Eugene Peterson wrote a book titled “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society.” He reminded us that the Kingdom of God is not built quickly or easily, but requires a long journey of obedience.
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My first visit to Suzdal, Russia was 15 years ago this summer, and my first thought when we arrived was "What I am doing here?" I had come with my fellow team members and a few translators, all exhausted from a week of camp and wandering the streets as foreign tourists.
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Fifteen years after I met them, a photo of my first “family group” at Kambari camp in Vladimir region, Russia, remains on my bedside table, the smiling faces of orphan children and teenagers now grown—some with whom I’ve lost contact, some adopted, but all still right next to me as I sleep.
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How do you measure if your efforts are successful? That’s a question we all think about, especially when we’re trying to be good stewards of the resources entrusted to us by God. Probably each of us has our own measure: for some it’s numbers, for others – its the ever difficult-to-measure quality-of-life.
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The U.S. and Russia are experiencing the most difficult relationships between our countries in almost 30 years. I’m continually asked how this tension is impacting the ministry of Orphan’s Tree or what I think about the Ukraine/Russia situation.
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Pure and faultless religion is defined as looking out for widows and orphans in their time of distress. The orphans we meet in Russia need to see human love modeled for them, in personal and practical ways, to comprehend the vast love God has for them.
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