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.
Ministry in Omsk – Alexander Melnikov