For the last four months we were able to arrange several events for those who graduated from different orphanages. We had been working with them closely 
for around 8 years. On February the first 
we visited a girl who was a recent student. She now lives and studies in Dzerzhinsk. Her name is Marina. Marina’s life is not easy. She got pregnant when she was 15 years old. Because of that she was not able to graduate from school. She gave birth to a boy when she was 16. When her boyfriend found out she was pregnant, he left her. He got married to another girl shortly after he broke up with Marina. Marina’s son is 4 already. He is in an orphanage also. Marina will be able to take her son live with her only when she graduates from college, finds a job and a place to live. M
arina misses her child a lot. She cries very often wishing to take her son from the orphanage. We are trying to support her and stay in touch with her. We visit her sometimes, and also bring her to 
the orphanage to her child. Also, Marina has many health problems. She spends a lot of time at the hospital. We are trying to help her as much as we can. We also introduced her to a pastor of a local church and his family. We are asking to remember Marina in your prayers, so she could find hope in the Lord.
On the last Saturday of March we managed to have a meeting with the graduates from Slyzhsk’s orphanage, which was closed in 2010. The children were distributed to other orphanages. When we met, the weather was great! There were no such surprises as snow storms (as it sometimes happens). The students were able to be there on time with no problems. It was also great that almost everyone who was 
invited made it there. Some of the
m stayed from the beginning till the end, some of them just came to stay for a little bit; however, overall it was good for them to stay at least for some time. Also, the leaders had more opportunity to spend some time with some of the students individually.
Our meeting was very bright and lively. The students were very glad to see not only each other, but also the teachers whom they first met while being at school. We made a dinne
r for them, so we had a chance to talk to each other more. Later, we spent some time remembering the past while looking at the pictures of our previous meetings. We were taking a lot of pictures when we visited them, when we played sports, when we arranged summer camps,etc. We remembered a couple of games we were playing with them a long time ago at school. It 
was really funny and enjoyable. We spent a lot of time talking, laughing, singing, and playing. However, the most important part is that at the end of our evening the leader of our team was able to share the Gospel with the students.
Besides that, not a long time ago we arranged a meeting for the students from Belinich’s orphanage
, who live in Bobruisk now. These students have either physical or mental illnesses. It was amazing that despite of their conditions, their hearts were open to God’s Word! The local church does a great job serving them.
Praise the Lord! Unfortunately, not every church is so open to such children willing to care and support them. Our main goal is to draw these children to a local church.
Also, we would like to mention that it is great that God is using such things as the Internet. The social network helps us to find the students with whom we lost any contact. We talk to them through the Internet and invite them to our events. We are planning to arrange such meeting in future, if God allows it. We would like to visit the students from different orphanages, so the distance between us reduces. The wish of our hearts is that they meet the Lord Jesus Christ and accept Him as their personal Savior.
Hello everyone! I would like to tell you about our visits to Belinichi orphan school. This month the children had a chance to hear different stories from 
the Bible. They became familiar with such biblical characters as Ismael and Hagar, Anna and Samuel. Through these stories we were sharing with the children how thoughtful our God is, and that He answers people’s needs. At the end of each story there were a conclusion which illustrated the Lord’s qualities, and also how they could use the stories as examples in their own lives. The children were listening very carefully. They remembered every story plot and even names because they knew they were going to be rewarded for it.
They were given sweets afterwards. The sweet treats w
ere delicious; however, it was not that easy to get it because the questions were hard enough. In every question we tried to mention the important key points from the stories, so they could remember all the details better.
It’s interesting that after every lesson, when we gather together, a lot of kids follow us to our cars offering their help. I am still surprised how warm they treat us and how they show us their love. I believe
God ha
s been changing their hearts. I am also glad that the relationships between the children are also getting better. Unfortunately, there are a lot of unpleasant situations happen every day. But we remember that our goal is to come there and show them the way God teaches us to love each other. We want them to know the only one true way to Heavens, which is our Lord Jesus Christ. We would like them to have a personal and deep relationship with Him.
We would like to thank everyone who remembers our ministry and these orphan children. Thank you for your financial support and prayers! God bless you all!
I really love this time when I get a chance to visit it; the kids over there are so happy like a sunshine, they’re happy to see all those who come and visit them and they can easily find a topic to talk about. Orphanage has a small number of kids, it doesn’t go over fifteen children, it’s easy to know each kid individually, to spend time with each one of them, and most important to hug them individually.
In one of our visits to Smilovich, we took girls from another orphanage, that were visiting us at that time, and I was very surprised to find out that one of the girls use to live in Smilovich. The day we came to visit orphanage, the girl’s teacher was there. All time, that we were at the Smilovich, they spent together. You could easily see that they were both happy to see each other and talk to each other, because usually teachers don’t know what happens to the lives of the kids after they leave orphanage and go to another one.
This month is full of good news. Some of the kids were adapted and six kids returned to their homes. It’s a double-sided feeling; from one side, it’s sad that I’m not going to see them anymore, and more likely that I won’t hear anything about them. However on the other hand, I’m happy that they’re back in their families. It doesn’t matter what kind of family they have, they always missed their parents. Once when we were doing cards as a craft with kids, they were supposed to give it to their best friends and most of them were dedicated to their mothers. In those kind of moments you clearly realize that they need family, tenderness and love.
Not too long ago when I was walking home from work, I’ve seen this picture, when mom and a little boy were playing in the park; when little boy fell, his first reaction without even thinking and may be even understanding if he’s hurt, was to call for help his mom. Right away I thought of the kids from Smilovich orphanage that when they’re hurt or scared of thunderstorms they have no one to call for help. Yes, they do have good teachers that look after them, but they all still need their individual mom.
Once again, I will repeat myself, even though those kids experiencing hard time in their lives, they’re always smiling and happy to see us and share the news with us over the week when we come to visit them. 
Older girls like to sit us down and braid our hair, when little ones just jump into our arms and hug us with their little hands…
Our girls that teach bible lessons always try to come up with something unique to make the lessons interesting for them, and that helps them to remember even hard biblical names. Last a few lessons we were learning how to not be grumpy all the time but instead to be thankful.
I’m really hoping that those little seeds that we’re planting in their hearts, will grow. I really wish that it’s only their beginning to know Almighty God!
Hello! I remember those minutes in April which we spent with these boys and girls. I like to see the changes in their life: as some of them get mature, start thinking of life in a different way, we see them changed, and they start asking questions about God, because they are really interested in God. April showed me that they miss us very much, they miss worship, games, preaching which answer their actual problems and difficulties. This month we spoke about grace and about the differences of it from justice and goodness, whether grace is necessary to us, that grace is a component of our rescue, 
and that grace accepts each person … It is a gift which God grants to everyone and it is the right of everyone to accept it or not … We affected an aspect of love … That the love is an action first of all, it is not a feeling that you have to grow in love, the love is not just a habit. We showed that the true love makes the person special … This month we also carried out boys’ party and girls’ party…. For example, with guys we played business monopoly game, teaching them how to set correct purposes and plans in life, how to spend money in the right way, 
how to find way out from problems and difficult situations. Such intellectual and informative board games unite us and teach us of the handling of money, things, push all of us to decision-making. All of us enjoyed this game very much…In general it is joyful to see in children desire to change their life. Please pray that the Satan couldn’t prevent it …
Hi! Once again I’d like to share about the events at Grozovo Asylum. This month has been a very busy one and a very fruitful too. I’d like to tell you a story about one boy who attends our classes. His name is Nikita and he is 9 years old. This boy gave us a tough time misbehaving and trying to attract attention to himself by all kinds of means. 
Some time ago one more guy joined our team and he began to give more of his time to this boy. He managed to find a key to his heart and love him unconditionally. And it bore such good results. Nikitka became more active at the lessons and his behaviour has greatly improved.
There is also not very good news. 
During this winter a lot of kids fell ill and are still unwell. We always pray for their health. But I know that physical and emotional strength is usually the result of good relationship with God and family. So that’s why I encourage you to pray that God would give the kids a family of their own where they would be loved and wanted. They all dream about that!
I would also like you to know the topics we discussed this month:
1. “How to fight discontent?” We talked to the kids about the importance of staying grateful and taking a happy attitude to life.
2. “Gratefulness” Some orphans are getting the idea that the society is in debt towards them and take acts of kindness for granted. We told them that gratefulness is something we all need to learn.
3. “Who is God?” The kids were challenged to ask themselves what role God plays in their lives.
4. “Prayer – talking to God” God wants to have close relationship with us where dialogue takes a very important place. We talked with kids how prayer becomes the avenue to building a strong relationship with God and sustaining a dialogue with Him.
LOVE 4 THE CHILDREN 