Global Aid Network Mission Reports

Today we had meetings with 2 groups of special children that gathered together in the Baptist church “Hope”: parents with children from public organization of families with many children in the morning and children with disabilities in the afternoon.

GAiN supplied several metric tons of food items, such as rice, flour, sugar, buckwheat and oat meal. The Baptist church “Hope”’s volunteers re-packed all the items into smaller bags suitable to be distributed to families. Children and adults received lots of love, care, attention, smiles and much aid desperately needed for them! Both children and adults listened very attentively both to the volunteers and to Pastor Pavel as he greeted them and later encouraged them to take steps toward God, as some people expressed their interest in the church and its Sunday school for their children.

Varvara (Barbara) came to the church in desperate need of a wheelchair. When she was given one - exactly what she needed - she kept crying and crying and repeating that she has not been able to get out of her house for over 2 years, and the first place that she has been able to go to is church. She said that as soon as she approached the church building she started crying. She sensed that she was such a sinner to be going to a such a holy place. She said, “I’m not even worthy to be here.” In the end, Barbara found peace with God through Jesus Christ and smiled big and said that now she senses some peace!

Sveta is a 13 year old girl. When she was being born, she suffered brain damage during birth. When she was 3 years old, her father ran away from she and her mom. Her mom later got saved in a local church and when they came to receive a wheelchair that was perfectly suited for Sveta, they both admitted it was an answer from God to them that He used such an organization like GAiN from far away to meet their need!

It was a very busy day for the wheelchair team today. Nicolai and Musa have been married for 53 years old and Musa has in the past year suffered a stroke which paralyzed her left side. Nicolai walked 3 kilometers to the church looking for a wheelchair for Musa. As the team was occupied with fitting wheelchairs for children, Dana C. walked to Nicolai’s apartment and climbed the 5th floor as there was no elevator there. There was Musa on the couch wrapped in a thin blanket. After pomegranate juice and coffee Nicolai sat Musa up and her assessment began. “Though neither of us spoke the other’s language, we were still able to communicate.”

After leaving Musa and walking back to the church to locate a wheelchair for her, we were able to give Nicolai gifts such as books by Josh McDowell and gifts of hats and shampoos for both Musa and Nicolai. With an interpreter we were able to share the love of Christ and how the marriage of Nicolai and Musa was like the love of Jesus for all those that belive in Him.