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Hello Father Joseph,

It was so interesting to read your interview!

Vadim from Bellevue, WA is a friend of ours and put us in touch by email.

Tatyana and I have been married for 15+ years and moved to Yekaterinburg just recently. We were married in the Pokrov Church in Seattle and I too was a Protestant. I also love the Russian Orthodox Church! It’s the way Jesus wanted a church to be. It’s so right to have a service full of worship!

Can you tell me - which village do you live in? Is it near St Petersburg?

We’d like to meet you and your family someday in the near future.

God Bless from

Vladimir and Tatyana

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Blessings to you and your family! We live fairly close to Rostov Veliky, a couple hundred km north of Moscow.

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Hello Father Joe,

I just saw a video of the Feenstra family from Canada who are now in Russia. They have 8 children and have a farm lined up to buy here in Russia. However - they were not 100% advised by their immigration lawyer before traveling here.

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Sorry - I hit the send button too soon!

They could only get a 3 month tourist visa because they are Canadians. They have been here for 2 1/4 months so have only 3 weeks left to learn enough Russian to pass the language test. If they fail that test then they must leave Russia and can return for another 3 months only after they’ve been outside of Russia for 3 months. This is adding up to a lot of wasted money and time.

He - I think his name is Paul - is a farmer. He probably doesn’t know that he needs Russian citizenship first before buying the farm.

The only way he mentioned to increase his visa time here is to get a work visa for 3 years.

I think I saw his plight on Substack but I can’t find it quickly. I think his blog or website had Countryside Corner in it.

Any advice you have I will forward to him.

God Bless

From Vladimir and Tatyana

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