Youth With A Mission Perm Молодежь с Миссией Пермь

This letter is dedicated to all missionaries who got cold in Russia...

Two Ladies. 1500 !

Hello, friends,

Not long ago I was thinking about coffee house, drug reheab visits and an interesting thought struck me...

The reason I am here in Perm today is because 10 years ago on a cold winter day in Ternopil, Ukraine, to the drug reheab where I was receiving treatment for my addiction, came two ladies - Judy Collins and grandma Audrey. They were missionaries from Youth With a Mission and from them I heard about God's love and hope. I gave my heart to the Lord and He changed my life. Now I work with YWAM in Perm, Russia and I also visit people in rehab and do the coffee house ministry.

I've done some calculations : over the last year of 2007 350 people in Perm rehab have heard the message of God's love, hope and new life in Christ.

During the same year besides regular visitors, 1000 new people visited Coffee House where they have had an oportunity to meet new Christian friends, to hear the testimony of God's power and love.

It's interesting , that 2 Christians were faithful to God and shared their testimonies with other people who didn't know Him. A miracle happened - one person got saved and now God used him to witness about Himself to thousands.

I shared this story at coffee house tonight. I told about how I came to God through the testimonies of Judy and Audrey. I saw interest and surprise on the faces of the "cool" punks, goths etc, from realisation that they were a part of this story and that testimony of two ladies whom they never met, affected their lives.

Thank you for your support , friendship and prayers,
Roma Statkevich