GENNADIY MOKHNENKO MINISTRIES

One more foster family was started at the Charity Fund “Pilgrim”. Anatoliy and Elizabeth Voloshin raised 4 their own kids. Three of them are adults and one of them is married, however the parents decided not to stop at this point but to foster 3 children from the orphanage.

In the middle of January the missionary team of 4 people ahead with pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko visited Kenya with the purpose to serve kids who live in total poverty. The trip was full of experiences and the missionaries got back home with tons of impressions.

At the end of 2010 at the Charity Fund “Pilgrim” the new project was started under the title “Young mother”. It is called to help young mothers with their kids who found themselves in a tough situation – as a rule they don’t have a place to stay and need help.

There no more such holidays as Christmas and New Year, the most expected ones when folks wait for something new to start happening. The unforgettable impressions waited for pilgrim not only during the actual holidays they go on even after them.

Today the Mariupol team of 4 persons is packing their suitcases to go Kenya to visit some poor orphanages where Africans try to survive. The President of the Charity fund “Pilgrim”, Pastor of the Church of Good Changes Gennadiy Mokhnenko is ahead of the missionaries. A year ago pastor Gennadiy had visited Africa. The present project “Pilgrim is going to Equator” is the continuation of regular missionary trip to the African continent.

In the mid of January the team of the charity fund “Pilgrim” will head for Kenya. Just like a year ago the Ukrainian missionaries ahead with Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko and American partners from the saddleback church ahead with pastor of missions Steve Rutenbar will visit orphanages Gilgal and Oasis of Hope in Kenya that had become partners.

In the late december in the Christmas marathon on TBN Russia the first president of the state of former street kids “Republic Pilgrim” Andrii Dudin participated.

At the world wide day of disabled people the former street kids came to give a concert to Ukrainian volunteering organization of people with sight disabilities. They were singing, recited poems and played musical instruments.

Charitable fund «Pilgrim» is already 12 years actively works with addict people and alcoholics. Pilgrim started in a small house from the seaside of Mariupol. Nowadays the web of a rehabilitation centers have extended across all the Ukraine moves ahead the Russia and goes to the Western Europe. Alexander Matyushin – itself having the addicted past, is a head of congregation of the rehabilitation centers.

Alyona Koval has been living in different orphanages since the age of 10 and she’s been dreaming to have a real family. During the conference of the alliance “Ukraine without orphans” her dream came true.