Alison Kolosva, a friend of LOI, has created this podcast with the Lausanne movement. Her work on mission in the Chuvash republic in Russia is fascinating, and I strongly recommend listening to the podcast at this link: https://lausanne.org/podcast/12-orthodox-missions-bound-for-the-east-the-chuvash-republic
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