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The Meaning of Family
One of the most important things we can do as a family is to prepare and to eat a meal together. It’s an essential ingredient in binding us together and an excellent teaching and training ground for...
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The Sex Traffic Fight
All of Europe has its eyes on Poland and Ukraine as the two countries prepare to host the UEFA soccer championship Euro 2012 this June. Millions of tourists will descend upon both countries to partake...
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Orphans Learn Family Values
One of the biggest challenges we face with the orphans we support is to prepare them for adulthood. In the orphanages, their basic needs are met; food shelter, clothing, but they are not learning what...
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Lasting Impact In Ukraine
I returned this past week from our Orphan’s Promise sponsored camp in the village of Kalinenska…a remote part of southern Ukraine. This was our 4th summer heading back to work with this orphanage and...
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Combating Human Trafficking
Orphans are one of the most vulnerable demographics of falling victim to the schemes of human trafficking and sex slavery. With the rate of trafficking growing in Eastern Europe we have put this issue...
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Skills To Grow & Develop
Orphan’s Promise recently teamed up with a ministry in St. Petersburg, Russia to provide for aged-out orphans living in their residential program. Much like Orphan’s Promise programs, they help...
View ArticleTraining For Life
An Orphan’s Promise team from Ukraine traveled to Perm, Russia to bring valuable training on the topic of working with orphans and teaching them life skills. Thirty-five individuals who are working...
View ArticleAt Work in the Fields of Heaven
This photo of one of the Ukrainian gypsy children supported by Orphan’s Promise was taken by Karen Springs, who is on the ground for us in the Ukraine. Here is her story behind the photo in her own...
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A New Life For Oksana
Since Orphan’s Promise began its work in Ukraine, reaching orphans through camp settings has been a major part of our ministry focus each summer. Across Ukraine, Russia, Moldova and Armenia, Orphan’s...
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A Home For Maria
On a recent visit to a remote village in Ukraine, our OP team was checking on the construction of a home we were building for a family. The story of this family is a heart-warming, successful one....
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Armenian Training Centers – They Work!
Armenia is a tiny country but boasts deep Christian roots; in fact Armenia was the first nation in the world to adopt Christianity (301 AD). Yet it is also a country still struggling its way out of...
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The Old Russian Shoemaker 2013
Colorado - The tale of the Old Russian Shoemaker, based on the short story by Leo Tolstoy, has been brought to life on stages across the US since 2003. Under the direction of Orphan’s Promise in...
View ArticleKeeping Families Together in Ukraine
One of the new programs that Orphan’s Promise supports is finding ways to keep families who are struggling with the basic necessities of life to get the help they need in order to keep their families...
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Orphans Learn Family Values
One of the biggest challenges we face with the orphans we support is to prepare them for adulthood. In the orphanages, their basic needs are met; food shelter, clothing, but they are not learning what...
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Ukraine: An Epicenter of Charity and War
Slaviansk, a city in eastern Ukraine with about 130,000 residents, has suddenly gained international notoriety, as it has become one of the epicenters of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. A gateway city...
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Restoration in Ukraine’s east
As warfare continues rage on in many parts of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military has set other cities that were once war zones free. Sloviansk, a city where OP has done much work over the years,...
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Helping teens in Kyrgyzstan
Nestled in the heart of central Asia and lined with snow-capped mountains at every bend, Kyrgyzstan is a country filled with magnificent beauty and breathtaking views. Yet looking beyond the...
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Not Forgotten
Today I met a little girl and her grandma as they stood in line to get bread in Krasnogorivka. As I bent down to see her face I was met in return with these piercing blue eyes. I told her they were...
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