Greater Portland Baptist Church

Adam and Angela Young: September 2007

Dear Fellow Laborers,

Praise the Lord for the exciting things He is doing in Russia!

Newest Addition
We praise the Lord for the safe delivery of Alisa May Young, born August 12th. She was twenty-two inches long and about eight and half pounds. Angela was due on the 23rd but the baby arrived about ten days earlier. Angela's parents and her younger sister Allegra came over to help us out during the delivery, and it was great to see them. They were a great encouragement to us. This was the first time Angela had delivered in Russia, but praise the Lord there were no complications. The place that we found to deliver was very nice and the staff was very helpful. Thank you for your prayers.

Documents Turned in for Permanent Residency
Turning in our documents reminded me of how blessed we are in America. The lines at our local office have improved but the government workers still only see about half of the 45 people in line. In order to get a spot at the head of the list, people are having to show up earlier and earlier. I came at 11 p.m. the night before the office opened to save a place, only to find out I was 31st in line (usually only 20-25 people get in). The people at the beginning of the line had saved their place two days earlier. We turned in everything, only to have the government worker tell us to write everything over again (everything must be filled out by hand without any mistakes in pen). Our lawyer did as requested and we turned everything in a second time. This time everything was in order but we were called a few days later and told we needed to bring another document, so we did. Praise the Lord they let me in with out having to wait in line. Then a government worker came to our house to tell us that our local government office had put the wrong stamp on everything and we needed to write everything over yet again. We did as we were told, and they let us turn things into our regional office which is much more professional and there are very few in line. The government worker there was very polite, but told us some other things we needed and then we got those as well. She said that we can expect an answer to come within four to six months. Please pray with us that we will have no problems with this last step in establishing our presence here.

Prayer Requests
- Salvation for Alexsei, Lyudmilla and Vasilye, Misha and Marina, Oleg and Lena.
- Faithfulness for Alexander, Inna and her mother Irina and her son Dima, and Yelena.

Yours in Christ,
Adam, Angela, Alex, Amelia, and Alisa