What if one of the most important decisions you ever made seemed completely ordinary at the time? While interviewing Yana during my recent visit to Ukraine, I was reminded that some of the things God uses most powerfully don't feel significant when they happen. Years later,...
"I know this is my place. No one will take it away." When Natasha said those words, I understood they weren't really about a house. They were about something much deeper. Years earlier, she was a young mother with no home, no income, and no idea that she...
"Sometimes what changed a life was not one dramatic rescue, but someone who kept showing up"...
Valeria prayed that God would help her body produce enough nourishment to keep her baby alive. Years earlier, two people made the difficult decision to start a ministry called Last Bell. What if their obedience became God's answer to her prayer? I invite you to read Valeria's story...
I sat across from Serhiy, 23 years old, and carrying more than most men twice his age. There are moments in these interviews when you can feel the weight of someone’s life before he ever says a word. This was one of those moments. ...
Tanya grew up without knowing her father and lost her mother at a young age, moving through four different foster homes without ever experiencing stable love. When she became a mother, she had no model to follow — only a deep desire to give her...
Danyil is only eighteen, yet his life has already been shaped by loss and resilience. After losing his mother at the age of three and growing up without a present father, he moved between caregivers before finding stability with his aunt and uncle. Though he...
Tanya Sych knows what it means to grow up without the safety of a real home. She was one of six children taken into an orphanage after addiction consumed her family. Her mother drank heavily, used drugs, and cycled in and out of prison. Her father, Tanya...
There was a time when Nadia could not even hear the word “mother” without breaking. She was fifteen when her mom died, old enough to feel the loss deeply, but still so young to carry it. The grief did not stay quiet. It worked its way...
Before he ever told me his story, Zhenya’s backpack already said something about the life he had lived. One patch marked him as part of a specialized anti-drone unit. Another referenced unmanned ground vehicles. Another carried the identity of his team. Together they spoke of a...
