Listed are projects that we are now involved in and also projects that we are earnestly praying about becoming involved in the near future. I am presently working alongside Russian Christians and pastors in the following areas:

1. To form an organization approved by Russian officials to be involved in the work of having post transitional homes and refuge centers for orphans after they have left the protection of the orphanage. They face many problems and difficulties and are not prepared as they face life out on their own. This will be a center staffed by Russian Christians that will be available to help, teach and minister to these teens that will face many troubles. This center can also be used to house orphan children that have no outside help and no other place where they can live.
   
    

   Our goal right now is to remodel an old building and to turn it into a Christian orphanage and rehabilitation center. The building is there! We just need the funds to remodel it. There is one boy living there already that was basically living on the street. We hope to bring in more as the building is finished.  We are also praying about planting a church that ministers to teens as well as open a training center to train young pastors to minister to kids in this region as well as other regions in Russia.

   
    

2. Using these same centers to have teen home groups, to form relationships and to teach them the Word of God. (I am presently hosting teen groups and ministering to local university students through "English clubs") Many that attend are public relations and journalist students that in the future will be involved in the Russian media in some way.
    
3. To minister to children/teens in orphanages through sports ministries, music, and bible teaching programs. In the past we have also been able go into the youth prisons where the average age of kids is 14 – 18. We hope to continue this work in the future.
    
4. To be involved in HIV/AIDS as well as drug education for orphan children.
    
5. Independent living programs that offer orphan children a place to live after the orphanage, as well as parental foster care in which foster parents can provide love, help and support to each individual child.
    
6. Work with other evangelical churches in the region that are currently working with orphan children. This will also involve raising the necessary funding to send kids to summer camps where local Christians can minister to them in a more effective way.

One problem with the present rehabilitation process for children in Russia is that many times children can be brought into a rehab center, only to be sent back to an abusive home situation in which they originally came from.