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Testimony
Linda Deeming
Privet!
Kak
de
la?
In
March
of
2004,
God
called
our
family
to
take
a
short-term
missions
trip.
I
was
amazed
that
each
one
of
us,
individually,
felt
we
needed
to
go
–
and
as
a
family.
We
only
had
a
couple
of
months
to
get
all
the
details
together
–
and
the
only
one
of
us
to
have
ever
taken
any
Russian
was
my
husband,
Jim
–
and
this
was
over
25
years
earlier.
But
as
with
anything,
when
God
is
in
charge
–
He
also
works
out
the
details.
We
were
able
to
get
our
visas
and
passports,
we
bought
a
book
on
“How
to
Speak
Russian,”
and
in
June, off we went – to the Internot (an orphanage) in Crimea, a country recently given to Ukraine by Russia.
We
were
asked
to
prepare
some
crafts,
songs
and
skits
to
share
with
the
children
we
would
be
meeting.
This
we
did,
but
when
we
arrived
we
were
grateful
to
discover
that
there
was
a
team
of
well
organized
Ukrainians,
some
of
whom
also
spoke
English,
and
who
had
also
prepared
similar
items
for
the
kids.
Our
team
was
lead
by
Pastor
Vitalik
–
who
did
a
great
job
blending
our
items
into
theirs
and
creating
a
wonderful
program
for
the
kids
each
day.
The
first
few
days
we
honestly
felt
a
little
lost,
but
God
used
this
time
to
prepare
our
hearts
and
burn
a
desire
to
pray
for
everyone
during
the
times
we
did
not
understand
what
was
being
said
or
when
we
did
not
entirely
comprehend
what
we
should
be
doing.
So
we
did.
We
prayed
and
prayed
and
prayed.
And
God
worked.
I
am
not
sure
when
it
was
that
our
group
became
a
unit,
but
it
did
not
take
long.
Our
new
Ukrainian
friends
and
fellow
Christians
took
great
care
to
explain
and
translate
for
us
and
in
response,
we
prayed
even
more. God took a group of people from across the globe and brought us together for His purpose – how amazing is that?
And
this
was
just
the
beginning.
Although
we
did
not
take
a
“head
count”,
there
were
many
children
that
came
to
Christ.
The
beginning
of
the
program
explained
who
God
is
and
why
He
is
relevant
to
our
lives.
Then
we
moved
into
the
broken
relationship
through
sin
and
how
Jesus
died
on
the
cross
so
that
we
could
be
forgiven
and
again
commune
with
Him.
But
this
was
not
the
end.
We
then
explained
how
we
are
still
not
perfect,
but
when
we
fail
–
God
is
still
faithful
to
forgive
us
and
He
is
always
there.
He
never
leaves.
All
we
need
to
do
is
ask
for
His
forgiveness and repent and He is there – ready to renew the relationship.
The
children
and
the
people
of
Crimea
have
our
hearts.
We
miss
everyone
and
continue
to
pray
for
all
of
them
each
day.
We
have
continued
to
study
Russian
with
the
hopes
of
returning
one
day
soon.
It
still
amazes
me
that
God
can
–
and
will
use
us.
All
we
need
is
a
willing
heart.
I
can
never thank Him enough for giving this opportunity and for giving it to us as a family unit.
