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• Bibles to Russia

They sang many songs we knew, but in their language. Songs like: “Ring the Bells of Heaven,” “Count Your Many Blessings,” and “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” Our voices blended, though our languages were different. For a few divine moments, our hearts were one.

In Kiev, the capitol of the Ukraine, it was my pleasure to sing, “It Is Well With My Soul,” and to share my cancer testimony. One of the Ukrainian women came to our bus to search for me, as she, too, had been touched by the hand of the Lord when she had cancer. The church gave us a dinner and presented to those of us who are ministers beautifully embroidered table cloths.

From Kiev, we flew the unpleasant skies of Aeroflot Airlines, to Leningrad. There, we had time to visit the famous Hermitage Museum, and the palace of Catherine the Great, in the town of Pushkin. Russian caviar inspired me to write a poem: “When You Wish Upon A Star, Do Not Wish for Caviar!”

We also visited the famous cathedrals St. Isaacs, and St. Basils. Some of the magnificent cathedrals had, during the days of spiritual oppression and darkness that communism had brought with it, been used to house horses. Yet, we were told that some of the atheist leaders had their children baptized -- just to be sure.

While in Russia, I had the opportunity to lead a German girl to the Lord in the hotel lobby. It all began with a smile and 'a candy bar.'

It has been said, “The cream always rises to the top,” but in Russia it has been the dregs of human nature, who have covered an otherwise great nation with war, greed, poverty and pain. The wealth of the czars and the opulence of the ruling class was staggering, while the hopeless feeling of the masses grows.

We saw millions of dollars of rubble, encased in glass, and lighted for effect. All these excesses are surely an indictment of the evil heart of mankind when God is not a part of it.