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Русский • English
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- >Andrei Pystovarov
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I was born on September 21 in Tomsk. There are three more people besides me in our family. My parents and my younger brother live in Tomsk. After school I studied in the Russian American Vocational College which I graduated from successfully in 1996. I received a certificate as an auto-mechanic and worked as an auto-mechanic at a garage for a year. In 1997 I entered the department of applied mathematics in Tomsk State University and in 2002 I graduated with the specialty of applied mathematician. Soon after the graduation I got an invitation to work in the Tomsk University in System Management and Radio-electronics. My job included teaching Educational Technologies and I had to travel much.
In 1999 I met my wife-to-be. Our wedding took place on March 12, 2004.
I came to the church thanks to my friend with whom I studied in the vocational college and later at the University. I studied the Bible with Timur Rahimov. In February of 1999 I attended the Siberian Seminar that took place in the town of Tomsk that year and after that Seminar I was baptized. I tried to be active and to do something useful in the church, I studied the Bible and attended small groups. I gradually grew in faith. Christian Seminars that took place in Novosibirsk since 2000 helped me a lot.
In 2003 I participated as a councelor in a Christian camp organized by the Tomsk congregation. Since 2005 I became a member of a small group studying the Bible with Jim Norville - a missionary living in Tomsk. At the beginning of 2006 I was chosen to be a member of the brother’s council. During the last year I participated in many activities and ministries that took place in the church. I some times preached on Sundays. Traveled to Novosibirsk to help the local congregation and these trips were very encouraging for me. I also participated (when I had the chance) in the weekly visits to the orphanage for disabled children, which is located in the suburb of Tomsk. In the summer of 2006 along with some other Christians from the Tomsk congregation I participated in an evangelistic campaign in the town of Perm.
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