The DVD About Our Family Gets to Anya 8-21-10

Here is the email I just received from the pastor we stayed with in Russia. He took the DVD we made of our life here to Anya for us and tried to convince her it is good to go to America!!

Dear Dave and Monica,

God's  love  to you! We are grateful for your prayers. We already have rains  for  two days. We are thankful for your taking part in needs of Vera and Alexei.

3  days  ago  I  got  DVD  for Anya. Yesterday I and some young people (Nina, Anya, Sasha, Kolya) went to Elatma (her town) where we were met very well.
Before  we  collected  some  toys,  toothpaste, electric toothbrush, a scarf,  gloves, socks, some decoration for hair for Anya. We also took an  umbrella  from your box left with Vera and we gave all these gifts from  your name. We also brought a big bar of chocolate for every girl living  with  Anya.  With  pleasure Anya as a mistress distributed the bars  of  chocolate  to  her friends and it was very pleasant to watch this. I opened the notebook (his laptop) for Anya and her friends. Anya watched with great  interest.  I asked her: What impression do you have? Her answer
was:  A  swimming pool and I would like to swim. You said: Bye-bye and she  said:  Bye-bye too. She also enjoyed Mattew's playing the fiddle.
After watching your DVD I asked Anya's friends: Do you want Anya to go to  America?  They  answered:  Yes.  From my side I told Anya and some educators about your family which wants to have a younger daughter and a  younger  sister.  I also told about Oksana and Olesya from Solotcha (the young ladies who were in the DVD as our translators) which  live  in  America now and they are very happy. I tried to do my best.  But we will hope the Lord for His awaking her feelings, desire, emotion  and  heart. At the end Anya gave her greetings to you all and especially to Mattew.

Elatma was full of the smoke too. There were fires in several kms from Elatma  on  the  other  bank  of  the  Oka  river. Then we visited the preschool orphanage where we distributed some mashed fruit. Before our departure  from  Elatma we were praying for rain to stop the fires. It was a miracle! We went and it was raining. It was a downpour. All road was full of water and the glass cleaner (his windshield wipers) hardly worked and we could not move.  We  had to stop in the filling station to wait and to thank the Lord for His answer our and your prayers.

God bless you,

Pastor Anatoli.

C уважением,
 Anatoly