Dear friends of SLMS;
Robert Kiefer, the SLMS Treasurer, recently sent our May donations to Siberia for use in the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church (100% of all donations to the general fund are sent to the mission field in Siberia. No undesignated funds are used for operational costs.)
The following is Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin’s response to this month’s donations.
Dear Robert,
Thank you very much!
Now, since the summer has begun, we have many plans: as usual, we plan to organize various educational programs for children and adults. The first one will start on Monday: it will be the “Vacation Bible School” here in Novosibirsk. But we invited parents and children from other parishes also. There will be a large educational program for children, and the parallel classes for their parents. And then we plan to start summer seminars in different places, and Fr. Daniel Johnson will fly to us to participate. We will start in Tomsk on June 22, and then we will continue in Khakassia, then in Chita, and then in Bieloretsk and Yekaterinburg. And later in the summer (the dates have not yet been approved), we will conduct seminars in Novokuznetsk and in Novosibirsk. It is very important to train the parishioners so that they know better the basics of Lutheran faith and can tell others as well. Thank you very much for your help, because of which we can conduct the missionary work, visit remote places, receive medical care and feed our children.
We are very thankful to you!
In Christ,
Vsevolod,
bishop,
SELC