Click on the photos to learn more about
the individuals and their centers. Some of these centers
are still in need of sponsorship.
PULIN
Nina Stromidlo
NEUDORF CLINIC
Dr. Olga Prokopchuk
VIGODA CLINIC
Dr. Mila Winogradova
NEUDORF
Valentina Dobzhauskaya
KHOLSONO
Oxana Antonyuk
KORESTYSCHEV
Vladimir Levkovsky
SKOLOBOV
Nataly Saritskaya
KOROSTEN
Valentina Khomyakova
TSCHERNJACHOV
Tatyana Yarmolyuk
What has happened in Ukraine is nothing short of a miracle.
Seven years ago when the work began with Galina Bidenko on
the third floor of the Zhitomir Hotel no one had ever heard
of Good Samaritan Ministries. We had no money, no buildings
and no workers. Just a hope and a prayer. Today we have eight
thriving centers within a radius of seventy miles, each with
a committed director and team of field workers.
When I was there this fall (October 2000), my second visit
this year, I was utterly amazed at what I saw God doing. Scores
of Good Samaritans quietly, gently, humbly, genuinely meeting
the needs of the poor one person at a time. Though we now
have two kitchen gardens, a transport van and a training center,
the heart of our work is not in a structured program, but
in a compassionate spirit. I was absolutely thrilled to see
our workers caring for the widows and orphans - bringing them
bread and water, washing their soiled clothes, weeding their
gardens, cutting their wood, repairing their homes, praying
for their healing and telling them about Jesus. It was a sight
beautiful to behold. It was also encouraging to see the pastors
and their congregations in these villages catching the vision
of caring for widows and orphans and other needy people. I
believe that in years to come these village churches will
become a model of the difference that a caring spirit can
make in a society that is hard-pressed, not just for its daily
bread, but for life itself.
In addition to the eight centers, we now have two First Aid
Clinics staffed by capable and committed medical personnel.
Many people, especially children and the elderly, are suffering
from the effects of Chernobyl. This enables us to at least
give minimal medical care to the suffering. It's a great blessing
to the villagers, many of whom have no medical care whatsoever.
Click on the photos above to learn more about the individuals
and their centers. Some of these centers are still in need
of sponsorship. If
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