The Search Continues . . .

Last week I posted a blog entitled ‘In Search of the Khanti’. A week later I must admit that the search was more difficult than I thought it would be and that it did not result in what I thought it would.

This past week we learned much about the Khanti. We visited a Khanti ‘trading post’ type town north of Surgut. In the local museum we learned about the lifestyle and religion of the people that call this region there home. We attended a house church in the town with four Khanti ladies in attendance. We worshipped together in Russian but were blessed to hear praise songs in Khanti as well.

We travelled to the capital of the region, Khanti-Mansisk. There we visited an outdoor park dedicated to Khanti culture and lifestyle. We took a tour of another local museum and learned much more, thanks to the English speaking tour-guide.

But even after all we learned, all we saw and all we experienced, the search for the Khanti continues. Scattered throughout remote villages and camps, separated from civilization by oil fields, man made boundaries, and extreme weather conditions, ministry to the Khanti cannot be ‘come and listen’, it must be ‘go and tell.’

Jesus said He came to seek and to save the lost. Today He continues to seek out the Khanti, and so do we.

Would you join us in the search? Would your join us in praying for the local outreach to the Khanti in the trading post town of Russinskaya? Would you consider coming and partnering with the local believers in sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with the Khanti people of Siberia?

S’Bogum from Siberia
Tim for Team Engage Russia