Feb 11, 2020 | Kulpin Ministries, Vietnam
For the third year now, we have been celebrating Christmas in Vietnam, and each time in a new, special way. Special prayers, special preparation, special inspiration. This year we made the Christmas card design themselves and printed Bible verses, then we presented these verses with gifts for both adults and children. We did Christmas crafts together with the children with whom we regularly conduct Christian classes and learn Bible verses.
This year we made gifts more purposefully. We handed out 45 gifts to people for whom we pray, in which we see some response to the Word of God.
The holiday coincided with the birthday of one girl whom we have been visiting for almost 2 years. We gave her a makeup set, she turned 14 years, her name is Khan. She is a very modest girl and from a very poor family. When she was handed the gift, she turned away, cried and tried to hold back her tears. We gave it to her carefully so that no one would see, because everyone had the same gifts, but since it was her birthday, we handed her the special gift unnoticed by others.
After that, she went home, on the way we saw her aunt who was also very happy for her.
The main place where we gave the gifts was “The city in the Cemetery”, that’s what we call the village where people suffering from leprosy and their relatives live, and also those who illegally came and build here to live since no one will drive them out of the cemetery.
While preparing a letter for you, the team and I were detained by the police for spreading the Word of God. They took the passports, but, by the way, this is another story. Pray for us, believe in the power of prayer!
Ministry in Vietnam – Alexander & Irina Kulpin
Jan 27, 2020 | Featured, Kulpin Ministries, Vietnam
Grace and peace to you beloved friends, brothers and sisters! We want to inform you about the events developing in the work of God in Southeast Asia. Lisa, born in Buryatia – Russia, decided to move to Vietnam with her children. She met one of our sister Eugene online, and they began to communicate frequently. Eugene invited Lisa to a meeting where she heard about a loving God and turned to Him, accepting by faith that God the Father had given Jesus Christ as a sacrifice for her.
She told one of the congregations that she wanted to receive water baptism and came to this wonderful holiday for our church. At the end of November, in one of the cafes, there is a baptistery (pool), there are no people there on ordinary days, and we were delighted, thinking in silence to hold a baptism among our own. We agreed to come there on Saturday. They prayed for this baptism all week because they invited unbelievers and believers so that the Lord himself would touch their hearts.
When we arrived at the cafe, to our surprise, absolutely all the tables were occupied. There were about 50 people in the cafe, and we are another 15 people. Thank God we quickly found a place near the pool, we prayed, sang praising Jesus, told the reason for our holiday and read from the Gospel. 6 people of unbelievers came to the baptism and heard about the New Testament from us. Glory to God, through the Holy Spirit, He rules for His glory.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your prayers, for your sacrificial support in the work of the Lord, which we are doing together, proclaiming the good news about our Lord!
Ministry in Vietnam – Alexander & Irina Kulpin
Dec 27, 2019 | Featured, Kulpin Ministries, Vietnam
God’s commission says: “go and teach … “. We had scheduled meetings in the Lamdong province, this is 87 miles away from us. We drove on mopeds. On our way, the electricity of one the mopeds failed. At the speed of 12 mph, one spare part fell off and hit the rear wheel. Our sisters fell off and a large truck, that was driving behind them, barely managed to drive around them. We instantly prayed for our sisters. The first sat on the road with bruises and torn hands, and the other lay on the ground for about a minute and didn’t move. We prayed, that she began to recover, we made an arm bracer from improvised materials and returned to the hotel. The first sister has two forearm cracks. The moped was sent as luggage home, and the sisters drove on the bus home.
A team from California arrived 2 days later. They lost 6 of their suitcases and they contained tools for a fruitful service. God created such weather conditions that it was impossible to drive to the planned places where we wanted to go, and then we used our Plan B. Apparently for Him it was always the main plan for our ministry to join the team from California.
We served together in the hospital. They handed out food packages to the poor, organized playgrounds and they also held joint services at which one woman turned to the Lord and repented. Praise be to Him!
Beloved brothers and sisters, we thank from the bottom of our hearts for our joint work. May God reward you with an endless abundance of His grace.
Ministry in Vietnam – Alexander & Irina Kulpin
Nov 13, 2019 | Kulpin Ministries, Vietnam
For about 4 months we prayed to serve in Laos. We searched for Scriptures that we would be able to distribute in different places, among different key people. When we found the New Testament that we wanted, the price was beyond our reach. Then, having prayed, we decided to print one main verse in Lao – John 3:16
We went to the print shop that we used to print Bible quotes for our ministry before. My sister and I went to the manager to place an order, and she asked us, “what is written here?”, We started telling her about Jesus Christ. We asked her, “did you hear about Christ?”, She answered “no,” we continued to talk about God with her. It was evident that the Word touched her, she took out the money and said, “my husband told me to return the money to you.” We began to pray with her and thanked God. When we open our eyes, we saw the joy on her face, she took out the money that we already paid her for a new order and returned it to us as well. Inspired by such a blessing, we took the bus to Laos. And here the Lord blessed us even more, not knowing the language, not having an interpreter, God Himself did everything, we only were the tools in His hands. We saw how people took the Word of God, read, listened, how they trembled before the Word and how their faces changed.
We met a blind man at the bus station, a family passed by seeing how we shared the Gospel and they started to read to him; he listened and with hom all the other passengers. Then we gave him alms from the Lord, and everybody rejoiced because they saw the work of God. We continued our trip on mopeds and drove about 310 miles. There were many amazing meetings and opportunities to share the Word with the local population. We sincerely thank you, for your prayers, for your contribution to evangelizing this people.
Ministry in Vietnam – Alexander & Irina Kulpin
Sep 20, 2019 | Kulpin Ministries, Vietnam
Grace and peace to be you my friends, brothers and sisters! Fifteen months have passed since we left for Vietnam and last saw Kristina. 10 years ago, we met her grandfather Boris in Petrovka, and so our friendship continued all this time.
Just two days before our arrival, grandfather Boris had died. Entering their hut, I saw that the windowsill was packed with all kinds of medications, and as Lyudmila, her grandmother told us this was just part of the medicine he was taking. His sickness was severe.
Thank God that our trips to this family were not in vain. And just before starting our ministry in Vietnam, we came to Boris, and he turned to the Lord in prayer. He was lying and I remember how he cried before God, that he was a sinner, and that he had lived without God.
Kristina is already in the 10th grade. She wanted to go to college to become a culinary expert, but since she is not yet 18 years, she can’t make decisions on her own. She is a modest girl and she is silent when asked how we can help. Having examined the situation in the house, we purchased food for them, paid for lunch at the school, bought firewood for the house and stationery for the school. Kristina wholeheartedly thanks the Lord for His mercy and care for her. Grandmother Lyudmila continues to get drunk in her grief. Unfortunately, her life has not changed yet, but we pray and put her into God’s hands so that the Lord will bring His divine order in her life.
Dear friends, we thank you with all my heart for your sacrificial hearts and prayers for this family. May the Lord reward you. Be blessed.
Serving children – Alexander Kulpin
Aug 26, 2019 | Kulpin Ministries, Vietnam
The first year of our ministry in the missionary house is over. We had always our doors open and a daily gathering of people. The house serves not only us, but also the church and many teams from different parts of the world.
We are serving in Nha Trang. The city has a population of 500,000 people. 2500 of them speak Russian. The church was planted by us when we arrived here for the first time. We purposefully make disciples for Christ, by the proclamation of the Gospel and by serving the needy.
Thanks to God, we are renting the house for only $ 300 a month, including utilities, this is our base where all activities take place. We rented it for 3 years with the possibility of extending the lease. The house is large; several services are held here. Twice a week (Tuesday, Thursday) we organize home groups. All meetings of the leaders are also held in this house. When teams arrive, they also stay with us. In this house we spend our holidays and intercultural meetings. We are praying for more opportunities this house can give us. It is here where we prepare for ministries like creating and storing gifts, preparing food packages, and plan for children’s playgrounds.
On October 1st, we need to pay the rent the year in advance, but there are no funds. We need to raise 3600 dollars. Therefore, we are asking you, please help in the work of God, we are in great need. It’s hard to ask, but according to the Word of the Lord it is written: “Ask and it will be given to you”.
The Lord is never late, and we believe that He will come to our aid now! With Christ’s love!
Ministry in Vietnam – Alexander Kulpin
