RUSSIAN HARVEST 
M A Y 2
MICHAEL & KAREN MCDONALD
F O U R S Q U A R E M I S S I O N S I N T E R N AT I O N A L - H O P E C H A P E L N A S H U A N H
NORTHEAST DISTRICT OF FOURSQUARE CHURCHES
Greetings from
Nizhny Novgorod
And we proclaim Him,
admonishing every person and
teaching every person with all
wisdom, that we may present
every man complete in Christ.
And for this purpose also I labor,
striving according to His power,
which mightily works within me.
Colossians 1:28, 29
We continue to work in Nizhny
Novgorod, Russia teaching and
mentoring and we rejoice as yet
another ‘missionary team’ is sent
out from Nizhny Novgorod to
start a new work in the city of
Ivanovo. The work is barely a
month old and already they have
gathered a core of people to open
a new church.
We also continue to receive
invitations and requests to
minister across this great land and
have plans to travel to various
regions in order to teach and
build up the church.
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S E RV I N G T H E RU S S I A N C H U RC H
Cuba!
On March 31 Michael flew to Communist country it had some
Cuba with Pastor Sergei very real similarities to Russia 25
Nepomnyasheekh, our friend years ago. Everywhere you go
and the leader of the you see signs and banners
Cornerstone Churches that we proclaiming “Victorious
work alongside. The Socialism,” encouraging people
Cornerstone church movement
is sixteen years old and from the
to stay on the true path of
Socialism. Like Russia there are
very beginning they have had a
vision for cross cultural
many statues of heros of the
Cuban revolution and we saw
missionary service. The trip several signs of a “trinity” of
came about due to a Cuban revolutionary heros.
conversation we had at
Foursquare Missions office in Our purpose, however, was
Los Angeles last fall. While neither political nor tourism. We
discussing the possibility of were in Cuba to see what the
bringing some pastors from Cuban Foursquare church was
Central America to Russia, Raul doing and to explore the
Irigoyen proposed the idea of possibility of future cooperation
taking some Russian pastors to between the Cuban churches
Cuba. This seemed like a and Cornerstone churches from
natural connection since Cuba Russia. With that in mind we
and Russia share both a spent 10 days visiting churches,
socialist and cold-war heritage. house groups, a Bible school
With a few emails the trip began and fellowshipping with Cuban
to take shape and finally on believers.
March 31 Michael and Sergei left
cold snowy Moscow for warm The Central Foursquare church
sunny Havana. and Bible School is located
outside of Havana in the small
Michaelʼs Report town of Managua and this is
where we spent our first
In many ways being in Havana Saturday and Sunday. The
was like stepping back in time. church owns property and Bible
One reason is that Havana is full School training takes place here.
of American cars from the 1940s Sergei brought greetings to the
and 1950s. A second reason is church from Russia and on both
that because Cuba is a Socialist/ days I preached.
During the week we spoke in three different
churches; two outside of Havana, and one in
central Havana which is a new “mission” work. The
suburban churches were small, but packed both
nights. The worship was loud and enthusiastic and
the messages were well received.
baptized in the Holy Spirit. Regarding future
ministry possibilities? We are not sure.
The door is open wide for us to return to Cuba on
ministry trips, but should the Russian Cornerstone
church send missionaries to Cuba to help begin
rehabilitation works and start churches? At this
point we think not. Rehabilitation work would be
very difficult under the current government.
Perhaps in the future this will change.

In general the church in Cuba has freedom under

the current government as long as they do not
criticize the political administration. I believe that
the future of the church is bright in Cuba.

Mike praying with the National leader of

Foursquare Cuba

The Cuban national Foursquare leader, Mayra, is a

woman who came to Christ from a past of wild
living and witchcraft. Her relatives, who actually
live in our hometown of Nashua, NH, prayed for her
for many years. Finally she yielded to Christ and
now serves him faithfully. She has a desire to see
30 churches planted in Havana and 100 throughout
this island nation. Pastor Sergei sharing from the Word

On our second Saturday we gathered with Prayer requests

believers at a beautiful beach. Here I was asked to • We appreciate your prayers for us as we will be
baptize 5 adults. This was a real honor for me. traveling much within Russia this year.
Afterwards we ate and swam. The weather was • Pray for Orlando, my interpreter in Cuba, an
wonderful and so was the fellowship with our avowed Communist, who was obviously ʻdoing
Cuban brothers and sisters. businessʼ with the Holy Spirit as he interpreted
the preaching
On our final Sunday we drove to the small village of • Financial resources for the publishing projects
Mi Rancho Here we took part in a house church. I which we hope to complete.
was honored to preach and afterwards was asked • We have a need for $5000 to publish theology
to do a baby dedication. We then shared a meal books
provided by these dear brothers and sisters.
Thank You to all who pray for us and financially
In summary, during this trip we saw 5 people repent support our work. We could not be here without
publicly, 5 adults were baptized, three babies were you.
dedicated, dozens of people were prayed for with at
least 8 claiming healing and 12 people were

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