1 Corinthians 2:1-10

Is there a foreign country you’ve always wanted to visit?  Russia was never on my bucket list – it seemed dark and foreboding- a man I kept running into at conferences pressured me to visit orphanages in Russia• one morning I felt like God told me, “Do this”• so twenty years ago this summer, I made my first trip- a small part of my experience was what I expected• but there was a great deal more I had not anticipated◦ mile after mile of incredible natural beauty• but most of all, underneath language and cultural differences,◦ Russian men and women were like us◦ the have the same dreams, the same love of poetry and music, the same national pride