I want to thank you for your prayers and participation. In Malachi 4:6, God says that He will turn the hearts of fathers to the children … We and the team visited two orphanages and a children’s hospital on children’s celebration day. More than 100 children received gifts and our love.
One of our sisters went with us for the first time, and she was overwhelmed with emotion when the children called her “mother” “This trip has changed my life,” she said. The director of the orphanage asked to say words of congratulations and expressed her gratitude for our visit. Brothers and sisters, this is the mercy of God. He opens the door through the children.
We congratulated the children and tried to make them feel that they are loved by God. We have a 12-year-old boy who was just hospitalized. His name is Kostya, he has a severe manifestation of leukemia. Because of his sickness, he started to squint, and two days later he went blind. Doctors are trying to help him, but he is in terrible pain. It is connected to the machines and is in serious condition. We gave him everything he needs for the first weeks. His mother asked for psychological help, and we will be next to them, because we can’t otherwise. Thank you for your prayers and financial support that belong to these children. We will show them the love of Christ by caring for them. We really need your help!
Thank you for your kindness! We continue to communicate with Katya and her son Misha. Her emotional state is much better, Katya wants to live and no longer blames herself for the death of her son. This month was especially hard for her. Katya just needed to be pulled out of a depression. We rented an apartment for them, helped to make repairs and to get settled. We had to collect things piece by piece because everything she had has burned down. My daughters became friends with her younger child, and we took him to us so that she could get some rest. We thank God, Katya prays and goes to church, but she has questions: “Why did my 6-year-old son burn out and what did I do? What is this punishment for? ”In general, it is still hard for her, but we will continue to help them, and I believe that God will be glorified through this family!
Now we need to look through the ashes of the charred house to sell the land and to buy something new for them. Thank you for participating, donating and praying. May God reward you according to the riches of His glory!
In Russia June 1stis the day of the protection of children, and we will congratulate our children who are being treated at the oncologic center. There are 60 children. And the orphanage has 52 children. This is another chance to give them warmth and love. I am very glad that God gives us such a privilege to serve these children with you!
A few weeks ago, a woman asked us to help her friend. I contacted her by phone and was shocked by what I heard. On February 28, a fire broke out and Daniel, a boy six years old, died in the fire. His mother Katya went to buy diapers for the younger son Misha (1.5 years), and when they returned, 6 firefighters were extinguishing the house. Katya rushed into the burning house to get her son, but it was too late; the child suffocated from the smoke. The firemen did not know that there was a child in the house and just fought the fire.
She is raising the children alone, they are from different fathers, and even after the fire, these men did not respond to her. At the age of 14 she was brutally raped and hid it from her parents because she was ashamed. Not knowing who to trust, her life was gradually destroyed. Katya asked me: “Tell me what is wrong with me, why I’ve been proving to people all my life that I’m human, that you can love and take care of me.”
I had a good conversation with Katya, we took on to care for her and her child Misha. I said that she needed God and true friends, and I am ready to go with them this path. We have a lot of work to do, starting with the forgiveness of people and accepting the Gospel.
Friends, they really need us, in addition to emotional problems, there are material needs as well. She lost all her belongings in the fire, even all of her documents. We found an apartment for them, and we are thinking about how to restore the house. She need help with clothes, documents, and the rental of temporary housing. Today Katya took the Bible from me, just hugged it and cried. On Sundays, she wants to go to the congregations and join us in worship.
Brothers and sisters may God bless everybody of you.
Greetings to you brothers and sisters! I want to share with you the story of one girl. Twelve months ago, she called and asked if I could help her repair the relationship with her husband. Her name is Sveta, his name Illya. From the first minutes of the conversation I felt a strong pressure and distrust, and it made very worried.
After listening to them, it was obvious that inside this girl she was deeply wounded and desperate. I shared with the testimony of the salvation of my family, which helped them to trust and open their hearts. Sveta talked about everything that she felt. She spoke for six hours without stopping. Her father when Sveta was 3 years old and her mother remarried a former soldier, who was adapting to normal life after the war.
Her mother had to work two jobs, and she was with her stepfather at home. He didn’t want her to bother him, so he put her in an aluminum milk flask (5 Gallon) and put it on the balcony until her mother came home from work. When Sveta was 4 years, she stopped fitting in the flask. Her stepfather twisted her arms behind her back and pushed her in there. Her mother did not want to lose the chance for happiness and put the blame on the little girl, saying that she was not obedient and that she prevented her from living with her new husband. Sveta did not have toys and they never bought new things. Her stepfather was also beating her badly.
At 16, after graduating from school, she was told that there was no longer room for her in the house and she was put on the street. She worked illegally in an ice cream factory and studied. At the age of 18, she was taken to a restaurant as a waitress, and was betrayed again: the owner sold Sveta to a group of Caucasians who brutally raped her and then threw out into the street with a disfigured appearance and broken spine. God sent kind people who helped her survive all this.
She visited a church and tried to find help until the age of 23. But even the people in church saw in her an arrogant and proud woman, and not a small broken child in need of care and love. Soon she married a fellow student and for 11 years tried to build a relationship with him. She gave birth to two girls, became a pastry chef in one of the best restaurants in Omsk. She worked 17 hours a day trying to prove to everyone that she has the right to live and the love of her loved ones. But the delayed surgeries on her back stopped her crazy life rhythm, her legs refused move right at work and she was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
We began to pray together; She was able to forgive her stepfather and mother. Sveta is now on my team of volunteers and serves children who suffer terrible pain due to their diagnosis like blood cancer. She also accepted Christ as her savior and is preparing for being baptized. God made a miracle, she was healed, her soul has been cleansed. Having gathered the elders of the church, we prayed for her physical healing!
Sveta is mother and wife, but she cannot live a full life! She can’t move her legs properly, and even when she walks it is very painful, she needs serious treatment.
I witnessed the sacrifices you have made, and many people have been helped through it. Sveta is a very modest girl and she will never ask for help for herself. This is why we need to unite and help her to return to a full and healthy life!
We celebrate Christmas from the 25th of December to the 7th of January and we spent Christmas in the orphanage with the children. We rented an 85 feet long bounce house, the kids were delighted when it was time to play. We performed a skit and gave the kids bibles and other presents. Sixty kids and twenty volunteers heard the good news of Jesus!
I also want to say hello from Rita, Eugene and their baby Alex feels well, and they are waiting for the test results, the last analysis showed that the tumor had disappeared. This looks like a Christmas present from God to their small family! They are still under the supervision of the doctors and are in need of our help.
Sadly, on January 10th Misha went to eternity. I wrote a lot about him, we were helping him for a whole year. During that time there was a bond of friendship that grew between us and with his mother Lena. It makes me happy to think that shortly before his departure he told me that he believed strongly that Jesus is his Lord and Savior. I still continue to communicate with Lena. We helped her with the funeral and continue to participate in her life. God permits different circumstances in our lives, but looking back, I am convinced that we have not lived in vain. Thank you for your prayers and support. Thank God for your help!
Greetings brothers and sisters! I can’t wait to share the news with you. There is an answer to our prayers and participation in the life of little Alex! After passing the tests, the doctors could not find a tumor. We thought that the tumor would stop growing or shrink, but the Lord did a miracle and it disappeared! Now he is put in the hospital and will be re-examined. Thank God for this miracle.
Alex is a gift from God to us, we will be next to his family. They have a long course of rehabilitation and observation ahead.
A little bit about the events in Omsk. On December 20, we held a Christmas concert at the Children’s Cancer Hospital. For our team, this is not the first time, but what made me particularly happy is that this year the team consisted of 12 people, most non-church goers. All the children gathered for Christmas, even those who were previously discharged came!
The children were very pleased, and we gave everyone a children’s bible. Brothers and sisters, we had a great celebration and for many of those who came, it was vitally important! These children are at risk and they should know their Savior! We thank God for your prayers and participation. We keep needing your support! On January 7th, we organized a Christmas Celebration in an orphanage, about 50 children were waiting for us there. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
