LOVE 4 THE CHILDREN

Greetings, brothers and sisters. I am very grateful to God for the November trips to Smilovichi, as well as for the opportunity to serve Him and the children from the orphanage and tell them about the good news!

In last month’s report we wrote that 4 new children from the same family arrived at the orhanage. These are 10-year-old Miroslav (big brother to his 3 sisters), 7-year-old Alisa, 5-year-old Yana and little Darinka, she is 3 years old. We are very glad that we were able to make friends with these children and find an approach to them. God bless!

Arseniy and Ksyusha left the orphanage. That trip was quite emotional for me because Ksyusha is the only child who has been in the orphanage since I first came to Smilovichi to serve orphans and that’s when I met her. Throughout the entire time she tried to listen and remember what we talked about in Bible lessons and she also answered questions well, which we are very happy about. Just like Arseniy, he actively responded in class and was happy to spend time with us. We ask you to pray for these children, that the word they heard will remain in their hearts.

In November, we discussed several serious topics with the older guys, one of them was “Revenge.” Unfortunately, orphans are treated with disdain and are often abused. I thought a good reminder for kids on this topic was the bible verse that says God is the Father of the orphans. And parents will always stand up for their children if they are offended. Therefore, we should not avenge ourselves because we have an impartial  God who knows the hearts and intentions of every person on this earth.

Also next time we talked about the topic of Suicide and God’s relationship to human life. About the fact that He is very sensitive to His creation, about the fact that God created every cell of our body with special love, as it is written in the Psalms. Regarding the deprivation of life (suicide), we said that suicide is not a way out to solve some of our problems, but on the contrary, that it is a path to hell and the devil always rejoices if a person chooses this path because his main goal is to destroy, but if we choose life with God, then we have a way out of any situation, even the most difficult one.

During the Bible lessons with older children, there were held some lessons with younger children as well, during which we began to tell them biblical stories, such as “The Creation of the World”, “The Fall,” and the story of Cain and Abel. During lessons, we used visual materials to make it easier for children to understand and remember the story. A big blessing for me was when the girls ran to meet us and immediately recited the Bible verse they had learned in the previous lesson.

 Thank God for this month. Blessings to you, dear readers!