Russia trip itinerary

Itinerary for the Russia mission trip

February 1: departure from Atlanta.

February 2: arrive Moscow, met by Alan and Ellen Smith.

February 3: Worship at Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Red Square; afternoon worship at Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy with Bob and Stacy Bronkema.

February 4: Morning at Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy; Afternoon at Narnia Center with Don Marsden.

February 5: Meeting with Baptist partners and Ellen Smith; late night departure from Moscow to Smolensk.

February 6: arrive Smolensk; meetings with Baptist, Lutheran and Russian Orthodox church partners, accompanied by Ellen Smith.

February 7: Activities with Pastor Viktor Ignatenkov, pastor of First Baptist Church of Smolensk; late night departure from Smolensk to Moscow.

February 8: arrive Moscow; meetings with Russian Orthodox Church partners; late night departure from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

February 9: arrive St. Petersburg; Meetings with Jin Eun Kim and Joe and Hannah Kang at the Lutheran seminary; evening birthday party for Joe Kang with all PC(USA) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America missionaries.

February 10: Sunday worship in St. Petersburg; afternoon sightseeing; evening meetings with church partners.

February 11: morning meetings with leadership of Lutheran seminary leaders; afternoon meetings at Kargel and Baedeker School with Garth and Lyuda Moller.

February 12: Jerry -- early morning departure for Moscow, with connecting flight to Geneva for World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting (Feb. 12-20); Gary -- Feb. 13 departure to Poland to meet with PC(USA) partners there.