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This site features information for teachers and parents about the WMU® missions education organization for preschoolers called Mission Friends.
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July 2008   IMB Photos
Rusty and Lori Hart
Rusty and Lori Hart serve in the Sverdlovskaya Oblast [sverd-LOHV-SKA-ya O-blast] area of Russia. The Harts have three daughters: Laura (18), Megan (15), and Hannah (11). The Hart family presents puppet shows, leads games, sings to children and teaches Bible stories in orphanages, schools and hospitals. Prayer Requests Pray that God will open doors for the 40 plus cities that have no evangelical work. Pray for additional missionaries to come to Russia and join their team. Pray for Russian men to feel the call of God to become pastors. Missions Area Rusty and Lori Hart are Strategy Coordinators helping people who live in Sverdlovskaya Oblast, which is like a state in the United States. They start new churches and work to tell others how Jesus can change their lives. Of the 4.6 million people in their area, only one-half of 1 percent believes in Jesus Christ. photos courtesy of the Harts ______________________
  IMB Photos Randy and Robin Covington The Covingtons make Friday nights family nights. They make pizza and watch English movies. It is important to set aside time just for family. Prayer Requests Pray that God would send more Strategy Coordinators to work in the remote, extremely cold climate in the Russian Far East. Pray for new churches to start and spread throughout the many isolated villages. Pray that God would give the Covingtons wisdom as they work. Missions Area As Cluster Coordinator for Far East Russia, Mr. Covington is in charge of all the missionary teams in the Russian Far East. He helps the missionaries with their ministries, recruits new missionaries, helps decide which strategic places need new missionaries, writes job requests for missionaries, and many other things. The couple also works with Russia’s Small People of the North, a group whose traditional lifestyle revolves around reindeer herding or fishing. IMB Photo For additional missions area information and activity ideas, see Summer Start, pages 30–59, and First Steps in Missions, vol. 13, pages 78–84. Additional planning help: WMU Year Book 2007–2008 (now only $1.99). Mission Friends organization help: How to Involve Preschoolers in Missions: Includes a Guide for Mission Friends.  Excite your preschoolers with big photos from North America and around the world!
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