Each and every visit to the orphanage, I see how their lives are lacking in so much that we often take for granted. More than anything, they simply need someone to support them, encourage them, just to hug them and love them…
Anya stayed after class recently. She wanted to walk me home. She had something weighing on her heart that she really wanted to talk about...
Orphanage ministry is not easy, but let me just say this: even if you are tired, GO. If you feel like you’re not up to it, still go, simply go and love them. Just be there for them...
Every Christian wants to do something for God with his life. Some make a point of being at church every Sunday and consider that their way of serving God. Others don’t limit themselves just to church attendance, but sing in the choir as well. That used to be me...
From the time I was a child myself, I dreamed of working with orphan children. When I first heard about Agape Ministries, I immediately knew that this was just what I was looking for!
One of the orphanage caretakers started calling her “Our Ugly Little Duckling,” and in many ways it seemed to be true...
When she first came to live with us in Agape's Adaptation Center, it seemed that she would never ever open up to anyone again, never speak of the pain in her heart...
I could just see the silent question in her eyes: "Who are you and what do you think you know about us, anyway?”
“Do you yourself even believe what you’re saying?” Sergei asked, still laughing.
“Of course I believe what I said. The Lord has given you all a lot of talent, I know that each one of you can have a great life,” I answered.
“Well, that’s all the future I see for me,” said Sergei, pointing at the bars on the ground-floor window, “a life behind bars.”
I, Dima Tedeyev, was born on September 11, 1995 in Orenburg, Russia.
Soon after, when I’d just turned 3 years old, my mother took my sister and me and moved to Ukraine, in pursuit of personal happiness...
"Child, I’ve been praying for you for years and years!
I ran into this woman one day, carrying a toddler and pulling his older brother along by the hand... I could see that she was drunk and in quite bad shape, so I stopped and did what I could to help her..."
Every Christian wants to do something for God with his life. Some make a point of being at church every Sunday and consider that their way of serving God. Others don’t limit themselves just to church attendance, but sing in the choir as well. That used to be me...
“Do you remember, during your Bible lessons, how we talked about what we dreamed of doing or being? I was the girl who always dreamed of going to Paris!”
Thank you, Lord. Thank you for reminding me that my ministry here is never pointless...