten hour flight to Moscow. After the long flight we got to see lots of our friends from the CCCPM dorm. After relaxing and getting over jetlag, we were off to Tver (a city north of Moscow) on July 27. We arrived at the Starista orphanage in the country of Tver. When we got there all the kids were so happy to see us! Most of them remembered us from past visits and it was so great to see them again! We played some games with them from relay races to jump rope, anything to let them have fun like they normally don’t have. We later brought them inside and they made some crafts to remind them that Jesus loves them. The team with us put on a Bible puppet show for the kids. We got to play some more with them before we had to leave. They were sad we had to leave, but were excited to know that we’d come back the next day! We drove back to the city of Tver to stay at a hotel there overnight so we could return to the orphanage the next morning. Pulling into the orphanage driveway the kids were there waiting anxiously to see us. They greeted us all with big hugs and huge smiles. We hung out for a while playing with them at their playground. They were really happy to show us their skills like swinging all the way around the swing set, or playing soccer, jumping the jump rope, and many other things. After playing some games with the orphans we helped them decorate some backpacks we gave them with stickers and all sorts of stuff. The team put on skit of Noah’s ark and had the kids played as the animals on the ship. They had so much fun using little puppet animals they had made! As the time for us to leave approached, we tried to spend as much time with them as we could. We gave them all little gifts with some toys and gospel tracts special for kids. We took lots of pictures and there were lots of hugs and they were so sad that we had to leave. As we left, they waved goodbye hoping to see us again. Personal notes This was the best orphanage trip I have been on before. I felt like I was closer to the kids than before. It can be hard because of the language barrier to spend time with the Russian orphans, but love surpasses that barrier. Showing the orphans God’s love is why we went there and I feel that we accomplished just that. -Justin http://www.sorrowunderfoot.com/Blog/blog.html Mon, 28 Jul 2009 12:00:00 PST Sorrow Underfoot Close Your Eyes from the Epicentric EP Sorrow Underfoot's Close Your Eyes from the Epicentric EP Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:40:00 PST 04:31 Sorrow Underfoot Beautiful Thing from the Epicentric EP Sorrow Underfoot's Beautiful Thing from the Epicentric EP 02:55 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:30:00 PST Sorrow Underfoot Forget Luv Not from the Epicentric EP Sorrow Underfoot's Forget Luv Not from the Epicentric EP Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PST 03:19