WELCOME TO ARTEKA ~ the Men's Christian Rehab Center not far from Krasnodar. It doesn't look like much, but here, many men have found a new life of sobriety, sanity, & spirituality with God! 

Let's take a closer look by going inside first. Then we'll tour the farm, join the men for baptism & communion, & then meet a couple of the staff. 

This room is a new addition, & DOUBLES the space of the tiny house! Previously, you had to go outside to step into the kitchen. 

The guys could use new beds. 

Step inside the men's bedroom. 

Sleeping quarters & storage area for the men. 

Skoff that holds the centers teaching materials. 

This is the wood stove that heats the house & the water ~ its in the living room! 

'New' old house that the rehab center has acquired on their property, bringing their total to 3 houses that they have. This one needs a little bit of work - which will probably wait unti summer. 

On Wednesday we chopped up a 40 year tree. On Thursday we moved the wood close to the house to prepare for winter. 

From left to right are Bill, Clinton & Monica. Breshniev is in another pen! 

"A farmer walks into a bar..." 

This green house is used year round for growing dill, parsley, spices, tomatoes, & other vegatables.  

Some of the fowl are eaten & some are sold at the market in the village of Arteka. 

The men raise rabbits, chickens, geese, quail & ducks. 

Hay is stacked for the cows for winter. 

Tool shed. 

Yes, it actually runs! 

Primitive supply lean-to. 

New bannya on left & back of main house & tool shed on right. 

Corn cob crib is conveneintly located next to the outhouse. 

New bannya (bath house) under construction. 

Old shower needing destruction! 

Freshly cut wheat field. 

Men came from a rehab center in Moscow for the baptism, bringing a guy from Novosibirsk for baptism & to join the crew at Arteka.