We want to thank the following for their labor of love, helping get everything ready for shipping.  We especially want to thank Donnie and Brenda Libreatori for co-ordinating and running The Gathering Center for the past four years.  Without them, none of this would have been possible.  They have sacrificed so much time and energy to see this happen.  We can never say thank you enough.

 

Thanks to:

Donnie and Brenda Libreatori

Pastor Steve Millinder

Greg Martell

Josh Libreatori

Adriane Libreatori

Ed Brown

Dean Winters

Dan English

Scott Pusey

 

 

I was so glad that I had a chance to talk to you via cellphone yeastarday. Thanks God for modern technologies=)

Well, we had 16 streetkids(hope i'm not mistaken): 10 boys and 6 girls. The party started about 6 p.m. and before starting we(Andrey, Anastasia, Olga(she sings in worship team at Victory church), a lady from Gatchina church, unfortunatly i forgot her name, and me) gethered together and made a list of songs to sing.

Everything started with that lady from Gatchina church speach. First, the guys were really noisy but then they started listening to her attentively. She reminded to everybody that they can come to God in
every situation, no matter how hard they are, i mean the situations.

After, Olga Nikolayevna posed a question: What has happend in your life during this year? What'd you like to change if you could? During this part they were really noisy but anyway some of them answered the questions.

Then we began to sing songs. That was so great! we have sung a lot of songs and they kept begging to sing more songs during the whole night. Some of them were clapping and Zhenya(a boy i saw for the 1st time) was even dancing!

I think that then i shared with the guys about my life and how God's been leading me since i got to know Him. I told them that i was a little scared when i came for the first to their place in Kupchino with Sam.
They were laughing! And also i told them that they became my friends(and that's true).

Then was Christmas dinner time. We ate a lot of smash potateo with chiken, salads.... Very delicious!!!

After dinner we went outside and had fireworks! That was exiting! Then was the most expecting part- PRESENTS!!! But first Maksim made a present to Olga(a Christmas card). Well, everyone got his present!  It seemed to me that they were happy!!! The rest of the night we were singing, playing chess, drinking tea.. We had fun!

Personally i liked our Christmas party very much!!! I enjoyed talking to guys and playing with them! I was also glad that Anastasis with her husband, Olga and the other christians joind us!

And in the morning(10a.m.) i went to Pushkin and then home. Olga gave me money for the transportation as you said.

This is in short what we were doing. May be i've mixed up the order of some parts pf the party but it's not so important!

Blessings!!
Sasha

 

 Dear Kent and Todd,

I am glad, that you have received photos. For two holidays up to Christmas there have arrived five guys to decorate the house and to prepare for salads. For Christmas to the house there have arrived 11 guys and seven girls. Four persons and Sacha the translator helped me from "Victory" Olga and Tatyana, and from Gatchina church. In a gift we have bought to guys dezoderant, gel for shaving, Gillette, socks, tooth-brushes and to those guys which lived in the house and helped more than the others, scarfs with symbolics of a favourite soccer team have presented. Girls were still presented gloves which by you have brought. In church for children from street photograph albums have presented. Frameworks and the big chocolates. Everyone thank you for gifts. We ate much, communicated, guys danced, glorified the God. Started fireworks at night. Everyone were very happy.

 

Big to you thanks for all. Gods to you of blessings. With love Olga and children and friends.

Micaiah Ministries Youth Camp for Kids in Crisis 2009