Global Aid Network Mission Reports

June 20, 2007 – Prayer time in the morning

By Fred K

Each morning before breakfast, we gather in the lobby on the fourth floor for prayer.  Thursday morning during our prayer time I had a vivid image of a battle being waged in Siberia and around the world. 

With my eyes closed in prayer, I envisioned our team dressed as warriors set for another day of battle.  Exactly what you would picture in Ephesians 6:13-18.  However, what struck me most were those ahead of us.  Battle worn and weary they bore the scars of pain and persecution.  None the less, they had a glint in their eyes knowing they would be victorious.  They were all there, a brother pastor, his family and sister, tired and worn from the underground persecution they had experienced.  They smiled knowing we were there as reinforcements. 

The time of printing Bibles and translating Bible lessons in secret were over, but there was much more work to do.  Also, the former drug addict and gang member who might have been long dead, also, now shone as a pastor working with orphans, addicts and homeless people.   What a pleasure and honor to follow in the footsteps and now work side by side.

June 17, 2007 flying to Krasnoyarsk

By Mary K.

We were sitting in Moscow airport awaiting departure for Siberia when a woman with two older children tapped me on the shoulder.  “Are you going to Krasnoyarsk?” she asked looking doubtful.  I answered “yes” and she responded with an incredulous “why?”

I showed her my Global Aid Network (GAiN) tag and explained about our mission of giving humanitarian aid and sharing about Jesus Christ.  She was sure no one had been to Krasnoyarsk to help like this – other cities in Siberia, but not Krasnoyarsk, the city she had grown up in.   I told her this was the first trip for GAiN to this area and had been in the works for some time.  She hugged me, very excited and repeatedly thanked us for coming and welcomed us into her country.  She was surprised that an American organization was here to help hometown.  She introduced herself as Vitalia.  I learned that she had a medical degree and lives in the United States in Virginia with her husband and children.  She was taking her children “home” to Krasnoyarsk to visit with extended family. 

I told her about GAiN and the October work week held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where 1,000’s of volunteers gather to collect and pack the humanitarian aid for shipping overseas.  She seemed very eager for the opportunity to help in a place that was assisting her homeland. 

After we landed we met again and I gave her our email address and a bookmark listing all the sites we planned to visit so she could see the sort of work we had planned. 

When we arrived at the terminal, she pulled me aside to meet her husband.

What a warm welcome to Krasnoyarsk!!