New Children

March 26, 2009

Charles, piece and blessings of the Lord to you. I would like to share news about new children in our ministry.

Today Galina and myself took a new girl from the orphanage - Masha Gercanyan. So that Galina has got 8 kids for now. The girl used to live with her mother and when she died, the girl turned to be in an orphanage, she spent three months there.

A few days ago Galina Osipova took two new kids (a brother and a sister) in the place of Sasha Kravchenko. Sasha's mother was alcohol addicted and the son lived in the street. Right now his mother is restoring and we got him back home. Two of the new kids are going through introduction week and making the decision. On Friday the decision will be made as for are they going to stay with Galya or not. It's more probable, that they will stay. Right now Galya has got 4 kids in her care.

Chernov's family is getting ready for a new child in Yevpatoria. This is due to the fact that the government insists on that. Right now they are doing the paperwork. Probably, it will be finished in just a week and the family will get a new boy. Than there will be 7 kids on the family.

These are all of our news. Respectfully.
Konstantin.

News of Construction and Galya

March 21, 2009

We are doing fine.
Construction works in Yevpatoria are going well. Cutting the doors and windows in the walls is the hardest job, probably. Stone blocks are very thick and very hard.
Galina Gudwill's family is getting settled in the new house and are getting ready to accept another girl.
Work is boiling in Piligrim as well, staff is trying to solve as many problems of children, as possible. Galina Osipova felt a bit worse this week, she is constantly very weak. We keep praying for her and expect for her to get better and recover.
We thank our Heavenly Father for all His blessings and His mercy to us all. Brother Charles, give our regards to our friends.

Respectfully and thankfully.
Konstantin.

March 13, 209

Brother Charles and sister Jody, piece and blessings of the Lord to you.

I've received your letter with flights arriving to Kiev. They are going to start selling train tickets for the dates we needs just in a few days. I will get all the necessary tickets, including my tickets to come to meet and to see you off.

I think that we will manage to arrange all the necessary meetings and seminars for parents and staff. Everything is going to be fine, don't worry.

I am glad about the news for a donation for the construction from Angelina. It's God's mercy to us and His blessing.

The workers are doing the work much cheaper than it really costs. After they complete the work, we can order the necessary paperwork to continue construction this year. Right now everything is going just as we planned.

Just some news from here.
1. Politics. Contradictions between different structures of power are still same. No changes in that direction. We are going to have president's election at the end of the year. The situation here is mostly hardened artificially more than naturally. The government does solve some very acute matters though (but of course, with the help of strikes and protests).
2. Economy. Economical crises in Ukraine, by the statistic data, is 40 times harder than in the USA. Unemployment is growing hugely, especially in the industrial towns. Leading banks are still working stable. The small banks that are having problems are controlled by the state. Taxes for the import things have increased.
3. Life. Prices for import goods have grown up. Food prices have been raised within the last two months into 20-30%. Utilities payments have grown up as well. Everyday we hear news about bank's robberies and very brutal murders. There is a new kind of drugs that appeared here and it is spreading through the country quite legally.
4. The ministry. There are most street kids now. Our hospitals are having problems with food for children and lack hygiene means to look after the patients. Foster families of Simferopol have had some problems with getting money from the state. Yevpatoria families don't have these problems yet.

Today we've been very busy with Galina's Gudwill moving into the new house. Kids love the new house very much. It's much bigger than the old one. It's located in a region with very fresh and clean air. There is a school not far from the house. It takes about 20 minutes to get to the center, and about 10 minutes to the railway station. All the expenses with Galina moving into the new house were agreed with Angelina.

We thank the Lord for all His blessings. We are glad to know that so many groups want to come to visit. I have information from Natasha and Jody about visits for 2010. We will be getting ready and will be glad to see everyone. We are praying for you.

Respectfully. Konstantin.

March 12, 2009

Charles, piece and blessings of the Lord.

We have started construction works in Yevpatoria. We will do only a limited amount of works. This has to be done immediately. Right now we are working on paperwork for construction. It needs to be renewed every three years from the very beginning. The old papers were until December 2008.

Galina Gudwill is getting ready to move into the new house. Yesterday they made the treaty and she got the keys. The kids like the new house and the area.

The ministry is boiling in Pilgrim. Staff is trying to solve as many problems of the children as possible. Galya sometimes comes to help in the work.

We all are looking forward your visit and will be ready to do everything we have planned. We are praying for you.

Respectfully. Konstantin.

February 18, 2009

Piece and blessings of the Lord to you, Brother Charles.

I totally agree with your plan as for selling the apartment in Yevpatoria. It took some time to solve some matters.

Chernov's family will make the apartment look nice to the buyers to see it. We started looking for apartment to rent. I gave the information on apartment selling only in two agencies for now.

There are no buyers in the real estate market right now. Nobody can say when the market of real estate will get better. There are many new houses built in Yevpatoria, the apartments aren't sold out there. The process of selling the apartment can be prolonged into a few months. We need to disconnect the heating system from the basement before selling the apartment.

The biggest problem with the apartment selling is the fact that Chernov's family is registered in this apartment with all of their orphan - children. No one will let us register them in their apartments, because it's a big family.

We are looking forward your visit soon.

Respectfully.
Konstantin.

February 11, 2009

Brother Charles, piece and blessings of the Lord to you.

I'd like to tell you that we are doing fine. The parents and staff are sending you their thankfulness. We've been busy in Yevpatoria repairing the electricity system of the building and installing four electrical cooker hoods. These hoods had been installed to fight against the mold on the walls that has appeared in two bathrooms of Macevich apartment and Chernov's apartment.

Goryainov's apartment has got a big advantage - their bathrooms have windows and are aired all the time. Macevich have bathrooms without windows, and are inside the apartment. Chernov's have the problems with mold all the time - it's an apartment problem.

We plan to make complete renovation of the kitchen in Chernov's apartment - the mold has completely destroyed the floor and is coming out. We will need to place them somewhere for the renovation time. I can't think of how to make this possible.

With respect and prayers for you.
Konstantin.