In 1995 by
the grace of the Lord I was saved. Right away I started reading Bible and was
amazed by many stories. That was stories of different people whom God was calling
His people, or people of God, they were called the fathers of the faith, the men
by the heart of God. I found women in the list of the ancestors of Jesus
Christ. Not knowing God yet I couldn’t
understand why these people was placed in the Bible. They were not worthy to be
called holy. They had sins in life. Latter on I understood that God didn’t try to
make stories or people look nice. I realized
that stories were not just about people they were about God who worked
all thing for good for those who loved His, that was the stories of redemptive work
of God, who was able to change the hearts of people, to change their lives and
made nobody to be glorious people by His
love and kindness.
I came to the Lord with my baggage of sins. Very
heavy on my heart was abortions I had while was student in University. Month
after my conversion there was seminar for post-abortive women. Missionary from
England Hannah Naatit was sharing about
sanctity of human life, she showed Silence cry video. I couldn’t believe what a
horror I did. I was broken by realizing the depth of my fall. During
next two days God unloaded me, washed away my sins and gave me hope for future.
His mercy reached till the bottom of the pit and brought me out into freedom. I
was so thankful to Him, I wanted to be partner with Him so badly. This desire
was placed in my heart by Him. He was calling me to help women in crisis due to
pregnancy. For three years I kept
receiving prayer guides from Care for Life from England
to Kharkov Pregnancy Assistance
Center, that wasn’t
existed. God was knocking into door of my heart. I wanted somebody would start
the ministry, I would gladly be volunteers in it. Nobody was starting.
In 2001 I
had a 3 weeks trip to Ohao. One thing I
and my friend Lera prayed was to visit ministry like these and see whether it
was about the great commission Jesus
left us to do. My American friends Sylvia
and Ken Lutke organized an appointment with the director of Akron Pregnancy Services. After visiting it I knew He was calling me to
start the center. The good thing was He was calling not only me but my friends
as well. Together we were a team that
didn’t have experience or expertise in this aria.
We started abstinence aducation program to the
students in high school. Next year we took post-abortion recovery program and
went through with the women from my church. Next step was seminar for
volunteers. In 2003 we registered non-profit organization and started
counseling women in crisis due to pregnancy.
Since that time we had many stories of women who were not worthy to be
called holy because of their sins that they tried to hide by performing
abortion. But we can tell many stories
when God intervened and that stories of His great power in work to redeem their
lives to give hope and future. The harder the case the greater His glory!
