Stories from the Field

July-August 2006

Golden Arches Lead to Heaven
From the Central and Eastern Europe Newsletter

Sometimes Americans find themselves having a feeling of nostalgia when they live in a foreign country that has a McDonald’s. There are times when a family just needs a hamburger and French fries! But for one missionary family in Russia, the nostalgia was turned to hope as a Russian family prayed to receive Christ. Leslie Burch was meeting a family at McDonald’s to help them with an upcoming English exam. The family was previously unknown to her but she sensed that they were not believers. After sharing the gospel with them, they wanted to become believers right then. “The father, Anatolly, his oldest daughter Anna, and his youngest daughter, DeAnna, prayed to begin a relationship with the Father on the top floor at a middle table in McDonald’s! Praise God people can find the Old Rugged Cross anywhere, even under the Golden Arches!” exclaimed Leslie.