All for the glory of

As always, we want to

thank you for your

faithful prayers and

support to this ministry.

For all of you that have

sent cards and gifts,

thank you! It is a very

great encouragement to

know you are behind

us. We have learned

how important it is to

us to hear from folks

that care about us.

We are thankful for the

little baby girl that the

good Lord has given us.

Kristina was born Feb.

17 and was just under

6 lbs. and 49 cm long.

We had been told by

the doctors that she

had one kidney as they

pointed it out to us at

two different time. We

continued to pray that

she would be a healthy

baby. Well, because of

prayer, the Lord saw fit

to grow the second kid-

ney in before she was

born and she came into

the world very healthy

and beautiful. We are

so happy for this won-

derful gift the Lord has

given us. Here are

some pictures….

Kristina Anna Zwingel Кристина Анна Звингел

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Zwingel Dr. Jon, Larysa &

Kristina Bi-monthly news letter

available only by email at slavicmissions@aol.com

N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 8 V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 7

Prayer Requests Residency to be

approved in Rus-

sia.

Salvation of souls:

Svetlana, How,

Ying, Misha, Kir-

leel and Kirleel.

Orphan Outreach

A facility to own

for church services.

Our financial sup-

porters

Language study

Word of Life

Christian Baptist

Church Family

Wisdom to teach

and preach the

word of God

Professions made 2

Notes 2

Orphan pics 3

Student Ministry 3

Support and

Needs

4

News from the Eastern Front Reaching St. Petersburg Russia

and the former Soviet Union for our Lord Jesus Christ.

“May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering”

Kristina Zwingel

Mom and Dad enjoying their little girl

Grandma Anna came

from Belarus to see her

new grandbaby.

Aunt Inessa enjoying the

moment.

Dear friends, thank you very much for the English-Russian Bible that Jon gave me. I am happy to have

an opportunity to read the Bible in two languages. It helps me to improve my English. I also can study

the Bible deeper using another language. It is useful to my spiritual growth. I am a Bible teacher to or-

phans in St. Petersburg so it’s important for me to know the Bible and God to share with kids. I also

have some ministries in my church where I take active part. These are Sunday school, youth group and

Bible class. I have a great zeal to share my faith and knowledge of God. Thank you so much for this

wonderful gift. God bless you! Your sister in Christ—Tanya

Dear friends—thank you for your great work in spreading the word of God. I am happy that I can have

the parallel Bible. For me, as I study English, it is great blessing to read the scripture in two languages.

The comparison of translation and deeper study helps me in my growth.

Respectfully yours

Alexander Kurmaev—Pastor of Comfort Baptist Church

Professions made...

P A G E 2 V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 7

The delivery went very well for Larysa and the baby. Because Kristina was born

a little small, the doctors wanted to keep her and Larysa in the hospital for a

couple weeks. It was a little hard for Larysa because of the conditions, but over

all we are pleased at how it all came out. The hospitals hardly feel the patience

and thus the patience rely of family or friends to bring them food from home. I

feel sorry for the ones that were there alone and had no one to help them. We

helped them a little but, but it still is hard form some of the ladies. It sure is nice

to have loving family and friends. The picture on the left is the day finally mama

and baby girl get to go home. It was a blessing to see Larysa back again. We

cannot thank you enough for your prayers for Larysa and Kristina. We know the

Lord hand has been upon them and He sure has given mercy. Amen and amen!

Would you

please pray for

souls to be

saved and for

our people to

get on fire to

evangelize?

Notes of thanks from those who received the King James Bibles!

We are rejoicing in seeing the Lord continue to save the souls of men. Since we last wrote we are

now helping new Christians grow in their faith for the Lord. Lin (woman Chinese student) has made

a profession in Christ. We are seeing her really wanting to grow as well. She has a desire to study

the Bible with our other Chinese students.

Also, a young man from Nigeria visited our church one Sunday. He was looking for a church and

was asking some people for one in the city. The person referred him to us and he came to a service.

We spoke with him about the law and the gospel and he cried over his sins. But soon rejoiced when

he heard of Jesus. He has made a profession in Christ and is fairly faithful to church. He has a hard

life, so please pray for TeJay.

We are also rejoicing in the salvation of Tanya. Tanya has been coming to our church for some time

and we have been ministering to her for months. We invited her to our home and spoke in great

detail about the Lord. She has since made a profession on Christ and is really taking off in her faith.

She is always asking to have me teach her the Bible.

Please pray for these young people to grow in Christ. It would be wonderful to see the Lord call

them all into fulltime service.

Would you

please pray for

souls to be

saved and for

our people to

get on fire to

evangelize?

P A G E 3

The Lord is not slack

concerning his

promise, as some

men count slackness;

but is longsuffering to

us-ward, not willing

that any should

perish, but that all

should come to

repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

This year our orphan outreach for the Christmas season was a great blessing.

Though the number or orphages were down a little from last year, we were still

able to get into a few new ones that we were not able to reach last year. Last

year we visited 11, but this year only 7. Nevertheless, we are grateful to reach

these children with the gospel. For those of you that gave to this, thank you so

much! Our home church gave us $1000.00 for this cause and it was a wonderful

help. Bibles, Light of the World DVD, gospel tracts and small toys were among

the gifts given. Inessa did a wonderful job ministering to the children. We are

including some pictures of this years outreach.

Christmas Orphan Outreach

Student Ministry

P A G E 4 V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 7

Our new ministry to college students is just getting off the ground and there seems

to be a fairly good door to minister to foreign students. Yen in is my dear brother in

Christ and is a faithful member of the church. He is a student here and wants to

help in soul winning. He is doing what he can to help reach the students. This pic-

ture is from our first meeting. He is on the left and Lin (recently saved) is on the far

right.

Please pray for this

young man. His

name is How and

the Lord is really

working in his

heart. He is very

much in a battle

and needs prayer.

Support and Needs We are very much aware of the crises taking place around the US and also affecting Russia. Many peo-

ple here have lost jobs and businesses are closing. We see many places for rent and sale. In the last

few months, we have lost around 4% of our financial support from churches in the US. Most of them

telling us of their struggles. Please pray for our supporters. We need them very much and thank the

Lord for them.

Though the US dollar is doing very well here, as it is the highest I have ever seen in years. The loss of

our support does not help. We have 5 Bible studies per week in our home, with different people from our

church. We are studying the doctrines of the Bible. Also, we have Bible study with a young lady named

Natasha (unsaved). We are going through the Book Chronologically. With all of this said, we GREATLY

need a church facility for our own. I cannot use our home like I would like to, to help teach our people.

Our privacy has become very limited and we so greatly need an office space with over 100 sq meters

minimum. If we could purchase a office space and renovate it, we could use it nearly everyday for minis-

try. This is the most important need for the ministry here! Larysa and I enjoy having people over to our

one room apartment, but I am sure you will understand that it is tiring and that now we have a baby, we

would like to use another place for training the nationals.

If you would be able to donate towards our building fund, I cannot express to you how grateful we would

be. We as a church here are praying for help in this matter. The Chinese church is giving us very little

access to their facility as they have their own ministry. If you would be interested in helping our church,

please email me at slavicmissions@aol.com

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Greetings to you in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Our names are Jon and Larysa Zwingel. We are sent members of the New Hope

Baptist Church in Goode Virginia. Our Pastor is Don Rice, whom himself served

for 25 years as a missionary on the fields of England and Hungary. We are hon-

ored to be part of our loving church family and to also be called of God to be

church planting missionaries serving in the former Soviet Union.

Presently, we are living in St. Petersburg Russia, preaching the gospel of our Lord

Jesus Christ. Our ministry is winning souls to Christ, establishing churches, help-

ing reach orphans with the gospel.

Please pray for us as we labour here in this very needy field. Truly the fields are

white unto harvest!

For those of you that prayer and sup-

port this ministry. Thank you!

Yours in Christ,

Dr. Jon & Larysa Zwingel

Galatians 2:20

Sending Church

New Hope Baptist Church

8270 E. Lynchburg-Salem Tnpk.

Goode, VA 24556

Pastor Don Rice

(540)587-9219

Support Address

Central Missionary Clearinghouse

P.O. Box 219228

Houston, Texas 77218-9228

1-800-262-7729

Office: 281-599-7411

Fax: 281-599-7511