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...
Russia’s War with Ukraine Continues
February 2019 Newsletter: Eastern Ukraine
In Russian occupied Crimea, prosecutions of religious believers have doubled and continue rising. Any believer not belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church such as Protestants, Jehovah Witnesses, or Muslims, are in danger.
Russian troops lead Ukrainian sailors to prison.… Read More...
The Gospel Around The World
January 2019 Newsletter: A Missions Travel Update from Jeff:
I recently traveled to countries such as Vietnam and northern Iraq (Kurdistan). A like-minded organization invited me to see their work in these very difficult regions of the world. As you read this update however,… Read More...