The will of God for us personally is to be close to children who are scared, hurt and lonely. Recently, I often see how the word of God is “a cheerful heart is good as medicine” is being fulfilled. Every time we visit children in a hospice, oncology, orphanage, children run to a meeting and it seems that their hearts rejoice. In this moment you understand that you are in the right place and God is near! I’ve often been told that serving God changes who we are, and that’s for sure.
This month we visited 4 orphanages, we went to the hospice 8 times and took care of children in especially difficult circumstances, and every week we played with our children in oncology, gave joy and gifts, sang songs about Jesus, all the children and their parents are very grateful to us, and therefore you! Several parents began to visit the house of prayer and read the Bible. We have an acute need for Apollo, a child in the hospice. We need to help him overcome his heart problems, he needs surgery, but he is very weak. Although he is getting prepared, always new obstacles appear, sudden swellings, and various allergic manifestations.
We bring him healthy food, medicine and provide spiritual and emotional support. We pray that the child survives, he is all alone, and he needs a family. Pray for us and for the children who we serve together. Thank you for your open hearts!
I speak with a lot of people in the remaining days and hours of their lives. This changes their whole worldview and makes them change priorities in life. Those who accept it live the words of Christ: “Seek before the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and it will all be added to you.” Friends thank you for your participation, we have been helping several underprivileged sick children and their parents for years, and Thank God, many have been healed and accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. We started helping Roma and Polina and supporting them spiritually and emotionally. So far there are many questions, but children already know that they are not alone. We have a special concern for children with leukemia, the hospital department received five more children which we befriended.
Lera, whom we have been helping for a long time, says hello, she’s in remission, but twice a month I take her from Artyn for examination and procedures. Her mom is a drinker, an unstable person but Lera still wants to be with the family. We are taking care of them. Lera has an older sister Anastasia, we took her to school, bought textbooks and clothes. When talking to her, she was very grateful to us and God and prayed with us. Children feel and understand everything. I personally thank you very much for your help. Without you, we could not do it all!
Recently, a father of a boy wrote me and began to simply to thank me for everything he felt and how badly he needed support 3 years ago. Back then we accompanied them to St Petersburg for a bone marrow transplant. When I read the message I cried and rejoiced, and clearly realized that it was the grace of God, and through us God was glorified. We have good news from Lera, she was taken back to her family. Her mother fulfilled the custody requirements. Even though not everything is over yet, but Lera really wanted to go to her mother, and now she is.
Our team also visited the orphanages to do some projects. We worked together with the boys, replaced sinks and toilets, and built a sandbox for the little ones, and in we have a bigger project, where we reconstruct a bath complex. The fact is that in this orphanage many graduates come for summer, for them it’s like their parent House. While we worked, I met Roma a little closer, he will soon be 6 years old and has no parents. Roma speech is impaired and intellectually not fully developed, but he is very nice and a sunny child. The director of the orphanage says that if he finds a speech therapist and the correct treatment, he will be able to go to school. So, they want to send him to a special disability boarding school. When I was teaching him things a Christian song started to play on the radio, and he began to sing along. I asked him: “Do you believe?” and he said: “Of course”, we even prayed together. Please pray for all our children.
This month we organized a charity concert and leaders of orphanages, children’s oncology, and children’s hospice were invited. They expressed gratitude for our input in the nurture and formation of children. The most important thing we were able to give them was the essence of the gospel. Thank you for your participation and support and for the opportunity for five years to develop the ministry of mercy and help dying children. Today we reach 300 children every month.
One family needs special attention. Mashas daughters, Lera and Nastya, are in the orphanage. After meeting the requirements to take custody she will take them back to her family. Lera is a special child, she has leukemia and while being in the orphanage she became really sick. When she was taken away from her mother Masha, who was an alcoholic, she was very upset, but the worst thing is that she was without doctors and treatment. Lera health has deteriorated and I prepared papers and took her to the oncology department, where she was treated.
The last time when I visited the orphanage and Lera saw me, she jumped into my arms and squeezed very tightly, until she ran out of strength. Please pray for this whole situation. I am thankful to God that I can be in this place and do this job, and see how God works, and thank you brothers and sisters for your hearts, prayers, and concern. We are ready to bring God’s love to the hearts of every child!
We have been participating in life of children who are admitted to a pediatric Oncology, a hospice and four orphanages. The more we are open and help people, the more they are willing share their pain with us. I want to say thank you from every child and from me, for your kindness, prayers, and help! I wrote about Matthew who needs urgent surgery. We sent him to St Peter and we are waiting for news.
We have now there are especially worried for Lera. This is our oncology girl which we have been helping for two years now. Her mother Masha is a teacher at the orphanage home that we visit. After returning from St. Petersburg, I took them home to Artyn. After one week the child protective services took custody of them because of poor living conditions and Masha started drinking. Lera is now in the orphanage home, and we are trying to resolve the issue with the administration and help Masha with her obligations. She fought for two years for Lera but now can’t handle it anymore. When Lera saw me, she sat on my lap and cried, saying that wants to go home to mom. Her condition has worsened due to the stress. She needs to be taken for treatment, and this is 120 miles away from the orphanage. Lera prays and believes that a miracle will happen. Although she’s only 8 years old, she is reasoning like an adult.
Also, Yaroslava is also in a very bad condition, she is 7 years old and we know her for over three years, she has leukemia in a very severe form, it has paralyzed her head and face. Her mother asks us for help. They will need to fly to St. Petersburg for a bone marrow transplant. Every child knows that God helps them through other people. Thank you for that and God bless.
At the beginning of March, my team and I drove to an
orphanage in the village of Muromtsevo. My eldest daughter Olga was with me and
there I was asked to speak with a nine-year-old girl. She sat down on my knees
and immediately began to ask: “Sasha, take us to your home, my younger brother
Ruslan and an older brother Alex. Your daughter is already grown up – she’s 18.
She will leave home, and you can take us in.
Everything inside me turned upside down because I was not
ready for such a conversation. I told her said that this is not so simple and
that I have three children, not only Olga, and that I will think about it and
pray. Two days later and suddenly it the director of the orphanage calls and
says that a family is coming from Krasnodar and wants to adopt these kids and
needs help finalizing documents and pass tests. This is a real miracle and the
fastest answer to a prayer in my life. God is great.
We were also contacted by a young family asking for help, they have two sons and the younger one Matthew needs special care. His heart is on the right hand and a hernia on the liver, due to which the liver is strongly elevated and does not give room for the lungs to develop. His parents love him and fight for his life, he is only two years old.
There is a doctor in Italy who is ready to operate on him, but the family does not have funds to buy tickets. We will need approximately $3000 for tickets and accommodation. Oksana – his mom prayed at our meeting and accepted Christ. She is very worn out spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Brothers and sisters, we found ourselves again as neighbors for this family in need, and I ask you for help. May God bless you.
