Grace and peace to you our brothers and sisters in Christ our Lord and Savior. God’s love flows into our hearts and we rejoice in the ministry for His glory and want to fulfill His mission.
As we reported before, my wife and I moved to the Northern Part of Vietnam (Nha Trang, the capitol of the Khanh Hoa province) to get to know the culture and habits of the population. Very close to our house, around 650 feet away, we saw a territory that was fenced in with a playground on it.
We began to wonder what this place was. After asking around we found out that this is a home for orphans. We started to pray for this home. Every time we passed by, we prayed for this home so that we would be able to serve this home. When we were preparing for the Christmas Service, our first thought was to go there. We went to the orphan’s house and told them about what we were organizing a Christmas service for children, but we were not able to understand each other because we didn’t speak the same language.
We decided to visit another home for orphans as well that was around 12 miles away. However, on Dec 24th, when we arrived for the Christmas service we were surprised to see them here arriving on their bicycles. Again, we were not able to communicate (our interpreters were supposed to arrive later) and we thought how can they come with us driving 12 miles on the bicycles. It turns out that God had heard our prayers and had opened the doors to the orphan’s home in our neighborhood that we were praying about. Halleluiah! We had 16 people in our group, eight from our team and eight from Vietnam. Two were unbelievers but seem to be on the way to find the Lord. One of them, her name is Nyam, burst out in tears when we prayed for her and gave her the Gospel. When we arrived at the Orphan’s house the children were standing outside and waiting for us. They are abandoned by their parents. In this home, they live within a group that simulates a family with around 8-10 children with one mother who is the head of the group and also responsible to nurture them.
Dear friends, we were able to bless around 60 children with a toy, candies, and juice. I am not able to put it into words how greatly God blessed us. Thank you very much for your prayers and your sacrificial hearts.
We visited them to see how they live and saw that according to the circumstances the conditions are good. But what they need is love – the love of Christ. We promised to visit the one family that we met, every week and have discussions with them. Please pray for us and the family, they have 8 children. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your eagerness for the Lord, the prayers and the support of our ministry in Vietnam.
Peace to you and grace from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am 53 years old, married to Irina and I have 2 children and 2 grandchildren. Our children are members of the local church here. Since 2005 I have been serving in the United Churches of Omsk. Four years I served as a mentor in the Counseling Center and was a coordinator for the social ministry in the Central Church of Omsk. Dozens of people turned to the Lord through this service. Irina works in a women’s consultant’s office against abortion.
We heard the call from the Lord to minister in Vietnam on a trip there. As we began to pray and became surer that this is God’s call. Now we are seeing first generation Christians. We minister to drug addicts from low income families. During the winter, we went to the slums of Vietnam again and were assured now that this is God’s will. In May 2017, we made a trip there again and the call to minister here still remained with us.
In the province of Khanh Hoa, where we decided to start the ministry, we met with Russian speaking people. We realized that our fellows citizen are like in a desert, they need God.
On November 22nd we are flying to Vietnam to live there permanently and our needs are:
Please pray for our arrangement there, that God would protect us and for His guidance in this ministry.
Please support us financially, we need $400 a month to be able to live there.
… for You were slain and redeemed us to God from His blood from every nation and tribe … Rev. 5: 9.
In Cam Ranh, we met with brothers and sisters at Ho Chi Minh City Airport. The next day we had a conference for ministers in the morning, and we shared the Word of God with our Vietnamese brothers. I was asked to give my testimony and this changed all our plans. I talked about God’s love for me, how he changed me and about my ministry in the church. After my testimony, a sister in Christ approached me and solemnly said: “Thank God, we are on the right track.” She reacted that way because I talked about the fruits of the addicted people ministry.
I confirmed them to be on the right path by ministering to drug addicts, alcoholics, and homeless people through opening rehabilitation centers. Mimi is the name of the sister who was relieved to be on the right path, she called her brother and asked us to meet with him. That’s how we ended up in the Capitol of Vietnam.
In one day, we visited 3 rehabilitation centers, to study the Bible with the workers and help people in need and see that they are on the right path. On this journey, we saw that we can do a lot since we have experience with addicted people.
In December 2016 we visited Vietnam again. at how people live. Some houses don’t even have a floor and we wanted to see the slums and the people who live there. The Lord gave us an interpreter which is one of our brothers and with him we visited villages and looked saw homes where kids go to sleep hungry.
Vietnam has a high percentage of poverty, only veterans, civil servants and disabled people receive a pension which is around 3-10 Dollars a month.
Please pray for our family and that God would lead us, please pray for the people of Vietnam whom we want to serve by bringing them the Gospel. Blessings to you in Christ.
