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Testimony
Christal Dever
With
team
leaders
like
Vitaly
and
Marina
along
with
Ukrainian
and
American
team
members
the
young
orphans
sat
with
intensity
watching
the
skits,
absorbing
like
a
sponge.
One
camp
worker
named
Victor
said
"Thanks
for
giving
us
hope!"
I
was
sensing
God
was building a network of godly influence in an area that is against all Christian witness.
At
the
beginning
of
one
of
our
sessions
we
asked
the
orphans
what
do
they
want
most
for
God
to
do
in
their
lives?
The
answer
was
unanimous…..they
want
to
be
adopted
and
have
a
family.
The
sadness
and
heartbreak
of
those
left
behind
when
their
friends
leave
for
America
is
the
hardest
thing
to
see.
Some
say
they
are
too
old,
others
are
told
"you
have
done
something
wrong,
you
are
not
wanted".
I
pray
that
God
will
comfort
their
hearts
and
open
a
door
for
them
to
enter
into
His
grace
and
prepare
the
plans
he
has
for
their
lives.
How
sad
it
was
to
see
the
eyes
of
those
as
we
departed
on
our
bus,
staring
in
the
windows
looking
back
at
us
saying,
"Take
me
with
you!"
faces
that
will
be
with
me
a
long
time.
A
compassion
stirs
my
heart
to
continue
to
keep
them
in
my
prayers
after
my
return to the US.
I
know
that
some
of
them
have
accepted
Jesus
already
and
words
from
their
mouths
say
they
believe.
Someday
I
will
see
them
again. I must trust the words that God says "He is the Father to the fatherless". He will take care of them.
It
all
the
more
causes
me
to
show
love
to
those
I
have
at
home,
those
who
I
take
for
granted
to
know
I
love
them.
We
need
each
other, each individual God created in his image. Oh how he loves you and me.
Christal Dever
In
1999
God
captured
my
heart
with
my
first
visit
to
Ukraine
to
minister
to
the
orphans
in
the
Crimean
Peninsula.
Now,
7
visits
later,
I
did
not
know
what
to
expect.
Each
visit
holding
special
unique situations unlike the previous. But one fact remained true, children needed to be loved.
I
was
hoping
to
see
some
familiar
faces,
which
was
not
to
be.
However,
I
was
pleased
to
learn
that
many
had
been
adopted.
Praise
the
Lord.
Before
I
left
the
US
I
found
out
that
many
children
in
my
hometown
area
had
been
adopted
from
Russian
and
Ukrainian
orphanages.
None
that
I
knew
personally,
but
God
was
showing
he
was
answering
prayers.
He
was
taking
these
children
out
of
the
orphanage
system
and
placing
them
in
loving
families
as
well
as
hearing
his
Gospel message.
We
had
a
wonderful
team
of
Americans
and
Ukrainian
Bible
students.
God
did
excellent
things
through drama, skits, games and "one on one" heart sharing love – "Jesus with skin on".
A ministry targeting young people around the world,
sharing the Love of God in Word and Deed.
