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World from Pilgrim’s prospective
One of these days the warding ceremony of the participants of the international exhibition of children’s painting “make the world better” took place in Mariupol in the exhibit center of Kuindji. Several winners are the children from “Republic “Pilgrim”.
«Good changes»: Misha Bushelych – 14-year-old patient of asyllum or delinquent adolescent?
A teen with unbalanced psychics who used to snuff the glue refused to study and wandered he barely got to mental hospital of the city Uzhgorod (Western Ukraine). However, on arriving at “Republic “Pilgrim” less than within a month 14-year-old showed his smartness and willingness to partake in each event of the state of former street kids.
Law and order
These days the trial court in the state of former street kids took place. They investigated scandalous demonstrations of roughness of senior pilgrims towards minors. In spite of the complexity of the case the judge, persecutor and lawyers have perfectly solved the task: convicts were punished in accordance to the strict laws of “Republic “Pilgrim”.
Pilgrims – starteenagers
One can hardly find more relaxed teens in the world than those in “Republic Pilgrim”. The guys are always ready to compete in any kind of sports, even if it is sports dancing.
To be in the 1st grade at the age of 14
Not so often in the center of children’s rehabilitation “Republic “Pilgrim” the children come who never before sat at the school desk even at the age of 14. Sasha Chebotariov though felt somehow awkward sitting in the 1st grade with 7-year-olds; still he decided for himself that “it is never late to study”.
The action of national adoption “You will be found” or how to love another’s child?
How to love another’s child? Is it good that our orphans are adopted by the foreghners only? Do kids like living in their new families? Those were some of the questions raised today at the press-conference devoted to the subject of adoption of orphans in Ukraine and Russia.
“You will be found” – the National Project of adoption started.
Automobile race started from Mariupol. More than 10 former street kids and now the pupils of the foster homes at the Charity Fund “Pilgrim” together with Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko started to the cities of Kursk, Oryol, St. Petersburg, Moscow, declaring the motto of the action “You will be found!” – “All things are possible with God”, – the adolescents used to say in each church where the action took place. The Mega dream of Gennadiy Mokhnenko, Sergey Demidovich and the management of the channel TBN – as ideological inspirers – in the nearest future there will be the lines of adults willing to adopt children and not vice versa. In the process of the action many people in churches made main decisions in their life – to adopt a child.
“You still sell drugs? So we go to You!”
The action of the public protest “ SICK OF IT” of the Charity fund “ Pilgrim” and the Church of Good Changes. “Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.” And all the people shall say, “Amen.” “Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.” And all the people shall say, “Amen.” ( Deuter. 27: 24-25)
Bike tour diary: Togliatti
On August 29 team of the bike tour “Russia and the world without orphans” left the Syzran. As we wrote, on the way there happen a little trouble, Pastor Gennadiy fell ill, after that we had to call an ambulance. Medics took Gennadiy to the hospital in Togliatti, where he was diagnosed and treated. Today Gennadiy Mokhnenko feels much better, but still, will continue until the path is not a bike, but in the van.
Bike tour diary: Kuznetsk-Syzran
Continues the bike action “Russia and the world without orphans.” Leaving Penza, participants headed to a new city Kuznetsk. Struggling with the weather, the rain guys rode about 80 kilometers. The road was very difficult and only eight most persistent guys drove that day until their final destination, others were forced to diver in the vans. It is because of bad weather, the team had an unplanned stop in the village Chaadaevka where, with the help of the Minister of Education of the Penza region, children were placed in a local school. Special maternal care showed director of Chaadaev School.
The participants of the bike ride, “Russia without orphans” passed through Penza
International cycling race “Russia without orphans” – is not just an outreach campaign, but former orphans themselves, children who are now in foster homes, made a desiccation to do
Launched the third phase of a bike tour round the world “World without Orphans”
From 23 August to 13 September, a group of cyclists is going to overcome the 1,600 km on roads of Russia. Former street and now adopted children, children from the center of children’s rehabilitation “Republic” Pilgrim “led by Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko, father of 31 adopted kids, carry the main slogan of the unprecedented action – “Every orphan has to have a family”. For the sake of this cause participates of this action are ready to pedal and inspire couples around the world to adopt.
The “Pilgrim” was visited my honored citizens.
The team from the partner churches of the U.S. state of North Carolina has long been not only partners but also good friends for the children and staff of the center of children’s rehabilitation “Republic Pilgrim”. For more than six years Chernous family with their children and friends leave everything and come to Ukraine to take the time for children of “ Republic Pilgrim”, where for many years they are honorary citizens.
The capital of Volga region welcomed a bike tour “A world without orphans”
Nizhniy Novgorod was visited by an unusual delegation of cyclists, according to RTR “Nizhniy Novgorod”. All of them – foster fathers and their adopted children, in total more than a hundred people. This bike tour was launched in the framework of “A world without orphans.” At the head of the this action was a pastor of the church in Mariupol and founder of the largest in the former Soviet Union rehabilitation center for children “Republic Pilgrim” – Gennady Mokhnenko – adoptive father dozens of children. On June 5 the bike tour begun to move from Kiev and finally they reached a Novgorod’s land. The correspondent of the program “Vesti – Volga region” saw how these sports families with children were welcomed in the capital of Volga region.
