Oct 19th the Tobolsk Church will be celebrating their 17th year anniversary. Those of you that were able to hear Bob share during tour this past year heard the incredible story of Pastor Timofei and his family. The Tobolsk church continues to impact their city and region with the good news of Jesus Christ. One of the highlights of this special celebration will be the ordination of Pastor Sasha and Nadia from the Tyumen church plant. They will also have baby dedications, one of which will be Sergei, son of Asst. Pastor Sasha and Oksana (see picture).
In the old city Tobolsk church (where we helped build the Social Center) they have over 70 people coming to church on Sundays. And half of those are Tartars, Tajiks and Uzbeks. The Social center is full of activity and is ministering to a lot of people. We talked about starting a Saturday night service just for those from a Muslim background. That part of the city is run down and these people live in pretty bad conditions so it is exciting to see the church reaching out to them. They are already beginning to pray about building a bigger room for church services.
On my recent trip I was also able to go to the Rehab center. They have started the roof and have it half way completed. They are waiting until we can buy more supplies to finish it. They have windows and outside doors so we are hoping to have it enclosed before winter sets in. They are planning to install the electrical and heating/plumbing system during the winter months. After the snow thaws a team from Woodinville Alliance will come next spring to hang the drywall. Then the Rehab center will be ready to begin ministry.
