Terence and Jill were called to

 serve God in the former Soviet

Union while pastoring at Post

Falls Assembly of God church in

beautiful northern Idaho.  During

a missions service, both Terence

& Jill felt the strong and

 unmistakable voice of the Holy Spirit speaking, even though neither

voiced their impression to each other until hours later. 

Terence had traveled in over 40 countries prior to marriage and he had fully

expected that his traveling days were over.  Now the urgency to take the Hope

 of Jesus' love to the former Soviet Union was irresistable. 

Young Alex was only two years old

when the family bid farewell to a loving and thriving church pastorate and

 began traveling full time.  For 18 months they visited churches and told of

God's heart to see Russian people receive the opportunity to accept the

forgiveness of Jesus. 

Then, when Alex was 3 and Valerija was 5, the young family boarded an

Aeroflot jet in Chicago.  A grueling 18 hours later, after an eye-

opening flight with a Russian soccer team, they arrived  in Moscow, Russia. 

At that time, Jill had never been outside the continental

USA and speaking the  Russian language was only a dream.  After 2 months

 in Moscow studying Russian, they traveled one more time:  boarding a

train headed northwest.  After all night and multiple document checks by border officials, the train had

reached the end of the line!  They were in the country of Latvija, a land which

had been occupied by the Soviets for over 40 years and was now it's own

republic.  That was 16 years ago--in 1993! 

The Hall's formed strong relationships with the believer's in Latvija and served

alongside them for two full terms of missionary service.  They lived in Latvija

for four years, then lived one year in the USA and repeated that cycle.  Then, 

after ten years, instead of returning to Latvija, they moved east, and settled in

the huge metropolis of Moscow, Russia. 

Now, the Hall's travel throughout Western Russia, bringing Biblical and

pragmatic teaching and leadership training to pastor's and church leaders. 

The heart of their ministry is in serving their Russian brothers and sisters and

they are willing to go to the hard-to-reach places where many don't want to

go. 

They view it a privilege to serve God in Russia and are grateful for the

opportunity to live and work there at such an exciting time.