On December 15, 2006, John and Elaine De Jager co-sponsored with Worldwide Christian Schools the gathering of 12 Christian school teachers at the St. Petersburg Christian Library. Christian journalist Olga Kolisova, a member of the Union of Journalists, demonstrated her three books, and led a seminar entitled “Christian Approaches in Russian Literature classroom”. John shared his plans for partnership with the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), and encouraged Gary and the teachers to invest themselves in the activities of the local Christian Teachers’ Association. During the supper hour and fellowship time, Gary presented a slideshow of the life of all 4 local Christian schools and scenes from teacher gatherings and their professional activities.

On October 31 and November 2, fifteen teachers spent days during the autumn break writing curriculum. We were very thankful to receive numerous curriculum packages from the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools – free of charge – for the teachers to glean ideas for enriching their Russian curriculum with Christian perspective. Worldwide Christian Schools sponsored the event, as teachers who participated were granted funds to purchase supplies and teaching materials to liven up their classrooms.

March 2006, Rita and Rudy Bot from Abbotsford, British Columbia spent 10 days with Gary and Galya building 20 bookcases which were distributed around three of the Christian schools. We thank all the donours who made contributions to the materials, and Worldwide Christian Schools for facilitating the “mini-work them.