Sergei and his team have been helping women out of prostitution in Moscow. When we first heard of their ministry, we set out to support them with practical service. We were able to give them some necessary media tools to help their ministry grow. Now, having rescued dozens of women from sexual exploitation in Moscow, we are updating the team's media. So for most of March our team ventured north to Russia.

For an added bit of excitement, Theresa was very pregnant on this trip. This made for a nervous, Father-to-be, Sean, as Theresa traversed the icy streets of Moscow's suburbs.

Despite a few "slippy-slidey" moments, we were both still able to get a lot accomplished without injury. Here is Theresa on one of the outreaches to a gypsy camp.

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Sean and the rest of the team were able to shoot a lot of video and were able to conduct several interviews.

In addition to interviewing the team working to rescue girls there, we were able to interview a group of women who were survivors of being trafficked to Russia from Africa.

Tricked into working in prostitution, these women have been through hell up until now. But after taking the risk of escape and pursuing freedom, these courageous girls are glad to be going home with hope for a brighter future. We are grateful these girls were willing to share some of their stories with us, and we are glad to be able to aid the workers making the rescue and repatriation process possible.

Now, back in Budapest, with a baby on the way, the "fun part" begins. Assembling all of our footage into a video that will serve the needs of the ministry and rally people to engage the issue of human trafficking.

Please pray that God will guide the process of telling the Russian ministry's story effectively. Our hope for this video is that it will be a powerful tool for them to continue raising support and building their ministry. An additional "side effect" of the last video was that other teams were able to use our video as an educational tool to help others understand trafficking and help avoid and prevent being trafficked. Our hope is that this video will have the same scope of use.

....And if you wouldn't mind, pray for us. We are going to be a family of 3 sometime in the next couple of weeks. : D