What do you say in Russia when you get your photo taken?

   Today, we share on Big Family Mission's Facebook page a video from one of our early visits to the Luga orphanage.
   If you haven't joined us on Facebook, you can find us here:  Big Family Mission on Facebook.
   This video was taken on our very first visit to Luga, when the director (Sergei) and his assistant lined some of the children up to have their photo taken.  Sergei is no longer the director at Luga... left last year to take another job.  The last time we checked, Luga is still looking for its new director.  Please pray that the new director will be open to our visits there.
   This is a very brief video.  Hope you enjoy it!
    In case you are not on Facebook, you can find the video on our website here:
                                              "Say Cheeeeese!"

Reunited!

I have great news regarding Lisa Kanova.

I've mentioned her previously on this blog. She has been sponsored and has been living at the Grace Center in St. Petersburg with her daughter, but she recently won custody of her first child Roma! He is now 4. No longer will he be in the orphanage, but in the loving arms of his mother.

Thanks to your generous donations and sponsorship of Lisa, she and her children have finally been reunited. You have helped to provide a safe place to live, food to eat, furniture for the kids, clothes, and access to medicine.

Lisa sends her thanks to each of you who participated in that process of helping her win her child back from the state.

Rejoice with us as a family has been reunited. I cannot express it better than Natasha did when she said:

"look how big is the difference that your support makes! What can be better for an orphan to be taken home by his loving mother? What can be more rewarding for all of us then to see the broken family restored? !Indeed, orphans do not need to have wings, they need a person who will help them not to fall down! And you became such person for Lisa and her two kids! We ask you to pray for Lisa's life and continue the support of her family. She will have to overcome many difficulties now on her way of becoming a good mother. Please continue to pray that she will become a christian, she is still on the way. And we believe in a valuable life for Lisa and her children! Because with God all is possible!"

You said it Natasha!

Learn how you can partner with Natasha and Help for Children and Grace Center.