Use your wedding dress to share the gospel

I listened to the president of Moscow seminary last night speak about one of the ministries that his students and graduates are doing. Many of these female seminary students were orphans themselves, and so they have a passion for the 700,000 thousand children in orphans in Russia. Most of the girls who leave the orphanage at 15 or 16 end up as prostitutes because they have no way to support themselves. The seminary received 12 wedding dresses from a boutique here in the US that was closing down. They have taken these dresses and started an amazing ministry where they are able to use them regularly. See below for what Sascha has to say about what they are doing:

The story of a boutique store donating 12 wedding gowns to the Moscow Seminary (www.moscowseminary.ru) is evolving! Not only every wedding gown has been worn (many times over!) by actual brides – female students of the Moscow Seminary (none of whom could afford a dress as they would either come from a single Mom family or be orphans). But also, students of the Moscow Seminary would conduct events at orphanages in Russia at which 12 orphan girls aging anywhere from 9 to 16 would have a “Future Bride” experience – we call it “Inside of White.” The point of the event is to encourage orphan girls to keep themselves pure, hence – white. Then orphan girls are being promised the Jesus Christ will give them an even whiter wedding dress and that that heavenly wedding will last not just for one day but for eternity. In the beginning of the event orphan girls are being given “pearl” bracelets and told that they are a precious pearl in the eyes of the Lord. In the end of the day, when wedding dresses are being collected, the orphan girls are told that they can keep the bracelets as a reminder of Christ – and they cry, CRY, C R Y … We are excited about you willing to be involved in this ministry outreach – we are doing it TOGETHER, to God be the glory!

I am donating my dress so that they can add more orphans to this evangelistic tool that shares the gospel and gives these girls hope for a pure future with a God that loves them more than they could ever hope or imagine. I am just ecstatic that a dress that was so special to me but that I will never wear again can be used over and over again to give these precious girls hope. Especially since Russia has closed the option of international adoption for these precious children. If you would like to donate your dress, you can send it to the following address:

Evangelical Christian Seminary
ulitsa Chicherina, dom 10, korpus 2
Moscow, Russia 129327


And see below some of the amazing pictures that they have taken at these events.