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| Children at Jukki orphanage with "kind cat"! |
(Editor’s
Note: Everyone can share the Love and
Light of Jesus… even a cat! Natasha
Kirillova, leader of Help for Children in St. Petersburg, Russia, invited a
“kind cat” to speak to the orphan children at Luga and Jukki about the
importance of being kind. The children
loved hearing from their new “cat friend”, and so we share Natasha’s report and
a few photos of the event.)
Natasha’s report:
In all projects the main theme for October
was kindness. At the Grace Center graduates' and mothers’ meetings, we spoke
about kindness, prayed with the children, and decided that everyone will take
efforts to work on his own behavior.
We committed, with God's help, to be kind
towards one another and with our own children.
At Jukki and Luga, we invited the
actor-volunteer who was a Cat, and he talked to the kids about the
importance of being kind and not rude to the animals.
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Children loved the idea of helping their
neighbor! We talked about two main
commandments: to love the Lord our God
and to love our neighbor. To love in
this way, it is impossible without being kind.
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When we started to talk to mothers at Grace
Center, all of them shared that they didn't experience much kindness
towards them in their life. We discussed what will be the right answer in that
case, and prayed that God will give us all possibility to forgive.
Alisa, the graduate, now lives at the shelter
that belongs to the Lutheran Church. It is very small, like our Grace center,
and we are very happy for her! She had hard time living at the hostel and
wanted to live at Grace, but it was not possible because we have 2 mothers
and 2 kids and 2 graduates already. Now
God has provided a nice place for her to live, and she is excited to visit us
for the activities! Praise the Lord!
Please pray for Olesya and Nastya, two
graduates who live at Grace. They are having huge behavior problems, and we are
working to help them not to make mistakes.
In Jukki, we had volunteers from Kadets
School in St. Petersburg. They had
fellowship with the children from Jukki and had tea together. It was a lot of
fun and helps the both sides: It is
great for the deaf children at Jukki to get socialized by fellowshipping with
children who hear, and it's good for the students from regular school to open
their heart towards the problems of disabled children.
Thank you to everyone who partners with Big
Family for making all this possible! God bless you!
Natasha
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| Children at Luga orphanage with "kind cat"! |