They have been here almost 2 weeks and I thought you would enjoy hearing about their first impressions, their favourite days and the different things they think about Russia.

It has been way to long since I have taken the time to write on here and update everyone on what has been happening in my life and in YWAM Rostov on Don. It is 2010 now though, so here is a new start to this blog!!

Again a blog from Moscow Mc Donalds. It does have free Wifi, but it is really slow. I have just received all the Mongolian visas for our team. I had to travel to Moscow to hand in all the applications and passports for the Visa. Of course they won’t let you do that that easy: first I had to get the power of attorney from each student. That was ok for the Russian students, but there is one girl from Finland.

Hey! Here I am again. I have a very lame excuse for not keeping up with my blog: I completely forgot about it! So many things happened and life has been crazy busy. This is already week seven of the Perm DTS where I am staff at the moment. We just finished workduties – a very important part of a disciple Training School. That’s when the real YOU comes out☺. But we have 12 most -of –the- time- wonderful students and already in one month we leave Russia to finish lecture phase in Mongolia.

Saturday morning Lena (my fiancee) and I will be flying to Moscow.  We will be staying there for 1 week while we complete medical exams and her visa interview at the American embassy.  Please pray for us, for saftey, and God's blessing.  We hope in a few weeks we can travel to the my home in the States for our wedding.  While in America we will enjoy the holidays with my family and raise ministry partners for when we return to Russia.  Our goal is to raise about 100 financial partners.  We need support as a family in order to continue our work here in Perm.&nbs

Moscow again. My body clock is showing a bit after midnight, but here its only 17:15 and I still have about 8 more hours until my plane for Perm leaves.

Sarah Artemieva
Age: 31
Married to Artem Artemiev for 7 years.
2 kids - Natan (4) Trinity (2)

Where were you born? Born in Syracuse, Nebraska
Where did you grow up? Cook, Nebraska - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Panama City, Panama - Little Rock Arkansas - Nuneaton, England - Lausanne, Switzerland - Thalwil, Switzerland.
Were you a missionary kid? Yes, from 6 years of age.
How long have you been in YWAM? 9 years including DTS.

Favorite childhood memory?

[I decided not to write this blog from the Moscow airport, so its not becoming boring to you]. Yesterday I arrived in Vladivostok (with a long layover in Moscow of course). My friend Masha picked me up at the airport. On the way back to town we stopped at the international school to pick some one else up. Since we were already there, we had tea with the directors wife. She asked me when I can start teaching at their school... I told her that I will think about it:-)

Hi again!
I think the Airport is a good place to write my blog. There is nothing else to do than just wait - usually for several hours. A good thing that the YWAM Russia national office team is planning to move to Moscow soon. It's such an important world city! One can almost say: all flights go through Moscow.

The days are long and the heat is rising here in Rostov!
Yesterday it was 21 and today is to be 24.
Lots has been happening around here.

The DTS is being planned and we are doing recruiting in churches in Rostov and the region. We are excited about the DTS starting Sept 7th - God has been speaking about it being a time of growing and stretching. We are also beginning to look at outreach locations in the Balkans.

I am homesick today.