Clay spent most of the past week waiting in line at the Russian Consulate in Odessa, trying to get a religious visa to go from Ukraine to a conference in St. Petersburg December 5th. After 3 days of standing in the street, waiting to get in, they told him they would not rush his visa, no matter what their site said. But Clay is not too let down. He's sad to miss this conference, but it would be nice to be home for awhile! In the past month, Clay's been to Holland for a week, to seminary in Kyiv, to a week's conference in Bulgaria, and to Izmail on the Romanian border! It has been too, too busy. But it has been a productive time, so pray for the Lord's will about all our travels and need for rest.