An orphan's life
A Miracle from God
Outwardly, Tanya was feisty, a real scrapper... but her eyes were dulled and sad. Her entire being seemed to be focused on her anger at the world around her. Her anger and pain often spilled over into other's lives, hurting those who were weaker than her...
I Found It!!
I looked up and saw Egor himself running toward me full-tilt, his face glowing. He ran up, yelling at the top of his lungs "I found it! I found it!" I was confused..."What did you find, Egor?" I asked. "I found a family!!
God is Changing Us
I am so grateful that God has me in a life of full time ministry to these needy girls, for whose care and protection He, as their Heavenly Father, is particularly concerned...
To Everything a Season
Soon Agape Ministries will celebrate it's 10th anniversary. In some ways it seems like a long time, in others, not long at all. When we stop to consider - the tears and laughter, the heights of joy and depths of despair...it's by God’s grace we have learned and grown through it all.
You will not lose your reward!
By the mercy of our Lord a miracle has taken place at our adaptation center. For a long time we had been praying that our guys could work at home, so that the center could be more independent and to give them an opportunity to take part in meeting our needs as a family...
The Power of Prayer
"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..."
You are Unique!
After the lesson, everyone raced off, leaving Lyuda behind. Lyuda is an open, tenderhearted girl, very sensitive and easily hurt. She asked very politely how I was doing, and despite her shyness and discomfort, struck up a conversation...
One Seed At A Time
As I approach the classroom, I can already hear the noise of loud voices and laughter. I'm on my way to a group of 9th graders today...
Why do I minister to orphans? (Julia Sakur)
I knew that these were very special children and that working with them would be a challenge – but I had no idea of how hard it would really be...
Answered Prayers
A story from one of Agape’s adaptation centers... Yana had a very rough childhood, and she has long suffered from loneliness and poor self-esteem.
The past several months have not been easy for us. Yana has really put a lot of time and energy into searching for a job, but she has been turned down at every single place where she applied for work...
An orphan's life
“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.”
We prayed with him again about the family. 10 days later he received answer from God.
I visit the Church of Christ the Savior in the Kherson. I am director of Sunday School. At the same time I work as teacher of Bible lesson in the orphanage for children 4-7 years old. This is my first year of work. I am glad that God allowed me to carry His Word to these kids.
As I watched the video about the plight of Ukrainian orphans, my eyes filled with tears as I began to see how great their need is - and began to understand that God wanted to use me to serve them...
I prayed to God that my mother or brother would visit me. AFTER NINE DAYS MY MOTHER CAME. I hadn’t seen her for 4 years!
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...