Life keeps changing and we continue to serve God. We preach the Gospel, raise children, taking care of old people, and help people in need. We keep finding new opportunities to testify of the Savior. For a long time during the “first wave of Covid” our Church “Word of Truth” was forced to perform services online. After resuming meetings in August, inside the church, many elders continued to join worship through the Internet in order to avoid infections.
This winter will be remembered as unprecedented cold. On Christmas, it was cold as well, but we gathered more than 70 people. Most of the children and adults are our friends who very rarely attend a church service, and for some of them, it was the first time. We have become witnesses of God’s actions. And the resurrection of people to life, transformed destinies, restoration of destroyed families, and the return of children to the family. People turn to God for salvation and receive, in Christ Jesus, a new life.
I am sure that all of us get great pleasure from the ministry to sick children and their families. We have a unique opportunity to do what Jesus did.
Today He does it through us! A month ago, Lera began to feel
bad so she and her mother were urgently sent to St. Petersburg, to the clinic where
she received a bone marrow transplant. It was a small medical procedure. Lera had
gathered fluid in the lungs, and her legs started to give up. Now they already
returned back to Omsk, and I met them at the airport and took them to oncology.
On the road, her mother told that on the flight to St. Petersburg a 17-year old
boy died on the same day, and two days later a 9-year old girl.
They both underwent a transplant on the same day. She says that felt our prayers every second, and for her, it is very important. Mary sincerely thanks everyone, she cannot understand how people, who are overseas can be so close! Now we have opened churches, and Mary wants to come and pray! They still long-term treatment is ahead, and we will fight with them, for Lera. Thank you for being with us in this fight!
On behalf of everybody, I express to you sincere thanks for your prayers and support in the distribution of Christmas gifts and evangelistic sets – for children and adults. Despite quarantine, we still managed to hold a Christmas performance and gave gifts. 35 children and 44 adults children and adults came from our village.
The participation of youth from Omsk affected the hearts of my eldest daughter, Polina (12), and son Semyon (9) and they expressed their desire to serve other people.
We drove through the villages and handed out gifts, and they
participated actively in the ministry. They changed with us in costumes shepherds
and did not hesitate to talk about their faith in Jesus and His wonderful
birth. We visited three villages and handed out 150 gifts and about 200 Gospels.
Thank you for your participation and assistance in expanding His Kingdom!
“I want my life to be changed completely, I want to follow Jesus and get baptized”- said a young lady, who comes from a very strict Buddhist family. A few months ago, she started to come to our church by driving on a bicycle a long distance. She was having a strong desire to be with Christians. I wrote about her before, thank you for keeping her in prayer.
As Noon shared her story, we learned that when she was in the first grade, that this was the first time when she met a Christian, who became her friend. From that time, she saw that Christians are different people and she liked it. Now attending high school, God sent her another Christian man in her class, who shared the Gospel with her and other friends and invited her to church. When Noon came to Church she asked for a Bible, she likes to learn about God and wants to know more and more. One day she asked if she can help in Sunday school because she wants to hear more Bible stories. “I want to change my life; I want to be Christian! I see that Christians are very special people, I feel accepted and loved, I want to be Christian so that other people around me feel the same way!” When we shared the Gospel and as soon as she prayed and accepted Jesus, she wanted to share the gospel with her friends and family. Now Noon and two other young men are expressed their desire to be baptized and show family and friends their decision to follow Jesus. We are very thankful for your prayers and God’s work in the hearts of young people. None of the family members support Noon in her decision. But we pray that God will open their hearts for the Gospel. One Saturday, Noon wrote that her grandparents don’t let her go to church on that Sunday. We prayed and asked God what we can do in this situation. Next week we visited Noon and her grandparents, with whom she lives. We didn’t know what to expect, will they accept us, or will be angry. God answered, they were not just glad to meet us and we’re very kind that invited us again for a dinner with all extended family.
Even though they are not supporting Noon to change their religion and be Christian, but they are not against her going to Church, even to be in one of our worship groups. she loves to play musical instruments and sing for God. Please keep Noon and her family in your prayers that her kind grandparents would believe and come to Christ!
We really believe in the power of prayer
and experienced many answered prayers! Thank you for being a part of this
ministry. May God richly bless every one of you.
Christmas is always a reason to be joyful to those who experienced Jesus, and a reason to share the good news with people who live next to us. I’m in charge of the Mercy Ministry in our church. We as a team care about people, who are in need. We take care of widows, disabled people, and children at risk.
In December we had the opportunity to give out 500 gifts, and we also told them the Good News. We visited four orphanages, held Christmas concerts there and organized festival food table for A miracle happened to the children in the oncology department. Due to quarantine, we could not get into the department for 8 months, but on Christmas the department manager allowed us to do the covid test, and we able to get to the children for 3 hours. The children and their parents did not want to let us go. We gave gifts to the children and told them about Christ.
We were also in the hospice, there were a few children capable of talking and so we mostly talked with health workers. We were very happy for the opportunity to give to people, who do not know Christ, a real Christmas. For them, it was an unforgettable experience of meeting Him. Jesus says what you do to these little ones, that you have done to me.
Friends, I want to thank everyone who participated and prayed for our ministry in Mongolia. As I wrote the last time our main church “Golden Star” and three church campuses began to deliver products to people in need. Through this ministry, we were able to help 100 families which were in difficult circumstances and who live in areas where we planted churches. Since February 11th the lockdown was tightened and people do not work, public transport stopped driving around the city. Our team visited the homes of people in great need. We also pray with them and give them essential items which cost around $25 and last for one month.
People are grateful to you for your support, and we have the opportunity to testify of the love of our Lord.
