On October 17, 2021, Maksim Zuyev, a student at the ELCIR Theological Institute, received a blessing for the ministry of catechist in Kursk, Kursk Oblast. Sincere congratulations to Maksim on starting this trusted ministry! Many thanks to the family of Aleksandr and Natalia for providing the space for ministering the Gospel!“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.” (Mt. 10:39-42, ESV)