James & Molly Leschied

June 30, 2008

Dear friends,

In Molly and my last newsletter we wrote about the church we are helping provide a building for in Lesosibirsk. You will be pleased at what you see if you go to the following blog site. There are pictures of the project from a vacant lot to…you'll have to check it out yourself. :) This blog is regularily updated by Robin Ivins (wife of our construction overseer) who does an excellent job adding a lot of local flavor to what is known as the Lesosibirsk Building Project.

Please visit this site:
http://www.siberiachurchupdate.blogspot.com/
(you will find another link inside this site to view pics)

Would you also consider giving so that this church could be usable by winter? The next big expense is purchasing windows, doors and bringing heat to the building. Every gift no matter the size makes a difference.

Thank you,

James Leschied

The addresses for receiving & receipting gifts are below:
Mark cheque clearly LESOSIBIRSK CHURCH BUILIDING: SIBERIA

December 2007

Dear friends and partners in ministry,

Molly and I are serving in an area of SEND International called SEND Siberia & Western Russia. This is the largest area within SEND International and extends 6000 kilometers (2727 miles) from Moscow in the west to Ulan Ude in the east. Although Molly and I work in Krasnoyarsk, we are part of a larger team that works in other cities. One such city is Ulan Ude which is the capital of the Russian Republic of Buryatia. Our fellow missionaries there face somewhat different challenges than we, as they seek ways to bring the gospel of Christ to people who are enslaved in Buddhism and Shamanism.

This December, SEND is launching an effort to raise funds for the purchase of a three-story building in the centre of Ulan Ude. The 354 square meters (3186 square feet) will be used to provide a facility for a growing church as well as for a number of other church-based outreach ministries. Because of the nature of this project we have limited time to make the down payment (30% of the overall cost). You can find lots of details about this project by reading the attached letter our missionaries in Ulan Ude have written to their constituency.

Molly and I are completely behind this and consider it a priviledge to personally be able to help in establishing this lighthouse of hope in a very dark region of this country. We ask you to prayerfully consider if God would have you give toward meeting this need. ( We realize that some of you reading this letter are already helping to build a church in Lesosibirsk and do not wish to distract you from that.)

Thank you for listening.
Glory to God in the highest!

James Leschied

Donations may be sent to:
(Include a note stating your donation is to go to the "Sayane Salvation Church BUILDING Project")

• In Canada:
  SEND International of Canada
  1-22423 Jeffries Road RR 5
  Komoka, ON
  N0L 1R0
• In the USA:
  SEND International
  PO BOX 513,
  Farmington, MI 48332

Dear praying friends and family,
Thank you so much for praying for James' Easter sermon and for the letter we put in our neighbors' mailboxes. The Lord really undertook and James' sermon went well and consequently many heard the gospel.

God also answered your prayers for our neighbors though not as we had hoped. No one came to our Easter service though several said they might. The letter they all received contained the Gospel so we trust they heard the good news at least that way. Please continue to pray for us that we would be faithful with each opportunity the Lord gives us to share Him with our neighbors and others we meet.

Thanks again for praying! Who knows who we might see in Heaven as a result of all of our prayers!

Molly

From 4/5/07:
James and Molly have been in Krasnoyarsk, Russia since 1998 and their effort has been fruitful with two church plants. Their passion is evangelism and discipleship.

CBC is commited to supporting their effort financially and with prayers. As Easter is coming up, James and Molly want to take this opportunity to see God's kingdom increase by His message. Join us in praying with and for them. Here are their latest prayer requests:

From: Jleschied@cs.com
Date: 2007/04/01 Sun AM 08:30:06 CDT

Dear praying friends and family,
As we all look forward to celebrating Easter this Sunday, James and I would covet your prayers about a plan we have for inviting our neighbors to church on Easter Sunday. We want to draft an Easter letter containing Scripture about the resurrection and an invitation to our church's service. Please pray that our neighbors will read the letter and that many will come to church on Easter Sunday. Please pray also for James this week as he prepares the sermon for this special church service.
Thanks so much for your prayers and may God be glorified as people the world over hear about the resurrection of His Son!

Love,
Molly

http://www.send.org/miss/leschied.htm