“My whole life was in troubled storms,” says Rubik. “I was constantly angry. I knew how to repair heating systems very well, but I didn’t want to work. I was drinking and living a sinful life.”
Rubik grew up in a village in Armenia. He always believed he was the best person in his neighborhood. But soon after he and his wife got married, he became the worst person he knew. “When she tried to express her opinion about something, I got very angry at her,” he says. “I even beat her. I remember this with great shame now.”
As a father, Rubik was no better. He made all the decisions for their...
Even the Danube River in Romania is a place of baptism and new life in Jesus Christ! Just ask Izabela. She is one of nine people who accepted Christ earlier this year and were recently baptized in Europe’s second-longest river.
Izabela met Jesus because a group of believers, led by one of our ministry partners, began meeting in her village and studying the Bible together in 2018. The group grew, and soon they built a church where they could meet together regularly for worship, Bible study and prayer.
On a beautiful Saturday morning in 2021, a group of 100 followers of Jesus gathered in that...
As a 26-year-old wife and mother of two children, Susie often looks back over her life and thinks about the choices she has made. Like many of us, she realizes that some were helpful, and some made her life more difficult.
In her teen years, Susie’s friends invited her to attend a program, led by our ministry partners, especially for teenagers at a church in their village. “I remember that the program was called ‘Choose Life,’” she says. “My friends and I learned the Ten Commandments. But I didn’t take time to learn more. I didn’t understand that God loved me and died for me.”
Susie...
Six times in prison. Drugs, alcohol, tobacco use. Attempted suicide. Gleb in Russia fell into the pit of despair. At age 34, he knew he was fighting a battle, but he thought the enemy was himself.
During his most recent time in prison, a ray of light and hope touched Gleb. A group of our ministry partners was allowed to come inside the prison and lead Bible studies. At first, he was curious about what these people were doing there. So he went to a meeting to find out. Then he attended again. And again.
“I learned that there is hope for my life,” Gleb says. “One evening, I went for a walk by...