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| Bolshevo home |
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| The joy of picking berries and eating them! |
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| What does one expect to see on an Ostrich farm? |
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| Luga children at farm |
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| Natasha comments: Why did I bring a knife instead of a fork? |
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| It's time to cook! |
Summer is often a difficult time for a Russian orphans. Most, but not all orphans, have the opportunity to go to a government-run camp for up to three weeks. Unfortunately, many of these camps are not well-run and supervision is minimal, so the camp becomes an opportunity for the children to “run wild” and experience drugs, alcohol, and… the list goes on.
Natasha Kirillov recently sent us a wonderful report on how the lives of children in their Mother’s Project are being impacted and changed by the spending their summer at the village house in Bolshevo. The Mother’s Pproject helps young (usually single) mother’s keep their children and prevent them from becoming orphans. Natasha also sent us photos and a brief report on how the orphans at Luga were treated to a picnic. For children who must sit around their orphanage all summer long, the picnic was a heavenly experience.
Natasha reports: “Bolshevo was a wonderful opportunity for the children we help support. Children stayed under our supervision, in fresh air, participated in all activities of the family life in the village: cooking, cleaning, working in the garden and ending up with playing and swimming. We see that children change while they live in Bolshevo. They eat good healthy food, learn to behave, to take care of smaller ones. Many of the children lack those things at their homes, when they see their mother only early in the morning and in the evenings. Christian fellowship, church, prayers…all that brings good seeds that will grow into healthy life in their future. Children and mothers stayed together with the Grace Center children. If you would have visited them you would feel the atmosphere of a real God's family!”
Enjoy the additional photos of children at Bolshevo and Luga.
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