Minusinsk is one of the oldest cities in Eastern Siberia. It is located in the center of Asia and is surrounded by mountains on all sides. Many families with foster children live in our area. We want to build a house in Minusinsk in which the foster families, like orphans, can live.
Many events take place on the first floor of the “Children’s Ark”: workshops, youth clubs, and seminars. On the second floor, we have two large apartments to accommodate foster families who have taken in children. One of our families that we would like to introduce is the foster family of Olya and Denis Grushevski. They have seven children, four of whom are foster parents. They are all relatives, two brothers, and two sisters. The children have been living with the Grushevski family for almost a year now. Before that, they lived with their mother and stepfather. The children’s mother is mentally retarded so that she cannot take good care of them. The children often starved, and nobody cared for them, they were left to take care of themselves.
The oldest girl Vika had to take care of everything at the age of 11. She cleaned up at home and took care of her siblings. During the time that the children lived with their mother, they were put in an orphanage several times, but then they returned to the mother every time. The last time the government took them to an orphanage, it was final, the stepfather was jailed, and the mother lost custody of them.
A team of volunteers constantly goes to the orphanages to spend time with the children, and Olya Grushevskaia sometimes went with them to give the children a haircut. Back then, Olya and Denis thought of fostering children and did everything possible. At that time neither of them thought that they would foster four children at once. When they came to the orphanage, Olya saw two of the brothers, Rusik (4) and Misha (5), who were four and five years old. She immediately fell in love with them, then met Vika (11) and Dasha (2). From the beginning, she knew that these were her children. Now they are a big and friendly family!
No home, in our time, works without electricity, neither can we! Almost everything depends on it. Currently, the electricity in the children’s ark comes from a nearby store with which we have a temporary agreement. The electricity we get is being interrupted again and again and we remain without electricity many times, which makes the bill for the electricity very high. To have electricity without interruptions and to be independent, we need a power station.
We would be very grateful if you could support us with prayers and finances for this matter.
We need the support of everyone who is not indifferent to it!
God bless you all