While on a recent
trip to Phoenix with my wife Beverly for a Women's Weekend I
was honored to take part in Albina's baptism which was done
at the home of deacon Monte Knudson and his wife Susie
Albina
Biktimirova from Ufa, Russia is working in the United States
as an au pair for a United Church of God family. She cares
for small children in the Tucson, Arizona area. Albina came
into contact with the United Church of God through the
Internet and has been attending church services for nearly
two years.
Pastor John
Elliott conducted a short Bible Study for all present
about baptism. Then the both of us baptized her in a
pool. This was followed by a dinner when all present
shared in the joy of this ceremony. On the photo from
left to right are Albina Biktimirova, Victor Kubik and
John Elliott.
Albina comes
from remote Russia south of the Ural Mountains that
separate European from Asiatic Russia. When she
first came to the United States, it took her two
and a half days to get to Moscow by train before her
long flight to Arizona.
