In April of 1993, my wife, the lovely Julianne, received a phone call from the Missions Department of our church wanting me to make a short-term missions trip to Russia. I had lost nothing in Russia and had no desire to go there. However, after praying, I felt the Holy Spirit was telling me to make the trip. This narrative is the story of that trip - what I consider the most important trip of my life. Though the event was 22 years ago, I recently...