Miracles, Hard Work, and Caring
October 2020 Newsletter: Yuriy and Oksana Fritz are people who do not consider themselves special or talented. When they first obeyed God’s call to care for orphans however, they had no idea of the impact it would have on so many young lives. This story… Read More...
From Despair to a Dream
September 2020 Newsletter: Note from Jeff: One of our missionaries in Ukraine contracted Covid-19 and was hospitalized quite a long time. We do ask for your prayers as she is still recovering. Thank you for your love and faithful support. In the midst of lockdowns… Read More...
Summer Ministry Update
August 2020 Newsletter:
Note from Jeff: The story this month about 13-year-old Dana Bondarchuk simply reflects events that happen in the lives of our sponsored families. As our media focuses on COVID-19 and social issues in America, families in Ukraine continue to serve and trust… Read More...
Family Sponsorship – Zinchenko
Family ID: 42439 Ukraine:The Zinchenko family is a strong Christian family. Both parents – father Vasyl’ and mother Yulia love the Lord as well all five of their children. The family lives in a tiny house in the village Gorodok, about 300 km from… Read More...
Family Sponsorship – Val’ko
Family ID: 42457 Ukraine: The story of this family is sad and typical to many stories of other Ukrainian families.
Val’ko family lives in a tiny dormitory room. Mother is not working because has to look after their handicapped child. Father works as a driver… Read More...
Family Sponsorship – Kul’kov
Family ID: 42427 Ukraine: The story of this family is sad and typical to many stories of other Ukrainian families.
There are three people in this family: mother Yaroslava, stepfather and her daughter Kira. They live in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.
Yaroslava comes from dysfunctional… Read More...
Moving to Families
Child Sponsorships are Moving to Family Sponsorships
A few changes to the sponsorship program have been requested by our Ukraine office. In Ukraine, our staff has always worked with the parents, mother, or adult in the family for all program services, ministries, groceries, camps, medical… Read More...
Family Sponsorship – Sidorchuks
Family ID: 42213 Ukraine: Now just four of the family live in a three-room house; older children some married, some moved out for studies. The parents, Galyna and Yuriy, have two children of their own, Olexiy and Anastasia, and three – Anna, Petro and Daryna… Read More...
Family Sponsorship – Komarenkos
Family ID: 42185 Ukraine – Valeria and her older sister Anastasia live in a small town Ivankiv, a place which is sadly known as Chernobyl area after the accident of 1986. Girls’ father was a volunteer in war in Eastern Ukraine for 19… Read More...
Twins Return As Counselors
Twin brothers Ruslan and Misha received sponsorship in 1996 when they were only three months old. At the time they’d been abandoned by their father, and their mother, Viktoria, was so depressed that she no longer wanted to live. Viktoria shares:
“I remember… Read More...