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Tomorrow we are going to orphanage in P.The girls are there age 5-25 who have Down`s syndrome.We are exciting we able to visit kids there finally!

The weather is not very well in Ukraine now very strong cold and frosty wind is every day. Also roads are slidable in some places.Please, pray for our traveling and meeting with kids! Thank you!

Amazing meeting with orphans!

Yesterday God gave us opportunity to visit orphans again.The all our team could to go and have meeting with kids.
Sasha and Lyuba had meeting with older kids.They have talked about 10 commandments and obedience to God.Also they sang songs and had fun time.
Children love to hear God`s Word and ask difference questions about God.They wait all time to have a meeting like that.We try to do that to be their good Christian friends and give answer to their questions.

                                                         Lyuba with teens


In this time other part of team Alla, Nadya and Oksana had meeting with smaller children 6-11 years old.
We told  Bible history to children about 2 brothers Jacob and Esau.Also during lesson we sang song, have played games to learn Bible verse and remember better the Bible history.
Children liked very much to play act characters of Bible hero when we have  told to them Bible history.
Also  we fed to them Ukrainian borsch and piece of bread.Why? Bible says when Esau sold his day of birthright to Jacob because of  red pottage.Ukrainian borsch is red color also.We cooked and have fed children that they will remember this history better and because children hungry often in orphanages.

Dear Friends you need to see their hungry in same time happy eyes! How they were glad to eat it! We can not describe, you  need to see it! When they have done to eat, some children asked borsch more.It is not all!They still were hungry!We had few  lees of bread and children asked more bread also!
ORPHANS ARE HUNGRY ALL TIME IN ORPHANAGES! Please, pray for them!

Michael director of ministry could to witness about Jesus to employers of orphanage in this time when the team had meeting with kids.Praise the Lord for one more opportunity!

 We had amazing meeting with kids!We all were happy to see all kids and spent time with them, have told to them about Jesus Christ and  fed them!


Here are some pictures and video.

                                    Kids are playing act of Bible heros.

                                Children are eating  Ukrainian borsch.

                       Oksana are putting a sour cream to borsch.Children love it much!

                                             Happy Ann with borsch!

                                        Children ask for more food.

                           Children eating just piece of bread.They were still hungry...                                      

                                               Poor and  hungry kids....

Dear Friend, please help these orphans in their needs...If you have any questions, please, feel free to contact us.Thank you on behalf of these orphans! May the Lord richly bless you!

New blessing!

What an amazing visiting of orphans today we had! When we just came to territory of orphanage, children had seen us and were running to us to help bear our bags.We had 4 heavy bags again. :) It was nice!

In the beginning of lesson we congratulated few kids who had a Birthday  last time.
We have spoken about Joseph and his brothers today.We have learned a Bible verse Romans 8:28, sang a song, have played difference games and in the end have made a craft.
It was nice to hear some kids had learned the Bible verse what we  taught with them  last time.

Galatians 6:7 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap".

The time with kids was wonderful!Everyone was happy!

                                          Oksana is enjoying her Birthday gift

                                   Kids are playing act characters of Bible history

This is the game we named it  "will clothe of Joseph". We wrote Bible verse by white crayons on picture.You can not see it on white paper.   Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose."

As there are children with special needs we made this verse more short for them.
 They have to find out which is the Bible verse and will read it when they will finish to paint clothes of Joseph.
We divided class for 4 groups.So, everyone was busy.

                                                 They really  enjoyed this game!

In the end of lesson children have made a craft.They have clothed a Joseph special color paper the way of cutoff turning. (stippling)

                                       Kids were happy  to "clothed of Joseph".

We had blessed time with kids!We are happy we could to have this time with orphans!We are glad to see smiles on their faces.They are so precious, so sweet, so darling! You can not that do not love them!

A next blessing what we have.The director of this orphanage is very friendly.He is glad to see us each time.It is blessing for us!
He invited us for tea.In Ukraine,it is means time to speak and have a little snack.
He asked us to help in some needs of orphanage.We are interesting in it but we are not able.But we can pray about it and ask the will of God.

A blessing is director let us to have meeting with older children!We are so glad of it!Director meets the needs to us all time.In same time we worry a little.We do not know or the children will want to have  meeting with us.Smaller kids are glad all time.We never had a problem with it there.We worry about older kids.Please, pray for children in this orphanage. God will help us, give the wisdom and everything for it. Thank you for each prayer!

Trip to orphanage

   On Saturday our team was able to visit orphans again.One part of team could have a meeting with older children 12-15 age.Second part of team could have meeting with smaller children 6-11 years old in this time.
The team with older children had very good time.They sang songs, had Bible study and fun time.Everyone was happy to have meeting this time.

  In class with younger children everything was not so well.This is special orphanage where are children mental retarded and  nervous sick.Some of them get a medication in special hospital for psychotic sick people.It is so heartbreaking to know some kids were there.It is worst place for children! We can not describe of few words how is there.Some members of team visited there some people.It is horrible place for people still same after communism.

Just tears and tears runs on your face and much hurt your heart because of people who are there.How they are unhappy, oppression and melancholy.People walk there like zombie after got a treatment.They eat awful food!It is often not soup but just water and potatoes.They never get there any fruits.In dining room they get just few pieces of bread.People all time are hungry there.If some one visit them and bring food they eat it with esuriency. It is look like they eat it in first time for few days!Women live in one big room.Same is with men.They steal difference things each from one other.Most of all food.So, they can not keep their things. Everything they have, they have hidden it under pillow where they sleep.Many not good things are there.
It is awful place!It is so hurt to know these kids get into this place  sometimes.


At this time several kids did some troubles.Almost in the end of lesson they were good finally.Their behaviour was no so bad. We were glad.

But one boy in the end of meeting did a one more trouble.Oh, no! Lord, please! All team was frighten to the death and we thought we will have a big trouble with administration of orphanage.After meeting we had talking with caretakers and they said everything is ok.So, we came back to home with piece in hearts.Praise the Lord!

At this time we met a new girl who came to this orphanage lately.She is 6 years old.She is first time in the orphanage.It is very sad but her mom was in same orphanage.We do not know reason why she left her small and sweet little girl there.A kid when saw us she looked much scared.She had big eyes, looked confused, afraid to speak.

                                          
But in the end of lesson she was difference girl.She smiled, did not afraid any more come to ask us something to help, did not afraid to ask any question.She is not afraid us any more.:) But we were in little shock when we gave a candy to children.This girl when recieve it, she was soooo happy!She was laughed, smiled.She told us, she adores this candy!How she was happy got it!Also she said she will leave this candy for her mom.Oh, poor little girl!

                

                                                            Is not she sweet?
Several pictures of meeting with kids.

Happy kids who received toys for Birthday

Children enjoy to play act of Bible story in characters.

         
Yes, we came back to home more late than usually, because of some troubles.We missed our bus, were waiting on stop some time and freeze as was cold much in the evening.But we were happy we able to visit orphans, everything is well and everything is not so bad like we  scared.

We understand and know now more deep we need more prayers, we need wisdom, we need patience, we need power and everything  what need to work with these kids. We are not perfect.We need the wisdom of the Lord all time! We need Lord all time! We understand and know the wisdom will not comes when is everything just well.God gives a wisdom just in hard time.

All these kids are creation of God.They are special! They need good friends, hugs, time, smiles, good words, our  love and love of the Christ and many many things what they can not receive from other people.We love them much! We love them much so we are ready come back to home  very much tired, hungry, our bus miss and walk to next stop for bus  in cold weather for a long time with heavy bags(where everything for lesson), spend half of day that to get there and after  spend time with them.We are ready to be sick in cold weather, freeze our hands and legs, lost our voices.We are ready to weep and pray before the Lord for their souls, tear our hearts in prayers and much more to suffer because we love them much! Jesus Christ died on the cross for salvation their souls! He suffered much, people humiliated Him, did beat of Him.He bleed to death because of our sins! So, it is for what we do for kids and we are ready to suffer it is nothing if compare with Jesus!
He is our Saviour, God, Shepherd and Friend!We have everything in Him! We are happy we have amazing God Who is Jesus Christ!

Talking about life of Jacob

   Today God gave us opportunity to have Bible lesson in orphanage K.What we like when we came there, children already were sitting and waiting for us.That was nice.After dinner they know, they have go to class and wait until we come.We had played games, had listened Bible story.
   We had spoken about life of Jacob when he lived in his uncle laban.That was funny.When we said we will be listen Bible story now.Some of kids had pulled of their hands and asked may i be Laban or Jacob and other character?We decided to change the way how to tell them story.That would be interesting to them.We took a flannel. Second reason for it.Last time we had 4 big bags.There were costumes for Bible story, Ukrainian borsch(we cooked it at home) and many other things. We bring some things all time what we need for lesson.Sometimes it really heavy. Our hands were in pain somewhat.
 Especially heavily when a lot of people are in the bus and also it is impossible to go through them when your stop. Sometimes it is need stand  on "one leg" and ride in the bus of 45 minutes. Because of a lot of people are in bus and their big bags.But is it ukrainian life.Sometimes it is funny. :)

Any way we are happy come to kids, tell them about Jesus and spend time with them.
This time children listened attentively during all lesson.
In the beginning we had a little puppet show.About a small mouse.How It was temptation for it to eat cheese.A mouse did not obey a mom and mousetrap did catch it.We have explained to children.Often it is a temptation to say a lie to any person.We must to obey God or a sin will catch us.

 Children were enjoy this little puppet show.

The Bible story about Jacob and his life in home of Laban.Some of children have helped to put flannel on board.

 The game.Children have to find Bible names of hero in this story.

 The game-stickers.We came up with an invention this game.We do not have opportunity to buy stickers.So, we print it in big format had placed a sticky tape on picture.And we have big picture stickers.Children really enjoy it!

                                                                 Next game

 Children enjoy craft camel with Bible verse.Are not kids sweet?
We were in surprise when they all told us the Bible verse what we had learned last time!It is amazing!We glad they remember and have desire to learn it!
We had blessed time with children!We are happy we able to visit orphans and tell them about Jesus Christ and His love to them!

We can not come

We can not come and visit orphans tomorrow in P. where are girls with Down`s syndrome.We have found many of them are sick and a quarantine is there.The quarantine will finish just in 2 weeks. :(
Also we can not go to other orphanage where are boys with Down`s syndrome for some reason.Maybe next week.
Please, pray for sick children.Thank you!

Visiting

  Yesterday we able to visit orphans in social dormitory. We have few friends who live there.They did study in G. orphanage where we have ministry.Also we have met there a girl who is from U. orphanage.Where we also have a ministry.She graduated from this orphanage also.Most off all children live there from G.

  There about 25 orphans (girls and boys) live in one building and on one floor.They have their own rooms.There can live 2-3 persons.Of course boys and girls do not live in one room.But they have one kitchen and one refrigerator for all 25 persons.How they live there? It is terrible!Maybe some time i will say about it more.You can not say just few words about it.

  After graduation children from orphanage have to study in college.They acquire a profession a plasterer.They must to study there even you do not want.It is very bad they do not have a choose to find other school, college where they would like to study.But director of orphanage in G. he loves much children and it is all what he can do that help these children after graduation of orphanage do not stay on street.We were talking with him many times.The government is not interesting to help orphans after graduation.The Ukraine do not have any program, nothing for it that help them.

  Children are unhappy that they were study there.Because they would like to study where they want.They had many and many difference troubles there.You can listen them hours and hours.But they do not have other way...

  So, we could to have nice conversation with few kids.Misha Director of Ministry could to speak with guys.Sisters could to speak with girls.We had very nice time!We are not able to help them in their needs.Of course we would like and pray about it.But we have Bible, we able to visit them, we can pray with them, we can have a fellowship, we can tell them about Jesus, we can teach them about things what they need to know in this life,invite to church and etc.Some of them already visited our church.Some of them already asked Jesus to saved them. But there are much and much work with these kids.

 We all were blessed yesterday to have a nice time!We are thankful to Jesus for it!

We are so exciting!

We are so exciting!If God`s will we are going to visit 3 orphanages this week. In orphanage where are girls with Down`s syndrome, we are going to have there a special meeting with children.We need permission of director this orphanage that he will let us come there.Please, pray for it.Also we would like bring to children something else what they need.They have a LOT OF needs.We able to bring to them just candy.Please, pray God will provide everything they need.Thank you!

They were waiting

Today when we came to orphanage to have a Bible lesson.The children already were sitting and waiting for us in class.It was nice!We had almost 30 kids!God blessed we had a great time!

We told a Bible story about 2 brothers Jacob and Esau.How Jacob 2 times deceived his brother.Genesis 25:27-34;  27

We have read Bible and children were playing act of this story.They liked it much!Also we sang a song, have played games, have learn a Bible verse 1John 5:17(a)  "All unrighteousness is sin..." and have made a craft.

Also we have fed children a "red pottage". We do not know to the end what it was when Jacob cooked.So, we cooked a red Ukrainian borsch.It is seems red color also.Children enjoy it much! When they have done to eat, we understood here children often hungry.We know it.But when you see, you approved in it. Because they just came back from a dinner what they had 30-40 minutes ago.
They ate all borsch and asked us for more.Some children were licking their plates.Children do not have their own games or toys. They asked us to presented them plastic plates and spoons  what they have used already.Can you imagine it? They wanted to play of it! It is very and very sad children have ready to play anything they got does not mean what, because do not have toys or games.

Here children have to say what is inside of bags.It was hard for them.We explain to them that people often deceive of blind people what is sin before God.Their life is real heavy.Same Isaac was blind.His son deceived him.

                         After we told them the Bible story.They were enjoy of it!

 

 

                          Oksana cooked Ukrainian borsch and have fed children.

The game.Children had to answer to questions about story. After game we learn with them the Bible verse.

                                                      Children made craft.
We were blessed to  have this meeting with these sweet kids!Praise the Lord!

They missed for us and we missed for them

"We  missed for you much! We miss you often!" These words we have heard today all time when we came to visit orphans in orphanage, where are mental retarded girls.Of course, we missed for them too!When we came there they run to us to hug and kiss.It was so nice!

We had a great time with children!God blessed us much!We had more than 45 children on Bible lesson.Yes, it is a little hard when in one not big room are 50 people(with team). But we all were happy to see each other!

In the begining of meeting we congratulated 2 girls with Birthday and presented to them a Birthday gift toy.How they were happy! They smiled, their faces were shine and they showed to everyone a toy what they got!
After we continue a meeting with children.We told to them Bible story Tower of Babel, sang songs, have played games and in the end of lesson they made craft about Tower of Babel with Bible verse.They liked much their craft.Children liked most off all to build a tower from cardboard boxes. They enjoyed it.It was fun for them much. When children have done everything, we gave them sweet marsh-mallow.

Oh, dear Friends, you need to see their happy faces!We could give them just a one little marsh-mallow to each child.But they were sooooo happy!We have heard all time.Wow!It so sweet, it is so nice.They were much happy to got these.Many children never did eat it before!Can you believe it?! They all were shine, some children jump when they got it and show their hands that they like it! We were happy to see their happy faces!

The team pass out tracts and Christian literature to employers of orphanage also.Our Director of ministry Michael could to speak with administration of orphanage about Jesus Christ at this time when we had the Bible lesson with children.We are much blessed today that we had a wonderful time with orphans and we had a great time with some employers of orphanage too!Praise the lord!

            

                                                Children got the Bithday gifts

                                      Nadya told the Bible story Tower of Babel

The game

Nadya expalin how make a craft tower.

 

 

 

                                                       Children are making a craft.

 

 This girl we teach how to cut.She even does not know how to use scissors.It is very hard to hear from her all time."I can not do it, i can not do it." But little by little we teach her what we can.

              

                                                 Children get the marsh-mallow.

Also we have not good news.The principal of orphanage and other employers of orphanage asked us to help in needs of children and orphanage.They have a lot off needs.It is a big list.The biggest need is today matrasses and pillows for children.They still do not have it.Small children sleep under thin blanket.In Ukraine the winter is real cold sometimes.It is -10, -25C`

 

                                                 The matrases what use children

       Also some children have worn out much their winter coat.Children freeze often.

Also they asked us much to help buy a special fabric for embroider.Some children are talented much and they can to embroider very nice pictures.It helps them to develop and be quiet because these children are with mental delay.Can you believe children embroider so nice pictures!? In these orphanage are children difference.Some are much talented.Some of them does not know how to use scissors and hold of a needle.

A girl Annya still do not have a wheelchair about what we said earlier.

There are many and many needs what they have.
We do not have possibility to help them.Please, can you help these orphans in their needs, be happy and praise the Lord?

If the Lord Jesus gives you a wish to help orphans.Please, click HERE. If you can not help financial.You can help if you will spread the word about these orphans to other people. Big thank you on behalf of these orphans! May the Lord bless you!