The Winter Road to Vanavara (part 2)

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Vanavara Trip Dec. 2014 from James Dean on Vimeo.

The trip to Vanavara went very well. We arrived back on Saturday very tired, but happy that the trip was such a success. I am thankful for friends like Oganes and Missionary James Pranger. We had a wonderful time of Christian fellowship and were able to accomplish much together on this trip.

  • Conditions of the roads

There are two routes,  a longer one and a shorter one. The longer one is made up of both logging roads and winter roads. The log roads are not bad to drive on, as they are well maintained so that log trucks can pass quickly. The winter roads are rougher. The shorter route is almost all winter road. While it is shorter, it is considerably rougher. I included a video of the trip.

  • Building

Earlier I wrote a about the building project, and what we hoped to learn from some of the local builders. As you may recall, we had hoped to be able to build on steel piling, as it would be much cheeper than concrete. We spoke to the gentleman who owns the local drilling rig, he told us that his rig is not set up to put piling in. I would almost have to bring most of the equipment from the city in order to do it. So it is looking like we will have to do something with concrete, which also needs to come up on the winter road. We also talked with a builder, whose company is based out of Krasnoyarsk. He has built on steel pilings, and was quite  knowledgeable on the subject.  He basically said the same thing. This is a little disappointing. I had hoped to be able to save some money here.

We were also able to get some pricing on lumber and to look at some more potential properties.

Please continue to pray for Vanavara, and the future ministry there. Please pray that even now God would prepare the heart of the people to receive the Gospel seed. And please continue to pray for the building funds to come in. 

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