One Year for Jesus
One Year for Jesus is the launch of an aggressive evangelism effort and top priority of The Hosanna Plan. It means going to population points no matter how big or how small, no matter how remote or how industrialized. It means going to communities, meeting people that so desperately need to hear about Jesus. On September 20th, 2010 One Year for Jesus project in Russia started . At present there are 27 full-time teams sent out in order to touch each home in Russia with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Within the period of September, 2010 to July, 2011, missionary teams visited 6,165 villages all across Russia. More than 1,194,160 people heard the Good News.
In the following regions of Russia:
| • Altai Territory
• Chita and Trans • Irkutsk Region and Republic of Tyva • Kaluga Region and the Central part of Russia • Mordovia and Mari-El republic • Moscow and Moscow region • Novgorod region • Novosibirsk Region and Siberia • Omsk Region • Orenburg •Perm region and Komi-Perm district •Pskov region
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• Republic of Karelia
• Republic of Udmurtia • Ryazan region • Smolensk region • St. Petersburg area • Sverdlovsk region and the Urals • The Republic of Bashkortostan • The Republic of Chuvashia • The Republic of Tatarstan • Volgograd Region and the Volga region • Yakutia
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Stories/Newsletters
One Year For Jesus Newsletter April, 2011 (2 mb)
One Year For Jesus Newsletter May, 2011 (3 mb)
Testimonies
Driving on Water
Most of the communities are located far from cities or regional centers. However they are the priority in the work of our One Year for Jesus Teams. In winter time most of the villages turn to be almost isolated. For example, vehicles can only get to Ust-Shalashnaya, a village in the Perm Region, by driving on the river, the frozen Sylva River. Recently Bishop Edward Grabovenko joined the team in their ministry. They had to drive snowmobiles over the river to reach this community of 23 people. Their journey was not easy.…At some point the ice in the river melted and one of their snow mobile’s started to sink. It was grueling to pull out and the missionaries/team members found themselves up to their knees in icy water. Talk about freezing! The temps were at -31F (-35C.) But it’s worth overcoming all the difficulties for the sake of God’s Kingdom. The result of the trip was beyond their expectations. All the people in the village listened carefully about salvation in Jesus, everyone asked for a New Testament and many accepted Christ!
A Place of Isolation
Valeriy lives in a place almost totally isolated from the rest of the society. There are no stores, hospitals, no phone lines and no electricity. Even mail is not delivered here. There are only two people living in the
village. Unfortunately, our team was unable to talk to the other person, as he was completely drunk after a long episode of drinking. Valeriy was sincerely interested in the Gospel and agreed to pray and accept Christ as his Lord and Savior. “The eyes of this man reflected an amazingly deep loneliness and rejection. I always wonder what makes these people stay in such places, in hard life conditions! But I do believe that there is a place for them in God’s heart. And it is a privilege for me to spend my time and strength in order to comeand share the Good News with them. On the way back I felt exhausted but happy. It was worth paying the price, to go through all the difficulties, for one more soul to find peace with God, for one more name to be written in the Book of the Lamb. I’m so grateful to God for the privilege to bring people to Christ”, said Bishop Edward Grabovenko.
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