his wife Tonya. They live in a suburb area about 20-25 minutes
from the city. On the way to the house, Sergei took us past
the estate of the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarus has been called, "the last remaining dictatorship in the
heart of Europe." Lukashenko governs in this manner. As we
drove past the estate we really couldn't see anything.There were
high fences and a lot of razor wire. I joked with Sergei that he
had arranged for our dinner that evening to be with the President
as we were surely very important guests in the country! But I
was impressed that he lived near the President. How many of us
can say that!
Pastor Sergei took us to see his church. Then we went to his
home to eat a wonderful meal of barbeque chicken with
their family. The amazing thing about them is that not only is
he a Pastor, but he and his wife have 18 children. Most of
the children are adopted as orphans. They live in a house
that he built. Amazingly and generously they let all 11 of us
spend the night with them. We were so blessed! (The reason
they had room for us was that most of their children were off
at camp.) We sang, "Thank you God for our food," before each
meal as they do with their children.
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