Greetings, brothers and sisters. Thank God for the whole school year. We are completing the ministry in 
the academic year. This year has been interesting, we have seen how children change and their lives are transformed. It’s nice to realize that thanks to weekly trips, children are increasingly interested in the personality of God, and the biblical heroes have become not only a good example, but also a huge encouragement. As Lesha said, God has everything under control.
This month we noticed that the children at the Vileika boarding school 
enthusiastically read the Bible and after reading ask us questions. They are very interested to know why God did this to Moses, Joseph and other people whose stories are described in the word of God. Sasha, 11 years old, came up to me and said that he likes to read about God and learn about him every day, and when he grows up and gets married, he wants his wife to love God too, and he will read the Bible to his children. Listening to such testimonies of children, we rejoice that the Lord has opened their hearts to the truth and they will not live in the slavery of this world.
One of the topics of the Bible lesson was about our love for God and how we could express it. Children already know how much God loves and cares for them, but they have not often heard about how we love Him. They were surprised that when we share something with other people, it is also a manifestation of love for Heavenly Father, and while singing they tried to sing more beautifully, realizing that they are singing for God.
On the last Friday of May, we invited our friends to the Christian theater. We warned the guys that our 
friends would come with us and show a performance. The hall gathered quickly and everyone froze in anticipation. The performance was called “Paints”. It all started with the creation that God created the world and out of His great love God created a human friend with whom He wanted to spend time. It is important for God to communicate with us. The palette of colors is different, but they all spoke about the qualities of God. There was one black color in the palette of colors, and this color indicated that sin had come into the world. The disobedience of one person led all the inhabitants of the earth to separate man from God. To the question: guys, what to do, if a gap has formed between us and God, who can help us? The guys started shouting loudly, our hope is Jesus, He reconciled all people with God.
Watching the teachers, they asked from where do you know this, and the children told teachers that all this was told us at Friday meetings. I was so glad that children do not just come to meetings with us, they learn a close relationship with God. And it’s nice to see the guys how in moments they say that they are asking God and how He responds. The performance continued, and the hero continued to say and show that despite the fact that sin steals close relationship with God, God had a plan to save people. This is Jesus Christ. God never leaves a person in trouble. The hall came to life even more because these words revived and strengthened faith. Thank God that we have an defender and a conciliator. After the performance, Lyuba, who is 10 years old, said I am so glad that we have a reconciler, Jesus. But before everyone left, we blessed the guys and prayed that God would keep and protect them in the summer when they would be in the camps. The children asked to pray that God would arrange a speedy recovery in their families, and that their grandmothers or close relatives would take them away as soon as possible. Friends, I thank God that together with you and your prayers we were able to cover the entire academic year. Be blessed.
God that He allows us to visit children, gives strength both spiritual and physical, encourages, opens the doors of boarding schools and brings people who would like to participate in this ministry – please pray so that God would support the team, give wisdom, love, friendliness and children could receive God’s blessing through this, when they see a good example in us. God has a special attitude towards orphans, as He says many times in the Scripture: Isaiah 1:17 “Learn to practice what is good; seek justice, 
alleviate oppression, defend orphans in court, and plead the widow’s case.” This month we made meetings and talked about the miracles of Jesus. The first miracle we talked about was the “Wonderful Catch” we talked about trusting the word of God. Being disciples, despite the fact that they have been fishermen for all their life, they trusted the Carpenter and the result surprised everyone. This story revealed the Divinity of Jesus, and also the fact that trusting the word of God changes circumstances. When 
we arrived another time, we talked about the friendship of Jesus and Lazarus, told the children about the resurrection of Lazarus and that Jesus had friends in his earthly life. The story of Lazarus gives us hope that when we die, Jesus will raise us from the dead. Also this month we talked about the importance of the Easter holiday in Christianity. We tried to explain why this holiday is so dear to all people. We talked about the importance of the death of Jesus Christ, that thanks to the obedience of Jesus and His death on the cross, redemption from sins took place.
about what would have happened if Jesus hadn’t died, and the guys said that we would all die. I thank God that we could play games with children, be friends with them, sing Christian songs, pray and talk to them about Jesus Christ. We are grateful to God that there were quite a lot of children, about 20. We are glad that those who are interested and who have questions come. We see that children come with their 
teachers who watch us and we show God’s love and care with our lives. We pray and believe that the word of God works in the hearts of not only children, but also educators. It’s great that many children treat us as close friends since we go to them every week and we have become like relatives for many, as part of the family, we feel it in relationships and conversations. Some children are especially attentive when the Word is spoken, but others unfortunately do not listen and it is clear that they are not very interested in it. But we hope that God uses according to His will the truths that they have heard and that we have explained to them in sincerity of heart. We are glad that the event that they had at the same time as our classes was canceled and now more children come to us. May God help us to continue to do this ministry.
the entrance the kids are running to meet us and we hug them
and invite to the assembly hall. We begin with a welcoming word, an ice-breaker (getting to know each other, or any other activity to engage everyone) and common games. Singing altogether is an essential part of our agenda. One of the kids’ favorite songs that they would ask us to sing again and again – “Each New Day Airplanes Take Off”.
With each visit to the boarding school, we get to 
know new teachers and educators, because our trips take place in the evenings and not everyone stays to work until the evening. Communicating with educators and teachers, they said that the guys after our meetings became more confident and responsive. We can also say that the children’s inner emotional clamps gradually disappear and the guys smile more and communicate more willingly. When we are told about the changes in the guys, we simply thank God that He is transforming the guys. We thought about how we can diversify our trips so 
that they can also be unique. Therefore, we decided
to make a meeting with the guys in an unusual way for them, we did crafts. We made a bracelet and each color had its own meaning. On this trip, Nastya was with us, who lead and help us with crafts. Nastya asked to take a yellow bead and yellow means that God took care of the person and placed him in paradise. But then the man sinned and the next bead that we strung was black. But God did not want people to perish in their sins, and God sent His son, and He died for people, and everyone understood that the next color after yellow and black is red. The guys sat with waiting for the next color in the bracelet. And this color was blue, which symbolizes repentance and baptism. And then all the guys were surprised by the next color – green. It is the green color that reminds us of spiritual growth. Indeed, in order 
to grow in the knowledge of God, we need to 
read the Bible, pray to help our neighbors, and then our life will become full-fledged and beautiful. And the last bead was purple, this color indicates the great mercy of God. Guys, when they collected the first bracelet, they said, can we collect more for our friends, educators? One boy said: “this bracelet will always remind me of God’s love for me”. When we arrived another time, the guys said that other guys asked: “what kind of bracelet did you do?” and then the guys themselves told the gospel to other peers in a simple way. And when the guys told they were so happy. We also talked this month about trusting God and how God answers our prayers. We discussed the story about 
Esther and the guys realized that the fears they face 
can be overcome not alone, but with God. Alena said: “that fears look like a big Goliath and it can be so scary, but please pray with me for God to help me to win once and for all”. Sometimes simplicity helps to reach the guys faster. We are glad that the guys get to know a loving God and understand that they just need to trust Him and then the whole life will change and sparkle with new colors. I want to thank God for the open doors of children’s hearts, because everyone in life needs hope and confidence that He is not alone. Let’s pray that the knowledge of God in the lives of children becomes stronger and the children will grow in faith.
Our trips to Vileyka’s orphanage continue and we 
are happy to spend Friday time with the kids. It’s nice to see how they consciously look for answers in the gospel or ask us. All the children who prayed the prayer of repentance come to every meeting and share with shining eyes what God is doing in their lives, how He answers their prayers! Dima, who does not know his parents at all, has stopped feeling abandoned and useless, he has become more confident and open with people. Two girls were very ashamed to speak, because they were born with problems and did not learn how to pronounce words correctly, now they communicate without fear and feel accepted by God. This is only a small part of everything that the Heavenly Father has done and healed in their lives.
When we prepare Bible topics, we always focus on what the guys are 
facing and try to give them not only theory, but also help them overcome difficulties in practice or get freedom from sin. One of the current topics this month was the topic of gossip. When we asked: Do you like it when others gossip about you? Everyone answered with one voice that No. But to the question: Who of you can sometimes gossip about others, everyone raised their hands and it was clear that they were not pleased to be aware of themselves as gossips. Listening attentively to everything we said on the topic of gossip, they said they did not want to participate in gossip anymore and asked for forgiveness before God. It’s nice to see that the Lord opens their hearts and transforms their minds. We also held a Christmas meeting in the form of games, singing and talking, and we also distributed gifts to everyone, collected with love and care, individually for each child. One boy shouted: Jesus gave me this gift! Everything I needed is here! Thank you very much to each of you for participating in the child’s life. May the Lord bless you and your families!
LOVE 4 THE CHILDREN 