I picked up Tony Colvin (from Austin Christian Fellowship) today at Domodedovo airport in Moscow. (That is the same airport where the bomb went off - and actually where Tony went to pick up his bags. But security is much, much tighter.)

Tony & I will be meeting this week to finalize details for next year's conference. Next Thursday we head over to Belarus for a music festival in Brest. We will be judging 20 bands and speaking about worship and music in the church.

Pray for…

Prayer can be described as a two fold ministry.

Some prayers are done as a "General looks over his situation"

Some prayers are made as action and circumstances bring about our response to them.

A running conversation with God is always good.

There is however room for each of us to have a Time and Place, An Open Book the Bible, and an

Open Heart to listen to what He tells us.     No matter where we are serving, or what we do, we each

must…

The cyclone is past but we are still in it.  The eye of the cyclone is 100 miles south of Mahajanga in the Mozambique Channel but the winds with some rain have been blowing all night and contintue until now. In the Indian Ocean we call hurricanes cyclones.

I went down to the beach to take some…

I had a 12 hour Sunday.

Click on the link below to download the pdf file and see the report and pictures.

What%20a%20Sunday.pdf

Enjoy,

Rich Shattenberg

I am in Atlanta heading to Moscow. I will be spending the next 7 weeks working in the recording studio, helping plan the 2011 SDG worship & arts conference, building and expanding ministry partnerships  and mentoring our key worship leaders.

Marla will be staying in Dallas this time as Brandon finishes up his Sr year of HS.

bird on the branch,

still, alert,

quick response

to any noise,

to any move,

neck tensed

to whirl and

see what’s there,

ready to leap,

red eyes probing

my heart is poised

on its own perch,

ready to fly

or lift a prayer,

to see the truth

hidden in shade,

ears wide open

to hear the Voice

and trust the Breath,

ready to wait

 …

I talked with Vika earlier today. They are still waiting for an answer about their visas. They are hoping to get someone to help move this process along. I will be seeing Vika in just a few days.

We will keep you posted on any developments.

OK - so we are in Dallas. It's not supposed to be snow like this! 6" came down last night. And the equipment is not in place to handle it. The schools have been closed for 4 days now.

Still looking good for my travels to Moscow on Sunday. (Yep, I miss the…