For 35 years we have carried the Gospel across more than 35 countries. This summer God took us on a journey we called RESET. We came home with a clear message, and a new season ahead.
We help churches look outward, connect generations, and strengthen those carrying the Gospel.
Eight weeks. Eight countries. We did not go with a fixed program. We went to listen, to reconnect, and to discern what God is preparing.
We came back with more clarity than we left with. Thank you for walking with us.
The harvest message is carried by many. These six are our part of it.
Spiritual awakening joined to practical action.
Experienced leaders beside a passionate younger generation.
Helping tired or shrinking churches see the harvest again.
Encouraging pastors, missionaries and evangelists.
“How shall they preach unless they are sent?” Romans 10:15
Preaching, prayer, giving and reporting, connected in Mission Companion.
Akop and Svetlana, the early years
What began in 1991 in a small town in the foothills of the Ural Mountains has carried us across more than three decades and over 35 countries.
For over 27 years we walked alongside Drs. Kevin and Leslie McNulty and the Christian Adventures International family — serving as their International Event Directors, organizing mass tent outreaches across Eurasia and the former Soviet Union, and from 2006 onward helping the McNultys coordinate worldwide crusades for Dr. T.L. Osborn, under whose preaching we also grew tremendously. Nearly everything we know about ministry, we learned in their company.
We continue building on this strong heritage — with deep gratitude for those who shaped us, and hearts still open to walk together as God unfolds this next chapter.
Reset. Realign. Reconnect. · Summer 2026
What God did along the way surprised us.
“Before leaving, I felt like an old tool that had become a little rusted. Not broken. It needed oil, sharpening, and regular use. This trip started that sharpening.”
“I kept thinking of a great orchestra. Different people and circumstances each had a part to play. Together they made one beautiful melody.”
None of these are scheduled yet. But they are more than ideas. Local leaders asked us to come back.
Before we accept any door, we ask six questions.
We share stories as they happen in Mission Companion. Partners read the dispatches first, and financial partners can follow giving and ministry expenses.
WisdomFor the structure, timing and shape of the next season.
FocusTo say yes to the right doors, and no to the rest.
The messageThat God keeps sharpening the harvest word in Akop.
RelationshipsFor the leaders and churches we met in eight countries.
ProvisionFor a healthy, sustainable way to live and serve.
Mission CompanionThat it grows to serve other missionaries too.
“How shall they preach unless they are sent?” Romans 10:15
During RESET, you made that real for us. If you are able, walk with us into this next season.
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