Does anyone else speak or study the Russian language as a native English speaker?

I learn Bible verses in Russian and speak it and read it. Thank God that He has put native Russian speakers in my life to keep what I’ve learned

Enlisted in USAF to become a helicopter pilot, but bad depth perception blew me out. So, intelligence was my back-up. Come from a family who speaks French-Canadian, and had a knack for languages, so went to DLI at Lackland Air Force Base. Six weeks of extensive grammar training first, then Russian Language School. Loved the language, hated the job (headsets on, in a cubicle for 8 hours). I wasn't in it very long. Got out and took the first available job, then re-trained later into Electronic Intelligence. Got out, got a job with (former) DOJ-INS, learned Spanish. Russian came in handy for the Russian organized crime stuff. Have since forgotten almost all of it!

My grandmother was Russian. Many of my cousins speak Russian, and even worked at the Russian Orthodox Monastery in Pennsylvania. I have loved Russian literature in translation for a very long time. I do understand the church liturgy in Slavonic, however.