Newsletters
Bringing Joy and Good News to All People
December 2019 Newsletter:Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love endures forever. I Chr. 16:34
Pictured:
(left) Andriy fixes an orphan’s bike at the Snowdrop Shelter. He is like a father to the kids there.
(mid) Igor loves the teen prisoners… Read More... →
Giving Thanks for 25 Years
November 2019 Newsletter:Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love endures forever. I Chr. 16:34 We recently celebrated our 25 year anniversary of ministry in Ukraine. The photo above, taken at the Salvation Army Church in Kyiv, includes friends, former staff… Read More... →
Homeless “Street Child” Now Raising Family
Jeff, Zhenya, Ivana, and the kids in front of their old home.
October 2019 Newsletter: This is part two of the story about a young man named Zhenya and his journey from a homeless “street child” to raising his own family today for the… Read More... →
Journey from Streets to New Home
September 2019 Newsletter: This is part one of the story about a young man named Zhenya. Next month we will share part two of his remarkable journey from the basements of Kyiv to God’s redeeming love.
Note from Jeff – Often times we share the… Read More... →
Dreams Come True for Armenia’s Youth
August 2019 Newsletter: Republic of Georgia– The camp for young people from Armenia echoed with laughter, soccer balls, singing and folk dancing. 45 young people from 12-16 years of age spent 10 days near the Black Sea hearing about the love of Jesus. Indeed, this… Read More... →
Sponsorship Brings Hope to Needy Families
Zach shares pictures from his boys with Kolya and his mother.
July 2019 Newsletter: Murrieta, CA – Zach Bell, the mission team coordinator for Mercy Projects, together with fellow sponsor Tom Roth from Oregon, visited their respective sponsored families earlier this year in Ukraine.
“My… Read More... →
New Summer Camps, Old Truth
Yana speaks at camp about the truth of God’s Word.
June 2019 Newsletter: Piskivka, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine – Hundreds of children will attend Mercy Projects camps in Ukraine this summer. Yana Glushko, our camp director, remembers how her own life was transformed as an 18-year-old… Read More... →
I Dreamed Children Greeted Me on Mother’s Day
Irina and Alexander raise 10 kids (9 orphans) as their own in a small village.
May 2019 Newsletter: Piskivka, Ukraine – The tears welled up in Irina’s eyes. She looked at her husband Alexander for reassurance. I looked down at my lunch of beets, pickled… Read More... →
Where Is My Sponsored Child Now?
April 2019 Newsletter: Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matt. 19:26
Kyiv, Ukraine – Mercy Projects, formerly known as Eastern European Outreach, opened an office in 1994 in Kyiv, Ukraine to help at-risk… Read More... →
New Life and a Fresh Start
March 2019 Newsletter:
One of the ministries that Mercy Projects supports is a Christian rehabilitation center for ex-prisoners in the east Ukrainian village of Larino. This ministry, run by Sergey Kazmenko, includes evangelism to prisons, the military, and discipleship of men after they are released.… Read More... →