Greetings!
This is a short update to inform you about the following:
·         To date just over 5000 CAD has been received to help cover Nina’s medical and related expenses—Praise the Lord! This means that only $9300 more is needed!
·         Benefit Concert for Nina: Saturday, May 10 from 7-9 p.m. at the Portage Evangelical Church, 72 - 3rd St. NE in Portage la Prairie (click here for driving directions from Winnipeg). Friends have organized a concert featuring Alfred MacLaren, winner of the...

HAMM’S HEADINGS – APRIL 2008
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Nina’s Visit To Canada Canadian Hospitals!
Greetings and Happy (Orthodox) Easter! For those of you who don’t receive Hamm Prayer Points, we have some significant news to share...
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Christmas Greetings from the Russian Hamms!
We had hoped to be in Canada by now, but it is now clear that God wants us to remain here a bit longer. Last fall we began a long and challenging process to prepare to leave the only home our family has known. We were recently informed that the visa process requires more documentation and medical tests, delaying the process for at least another three months (for more detailed information on the visa delay,...

HAMM'S HEADINGS July–August 2006 
"We don't want to go home!"
Lena & I heard those words several times from our girls this past summer. The past two months saw a lot of travel—first a family trip to Finland (July 4-14) and then four of us spent four days at our church youth camp north of St. Petersburg (August 21-24). After camp I returned to Helsinki alone for a three-day seminar (25-27th).
This summer was likely our last in Russia for some time. A...

HAMM'S HEADINGS May–June 2006 
Changes
The past two months have seen a lot of endings and beginnings in our life. Sonia graduated from high school and began new studies in jewellery design; Lena completed a five-month hairdressing course; Nina spent several weeks in the hospital for high blood pressure and an indeterminate heart condition; and I have begun the process of transitioning out of day-to-day CCI/Russia work.With all the changes in our lives we take comfort in the fact that God is...

HAMM'S HEADINGS – January-April 2006
Decision Made!
Those were the words that greeted us a short time ago on our daily visit to the Immigration Canada web site. Shortly afterwards we received a letter confirming that my application to sponsor Lena & Sonia for permanent residency in Canada was approved! Praise the Lord! One question...