Katya
Final video from our four-part series. This is Katya, another of our 8th-9th grade group.
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Part three of four. This is Alina, who loves soccer and basketball and going to church.
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Part one of four video posts: our girls from 8th grade who want to live at the Shelter this fall. This is Valya.
read moreKyiv Post Editorial & Alcoholism in Ukraine
Adolescent alcoholism in Ukraine: How bad is it, really? We asked our friend Rosalynn Prough, who also works in Ukraine, to interpret for us some information from an op-ed in the Kyiv Post. Rosalynn has a degree in International Relations and Journalism from California State University at Sacramento, and she graduated from Discipleship Training School in Kyiv in 2006. We hope her perspective will help you, our readers, to better understand the conditions in which Last Bell and other orphan-care organizations are working. Rosalynn works for a...
read moreGuest Post: Firsthand witness to “the staff’s amazing dedication and love”
This is Part 2 in a series of guest posts from a few of Last Bell’s gracious supporters. We are thrilled to share our friends’ kindness and generosity with all of you. We are so blessed! By Carol Nickols I was first introduced to Last Bell Ministries when I heard about the Ukrainian orphans through a friend of mine, Irene Millikan. Her extended family had adopted a Ukrainian orphan and wanted to help other orphans as well. Irene’s attachment to the orphans – “her kids” – was so heartwarming that I...
read moreGuest Post: “I’m grateful to be associated with Last Bell”
This is Part 1 in a series of guest posts written by a few of Last Bell’s gracious supporters. We are so thankful for Tamara and friends like her, and we are thrilled to share their kindness and generosity with all of you. We are so blessed! by Tamara Mesko I first heard about Last Bell Ministries through a friend who is their office coordinator. I had been disillusioned with a few charities that I’d been supporting, and it was also around Christmas time, and I was searching for an effective charity that I could help fund...
read moreGroceries for Sons and Daughters
Since the opening of the Support Center, we have started putting care packages together for the kids that come to Shelter. For the last four years we have had Shelter every other day; now it is once every two weeks. Before, as in a normal family, the kids came after school, had lunch, and stayed through dinner. It was wonderful to have them at so many meals. The food at some trade schools was very inadequate; at schools without cafeterias, the kids’ grocery money often wasn’t enough. Our Shelter “kids” are now young...
read moreA Father’s Care
by Andre Pankyeyev Our heavenly Father always takes care of us. Many things confirm this: the Bible, the Holy Spirit alive in our hearts, our experiences as believers, and also the many testimonies of brothers and sisters in Christ. We are confident in our God, because He is the one who never leaves us or forsakes us. He said it himself: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). The Lord has shown us how he relates to us; He shows that He is our Father. When you are a father yourself, you understand what a great...
read moreMost-requested recipe #2: Shelter Holiday Baked Chicken
Be sure to check out the newsletter these recipes came from. Here’s the second recipe. Enjoy! Shelter Holiday Baked Chicken 10 chicken legs and/or thighs 1 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh dill 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Mix together all ingredients except chicken; then marinate chicken in the mix for at least an hour and up to half a day. Bake in a 9×13 pan for about 1 ½ hours at 375...
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