October 18 and All is Cold

Well I woke up today at 5:00 AM after about 5 or 6 hours of sleep. I guess that's the way it goes when you try to work through a 9 hour time difference from home. The started liked that and looked to get worse with the temperature in the mid 30's and plenty of rain. The good news is that it got so much better from there!

Here is a great shot of the Neva river in the early morning. I can't really give you a feeling of the cold wind and rain, but if I stood still longer on this bridge I might have frozen.

John and I had our first meeting 9:00 with the director of orphanage 24 (Pictured) in a part of town I was unfamiliar with, and well away from where you would normally find any Americanskis. This orphanage has not been reached by any organization, but they were very receptive to us. John explained what SAC is about, how our programs work and gathered a lot of information about the kids there, all 100 of them! We were given a tour of the facility and after about two hours it seems like we will have a new orphanage to minister to in St. Petersburg. It is such a blessing that they were so open to us and willing to let us come in, not only to bring gifts and aide, but to also share Christ with the children. God is at work here in Russia and I see it every day.