"Trip to Siberia Russia"

Back in 1999, I took a trip on the flying hospital to Moscow and Siberia Russia.
It was a medical trip for which I worked in the eye glass clinic.
This picture was a write up of the work I did.
Yvonne Korobeinikooa was unsure of the treatment he was about to receive from the
flying hospital medical clinic. He was 76 years of age and needed glasses but there in
Siberia they were expensive. The article says: "When his turn came, a smiling
volunteer named Mattie Harper greeted him. Mattie gave him a reading test and fitted him with a pair of reading glasses.

The next day, being so impressed by the service he received, Yvonne again stood in line with his
wife, Nina. That day Nina received also reading glasses.
The couple was so thankful that they brought a home -cooked meal to Mattie at the team's
hotel that evening.

Now what this article did not say is that; these two old folks walked a mile or so in the snow
to bring me this supper. I was surprised!!! I took my interpreter Irina to be with me so
I could understand all the words these beautiful people had to say.
They were thankful for the bibles I gave them. You see, since this was a medical trip we
were not to witness to anyone, but of course we won more souls to Jesus and gave out
more bibles than they could count. It was an amazing trip.

Our reading chart was made up of John 3:16, on one side was English and the other side was Russian.
They would start reading the chart and then I would see them look above that verse and below that
verse, they were taking in all of it. After we got the glasses they needed I ask them if they had a bible
and if they said no, I would give them one and you would think I had given them a million dollars or
life itself.

We are so blessed to have so many bibles here in America and many of us have 10 or so in our
home. The Russians' I met had none. We have the freedom to have them and read them and yet we
don't, what is wrong with us? Everyone needs to take at least one mission trip and see how poor
other countries are. God loves them so much, and they love God. They love us too, its our
governments that don't see eye to eye, a prison guard told me that himself.
I still hear from Irina, in fact I just received a sweet e-mail from her this morning telling me
about her family and life in Russia./Siberia. I hope to visit her and also another interpreter Julia
some day before I get too old to travel. Both live in Siberia and I hear from both of them and they are
precious.
They also love Jesus.