Dear Prayer Partners,

"I told Leanna about Jesus, and it worked!"
by Alaina Hutchinson, age 9

On Thursday, June 7, I told my friend Leanna that Jesus Christ died for her sins. I told Leanna everything about Jesus in Russian. One of the words I used I had never even used before, but God just put it in my mind. She said that it was very interesting and asked me how to ask Jesus to be her Savior. I told her how and that I would pray with her, but she wanted to think about it. After I was done talking with her, she went upstairs to her apartment. When she came down she told me that while she was going up she thought about the words I had told her and that on her way back down in the elevator she prayed and asked Jesus to be her Savior! I gave Leanna a Russian Bible and now she reads it every day after lunch. God is working in her heart!
(Note: The title of this article is a quote by Alaina when she called home on a cell phone to tell us that she told her friend about Christ!)
 

In June the Ellis and Zajicek families came to Russia to adopt teenage girls. Tonya and Yulia are sisters and have spent the past 10 years in an orphanage outside of Nizhny Novgorod. Both families attended our Sunday service in Moscow. That day the girls heard, in their native language, that they are special, valued by God, that God loves them, and that He has a plan for them. They heard the plan of salvation for the first time. After church, we went to a restaurant and several young people in our church spent time getting acquainted with the girls and witnessing to them. Please pray for Tonya and Yulia and their families as they transition into new families, a new country and a new language. Please pray that they will be saved! We also thank the Ellis' (members of Baptist Temple, Springfield, MO) and the Zajiceks for bringing us some goodies from the US as well as baseball equipment for our youth ministry. It is being used every week!

On June 29, the marriage of Maxim and Larisa, faithful members of our church, was registered at a local Russian government office. It is customary for the Bride and Groom and a few guests to visit a national monument on this day to take photographs. They will have a church ceremony July 21. Please pray for Maxim and Larisa as they begin their life together serving God. Maxim desires to become a pastor.

For His glory,
Jim Hutchinson

Praises

	One Precious soul saved!
	Tonya & Yulia hbave Christian families and have heard the Good News!

Prayer Requests

	Family health and protection, physical/ our daily walk with the Lord
	Grace Baptist Church/ evangelism, church growth and leadership development
	Baseball Youth ministry
	Diciplship
	Language ability to continue to improve
	Bible College Project
	Souls to be saved!
	Tonya & Yulia - salvation

Support Address
BBFI
PO Box 191
Springfield, MO 65801

Sending Church
Thomas Road Baptist Church
5735 W. Thomas Road
Phoenix, AZ 85301

Field Address
Varshavskoje Shosse 37
International PO Box 36
Moscow 131000
Russia
495-125-1459

Skype Name
Jim.Laura.Hutchinson

E-mail
Hutch2russia@gmail.com