Gospel Expedition

The Larionov music team took part in the first portion of the Gospel Expedition, which began in Germany. We are happy to share this personal word from Yuri and Julia, which we just received . . .

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:30-31). [Continue reading A Personal Note . . . …]

We left Warsaw early Friday morning and God blessed us with good progress. It was still daylight when the Expedition entered the border city of Brest, Belarus. Local Christians invited the members of the Expedition to their homes for the night. Our minibus went straight to Moscow to get equipment, additional bikes, and books.

On Saturday, the cyclists rested and went on an excursion to the Brest kremlin, or fortress. The minibus returned at night bringing equipment and new team members for the Expedition. [Continue reading Passing the Baton in Belarus …]

As is usually the case, the Gospel Expedition is attracting significant media attention along the way. We thought you’d enjoy seeing a couple of reports filed thus far . . . [Continue reading The Expedition in the News …]

Today is Wednesday. But this is like “Saturdayâ€? for us, a day of rest, which God granted us. A prayer service is planned for 6 p.m. We have time to rest, to wash things, to read the Bible and pray. We had a short, quick and late breakfast. After lunch we all decided to see Warsaw. Our Ukrainian-Polish pastor, Ivan, gave us booklets in Polish with the church address. We gave out booklets to passersby on our way into the city and looked at beautiful Warsaw. [Continue reading Rest, Fellowship and Witnessing …]

Today a long road awaits us, so most of us began our Bible reading and devotions before 6:00 a.m. Breakfast, than a parting meeting with the pastor of the local church, who came to see us off early. We prayed and set out, thanking the Lord for dry weather. But it is not easy to cycle when it’s hot and sunny. The arms and legs of our cyclists were sunburned, and that gave our doctor-cyclist some work to do. Our guide, Pastor Ivan, was looking for the shortest ways. The condition of the roads resembled Russian roads very much. [Continue reading Entering Poland from Germany …]