Sergey is a man of faith and such a great example to many. He never gives up, he keeps the faith, and he runs the race. But that doesn't mean it is easy ๐
He always has plans for expansion while at the same time, the men's and women's centers are in constant need of regular repairs and maintenance, which is understandable when you live with so many people in one house.
They have finally finished the repairs on the outside of the men's center, a great job as you can see in the pictures. At the moment they are working on the interior of the men’s and women’s centers.
They also started building an extra room on the side of the house where the men can put their shoes and jackets, kind of a front porch. Again, it will certainly add to the value of the house.
The past one and a half years haven't been easy for anyone in Ukraine (or Russia for that matter). Sergey wrote:
"People from our rehab teams went to live abroad for the time of war and we also sent many sisters with kids abroad for the same reason. Now God is growing a new team and we didn’t close our centers, even more, we opened one more women’s rehab!
We had people who were in combat and they started using drugs, we are helping them. To our deepest sorrow, we understand that there will be many people coming back from this war with damaged lives and mental health, and also with addictions.
But God is saving people in these horrible times, He is the living God!"
They have many people to take care of, many children, and so things get broken and worn out fast, walls need to be repainted, some furniture replaced, and bathrooms redone, etc.
We would love to encourage Sergey and his current team and send them a generous donation for all the work that needs to be done to keep these houses up and running.
If you would like to make a donation, you can do so in different ways:
- Send a donation to St. Traveling Light, Papendrecht IBAN: NL91RABO0118582275 BIC: RABONL2U and don't forget to mention TC Ukraine Berdychiv
- ๐ณ Give by card
- ๐When in the USA, make your tax-deductible gift payable to EEO Inc. Make sure to mention TC Ukraine - Berdychiv
Thank you, on behalf of Sergey, for your generosity!
Shalom Maria and Ian! Greetings to you on the soon-coming Jewish Biblical Feasts! We miss our fellowship with you! So I decided to write a few words about our life here.
Everything’s going well in our family, the kids keep growing, our eldest, Bella, just started her second year at the university, training to be an English teacher, Alice started her first year in college, to be a kindergarten teacher and Sonia is in year 9 at school. Ira is working, she has 2 years left before retirement.
I went through and I am still going through some difficult times in life and ministry. People from the rehab teams went to live abroad for the time of war, and I also sent many sisters with kids abroad for the same reason. Now God is growing a new team and we didn’t close our centers, even more, we opened one more women’s rehab! There are many people at all centers. We had people who were in combat and started using drugs, and we are helping them. To our deepest sorrow we understand that there will be many people coming back from this war with damaged lives, mental health and with addictions. But God is saving people in these horrible times for Ukraine, He is living God! We have finally finished the house repairing the men’s rehab house! Now we need to work on the interior of men’s and women’s centers. We have many people there, many children, so things get broken and worn out fast, walls need to be repainted, etc. We are also building the front porch for them.
We kindly ask you for help if it is possible, with the funds for all those repairs, kitchen furniture, bathroom facilities replacement, buying some new wardrobes for clothes. All of that is estimated at around 5000€. Could you please post about it in your blog?
Tell us how are you doing? How are you feeling? Are you working on your new book?
Sending great blessings and our love to you!
SergeyWe are building a veranda to the house so that we can put shoes and hang clothes.
dear friends, thank you so much for your message and pictures. I will write back later this weekend, becasue we are out of the house most of tomorrow, we have a baptism in the river and service.
We also have our two daughters make a covenant with God!
Dear Sergey and friends, thank you for the pictures, wow, such nice work. We are so proud of you! Everyone can say he has faith, but show us one who really has. You are such a man! God is happy, we are happy. Despite difficulties, despite trouble, never stop, keep going. This is the key! Of course, we can put this on our blog and raise some funds for your work, please give us some time, because we have several projects waiting. We surely miss the fellowship we always had in Ukraine. We travel to several countries (Poland, Czech, Germany, Slovenija, Italy, Moldova) and we love the fellowship. It must be difficult for you to stay where you are with so many people leaving. But we believe your endurance and faithfulness will be rewarded. And your joy cannot and should not be stolen. Look at your daughters!!! Hallelujah!
Dear friends, we watched the video message together and I read your message to Jan. We hear you, and we understand that it would be good to meet and ecnourage one another. We will pray about it and see how or what we can arrange to meet you!
Sergeyะะพะปะธัะฒะฐ
ะทะฐ ะะทัะฐะธะปั
Hallelujah, crying out for victory for Israel! Praying that God will move His mighty arm!!
Amen
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