The Laird Family has spent much of the past few years in waiting for God's timing for them to return to Russia. They are very excited to see that that moment may be close at hand. Please pray with their family in the months ahead as they seek the Lords direction in their life.We are very excited about the opportunity to return to Russia. The Lord has been using us in different areas of the world; in Honduras and here in the states, building our little family and taking care of our daughter's medical needs. As we come to a close of that chapter of our lives, we see the Lord opening a door for us to return to Russia.In November of 2002 the Lord brought me to Volgograd, a city of just over a million people about five hundred miles south of Moscow, as part of a church planting team from Spokane, Washington. Vadim Chipinov, a good friend of mine, became the pastor of Calvary Chapel Volgograd and over the year that followed I served with him teaching and discipling the new believers in the Word of God. Since it's birth the church in Volgograd has grown mightily in the Word and in numbers.Our family: Clint, Sarah, Charlotte and Nila, will hopefully be heading to Russia sometime late in the spring of 2007. We will serve in various ministries of the church and teach bible studies along with discipling new believers. We currently feel the Lord calling us to serve in Russia long term. During our first year in Vologorad we will be seeking the Lord's direction as to where He will have us in the future. Whether that is to be in Volgograd or in other cities of need in Russia. Your Prayer support is greatly valued to us. Please place this card somewhere that will remind you to pray for our family. While the greatest way to support us is in prayer, we also need financial support. Please seek the Lord about giving to our ministry or committing to send monthly support,it has been recommended that we raise a minimum of $1,500 a month for living expenses.

“O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.” Psalm 25:2-4
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Update 02 Sep 2010

     "For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He." - Deut 32:3-4 NKJV
     
     Ministry
     Has been continuing as usual this summer our spanish congregation continues to grow both in size and in the word. We have been greatly encouraged by the personal growth we see as a result of our being faithful to teach trough the Word. We mentioned in our last newsletter that we feel the Lord is calling us out of Honduras, we have an opportunity to be a part of a church plant in Wisconsin and we feel the Lord is calling us to be a part of this new work. There are still many things that the Lord would need to do before we would be able to make a move like that, so it will probably not be in the near future. Please continue to support our ministry here as we have not left yet and are only praying about things. We are praying for the Lord to provide His perfect workers to help continue the ministry here, there is a couple from California praying about this. Please lift them up in prayer as they pray about making some major changes in their live and also pray that God would provide for them to come on a vision tour to meet us and see the work here.
     
     Teams
     We have had a number of teams this summer and seen a great number of friends return to the island once again to serve the Lord with us here for a week. We currently have a team with us from California. They are from an organization called SEND Ministries and are traveling all over Central America as part of a four month internship. They have been with us for just over a week and have been very hard at work. Along with running all of our services, including teaching, worship and children's, they also helped us put the roof and siding on a house in Flowers Bay. We do not have any more teams confirmed for the rest of the year. We are praying for a large team that may stay with us for a few days in September.
     
     Us
     We still have not made it back to the States to see Charlotte's Doctors, we continue to wait on our tax return to be able to afford the tickets. The IRS told us it should be coming in about a month, so we are planing to come back for Christmas God willing of course.
     We had a dengue epidemic in Honduras earlier this summer both Clint and Zeph fell pray to its fever, but both are doing well now.
     We were not able to raise any money to send the kids to a bi-lingual school this year so we started homeschooling our kindergarteners.
     Sarah has started a blog check it out if you want to stay more informed about what is going on in our lives thisthankfulheart.wordpress.com

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