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long time ago, when I was very little boy.. I brought it through my whole life, and this is one of these few and lovely and important for me things, that constantly remain in my life. It's the same for all people, I think. Everybody has something, that they like, their own values, but this is my favorite one! I was spending time and efforts on it when I was a kid, when I was teenager, when I became grown man, when I was lost, and when I'm saved. I still do it, I will do it, and I pray that I'll have more of it, because I love it! After rest of all most important things in life: God, parents, family, of cause.. this thing remains, always remains. But this my love now grows more and more, and I see how God develops it in something more, than kid's hobby. I don't know where it goes... Please pray that God will be with me in all that! Let He leads it, because
I'm next by my Russian fighter MIG-27
I always was laying hands on the heads of missals and was praying for God's justice, first of all. What else I could do? These Russian officers, who were preparing us, they were real serious. Four years in Moscow University I was studying all kinds of Soviet, and also American, English, French, German and Swedish airplane cannons, guns and rockets. And our possible enemies were all foreign airplanes, so we studied your plane's armors too!
This is Russian light bomber SU-25
And in time of his flight we had him alive in the air of our Christian radiostation confessed Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior, and he said "This is "Sobol" speaking. To all who hear me now: you must to believe in God with all your heart and soul. It's a command! Over." From 3000 feet high and 1000 miles per hour speed it was heard all over through the radio!
Largest and smallest Russian military helicopters MI-6 and MI-2
All that I like, I want my son Benjamin will like also. I have to live far from him, but every time I see him or talk to him on the phone, I see how God keeps our hearts together, no matter what. He's the most precious, what I have in this life. Most fragile and most beautiful. I want Jesus to be best example for him! And that he'll build his own life, as a model after Jesus's life. And I pray that God will lead him in this life, and that Benjamin will always be led by God's Holy Spirit, as aircraft is led by signals from control tower, through all the storms and winds and troubles. We are so different and similar with him, exactly as these two helicopters. & Third helicopter - medical MI-4
Real harmony starts to sound, when there is an accompaniment for solo. I'm used to live family life for 12 years. Family was the place where I felt harmony. But I lost it. Now church became my hospital, family, home. I can't play solo, if there is no accompaniment. We in church should be as first Christians, whose voices were as one accord for the Lord. I can't serve God, if there is no church. & First Russian MIG-17
This old MIG-17 still can fly! And it's turbine makes sound the same strong, as before. And though angles of attack of this MIG much less, than on newest ones, speed is slower, and altitude is less, but it can carry the same very powerful weapons, too! Melodies, that we sing in churches, may sound like old, but they are still anointed! Holy Spirit works today! All good things start from very simple basic things. & Big transport airplane TU-154
In church I was leader, by God's grace. I was responsible for street outreach, special music and video ministries. But always there should be faithful "captain-in-command", who helps all the time, when you need this help. And he must be good friend, for I'll be able to rely upon him, in any situation! Airplane captain always have co-pilot. In this life it's even more important to have co-worker. & Russian small civil airplane YaK-40
God always gives right friends, and He is the One, who brings "crew" together. All starts from simple friendship, dinner and prayer, and than it grows more, in some kind of ministry to God. Thus it was with this guy. God Himself built a team, brought some Christian musicians together and we served Him in Russia. With creative people God is also creative. But He is the Captain! & Small sport helicopters Exec-167
..choose this "Zebra"! I'm used to fly on airplanes. They must run first, then they can fly. There must be runway, period. But on this "Zebra" I could "jump" in the sky, and land at church doors anywhere in Russia, and even where there is no any churches yet, on this "Zebra"! Right landing is more important and more difficult, than right take off.
Getting ready to fly on "Zebra"
I wanted to land dish somewhere in Siberia, at the place with no roads, and where people never heard the Gospel yet. There are such a places in Russia! And even not so far, somewhere there in Siberia, but near to Moscow. We can reach them only from heaven, or from the sky, or through the air. From above. I was in such a places before, and I decided to come back one day, to tell Good News there. & Waiting for start
Our past may hold us as an anchor with strong chains. But Bible tells us that Jesus is our only anchor, that holds our souls from the Holy of Holies, which is behind the Curtain in Temple. God holds us from above, and our anchor is in heaven, so we can go up! God had to talk with me seriously about my past and my anchors there, before He let me to take off. He broke this wrong chains. Before pilots will fly, they are getting ready for it extremely carefully. The same is missionary. & I'm flying on Exec-167 "Zebra"
But than I just realized that it was wrong direction for me. I always wanted to go West before, but now I sow, from that high, that there are so many churches there.. People hear Gospel daily and help others tom understand truth. Many Christians were there. And just few on the East. When you get what you like it's always dangerous to go wrong direction with it. - These MIGs-27 ready to fly on East
And also there are so many people are living there in Siberia! I was there on mission trip. I heard music from their churches there. It's very silent and weak songs, but from the depth of their hearts they sing to the Lord. They need help! I turned stick to the right, moved pedals, pulled accelerator gear up and made u-turn... Communists wanted to take over Siberia for Wrong. We flew East to bring there Right.
"Zebra" is landing by Church doors
Will they receive us there? These people in small town? They have old traditions and religious rules in this old monastery. But Gospel comes from Heaven, and we came the same way, from above, as God's ambassadors. Will they believe us? Will they believe HIM? They received us and believed us, because we came and spoke to them in Jesus Name. & Transport
TU-154 is ready to fly This TU-154 can carry up to 20 tons of food, Bibles and medicine on board. There are 35 passenger sits there. It can land at only 1.5 mile long runway in town. And it can come back to Moscow, by itself, even if there is no fuel there in town! I have strong desire to bring Gospel for people. And I do it - deliver Living Words of God to those, who need it to hear. And so many such a people there, in deep Russian Siberia.. But still there is nobody sits at my right hand. God is with me, that's true, but it so difficult to fly on that big and heavy airplane by myself... the same as operate this strong and precise machine, that called our "ministry". I need somebody, who will be my partner in doing that "4" Him. May be is it gonna be you, my friend?
Did you believe that whole story? Well, my friend, I'll tell you honestly, not everything is true here. JBut to make all these things real, it's just demands to believe God for spreading Gospel in Russia. We believe in that here! Especially we believe for sending God's missionaries on Far East and Far North of Russia. To use for the Gospel such a tools, as TV, radio, video and music we believed for last 10 years of revival here, and now we really can see results of that our belief. We just started to use it, because God had already opened the door for it. And we can reach people in these far regions of Russia through media, theoretically. But L... What can be more effective than face-to-face JLfellowship and witnessing to people, who never heard the Gospel yet, and who just live so far, that nobody really wants to go there? You see, we are so crazy for the Lord Jesus here, that some of us are already went there! Finally, Great Commission is to make disciples of Jesus! J And there are results!
Can you believe it? Can you help us? Can you pray for us?
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In
Soviet Army I was an
"artillerist", as we called ourselves - we were aircraft
weapon
specialists on airbase near Moscow. We were crew, that last was allowed to
touch aircraft before it'll take off.
They use this airplanes
in Chechnya war against terrorists. With the help of Russian Military
Christian Center we
had "radio bridge" with
one of the famous Russian pilots, major
Sobolev, right during
the time of him flying on that airplane! 
When I and my brother were kids, our dad often was taking us out of the city, to
the place near airbase, where we could see planes
and helicopters
flying really low, right above our heads! And than at home we were building
models of those aircraft, that we saw. I had about 100 of them! 
I always played solo, on guitar, keyboard, or flute. But there should be other
instruments! Even in the sky airplanes fly by 2 or 3. Even sound of their
engines, reflected from atmosphere, seems sometimes as one accord. On
the earth people seek
harmony too. 
Church stays on very simple and solid things. They are the same for years
and even centuries! Sometimes it may seems as it's not
interesting, or something.
But feelings
may be wrong, and facts are true. 
I'm always used to sit at captain's place. I always was the one who is "in
charge of". In
military I was an officer, and it was my duty to set right targets for rockets.
I was the one, who had keys and codes to activate missals. 
To come to some cities in deep Russia, in Siberia, there is only one way - to fly over super huge
forest,
Russian "Taiga". We fly there on these "YaKs". It can fly
1700 miles one way with the speed 500 miles per hour. 
Once upon a time I was flying over Russia
on airplane... and noticed these small funny things! May be God sometimes sees
people this way also? He loves us.. I just loved it! I landed near to
them and.. 
One of famous Russian
pilots, general
Gromov, was saying:
"Taking off is difficult. Landing is dangerous". I had to study at the
class how to
take off, and than land, before I learned how to fly on this dish. 
At the airfield I always felt myself before, as though I had an anchor
with chains, that was holding everything. I was afraid of altitude. In military I fixed guns for hydro
airplanes, and I knew that they also have there anchors, but they still can fly!
I wanted to brake those chains of fear in my life!
We took off in Moscow and
set direction on West.
Compass showed 270 degrees. Europe was in front of us. We saw good roads,
fields, cities and towns down there. From altitude 300 feet and with the speed 175 miles per hour it was so cool!..
Russia built special long distance interceptor MIG-31
for flying over East of Russia. The area there is so big, that only this fighter
can fly there. It fly with double over sonic speed M>2, and can fly from
Moscow to Tokyo just in 3 hours! 
Landing is difficult. Pilot must be very extremely concentrated on small
things. Mistakes
are not allowed at all. Risk is real. Emergency situations are very available. But still it's possible! 
