Little Lambs has held camps in over 56 orphanages and ministered to over 12,000 orphaned and abandoned children in the former Soviet Union since 1992. 

Join us this summer in Ukraine as we celebrate 20 years of ministering to the orphaned and abandoned children in the former Soviet Union!  Download your application today!

Every summer we hear similar stories from each of the children: they have alcoholic parents, there is abuse and neglect at home so they are either kicked out or choose to leave home and the orphanage takes them in. Their stories then conclude with each of them saying in one way or another: "I want to have a family." By working hand in hand with local evangelical churches and individuals from around Ukraine we hope to reach out to these children - show them the hope and love of Christ and help them become self-sufficient, contributing members of society.

Consider joining us next summer in Ukraine for our 2012 Summer Camps!

During the months of June, July and August LLM and the Bible League of Canada have been working together with many church planters in Armenia, Romania, Belarus, Russia, Serbia and Moldova helping them organize VBS camps. We were able to help our partners in Eurasia to organize 289 camps with a total attendance of over 12,000 children. The thrilling thing is that the children not only had fun, but many of them met their Savior Jesus Christ in the process.

Pray for wisdom for the church planters and hundreds of their assistant volunteers as they organize the on-going discipleship programs during the following months for those who started to attend churches as a result of this program now.

 CARE PACKAGES:

These are one of the most important gifts that we give to the orphans in our summer and winter camps. Some of the children have never owned their own comb, and every child needs the essentials of a toothbrush and toothpaste. Please consider how you can help collect these precious gifts for us.

How you can help: Each care package includes the following items packed into a large zip lock bag: (Toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, comb, washcloth and a little toy).

Family Home Near Zolotonosha, Ukraine

In our winter newsletter we wrote about Sergey, a church planter and his wife Sveta that wanted to start a family home and take in upwards to 10 orphaned children to live with them.  The government officials in thier village were so impressed with Sergey and Sveta's work in the village that they gave them a building, with an option to purchase, so that they could start a family home.  We wanted to help them purchase the building.  We were able to do this with financial gifts from Green Tree Community Church in MO and a donor in Chicago. 

In April Sergey and Sveta completed the purchase of the building and have transformed it into a home!  The rooms look beautiful and are ready for children to move into them! Please pray that the leagl guardianship process will go quickly and smoothly so that soon they will be able to bring children home to live with them. 

Here are some before and after pictures of the home:

Before



Two months ago Andrey and the boys he took from Berdichev orphanage purchased a used car.  The boys have been learning to fix up the car and will use it to help the older people that need help in their small church.  All three boys are enrolled in driving school. 

It is a wonderful way to teach the boys to help others and also gives them the valuable skill of learning to fix a car.  Thank you to those of you who helped Andrey and the boys purchase this car.  

Last summer was our second year working with village children in Moldova.  Even though we did not have a team for Moldova our Moldovan brothers and sisters did not give up the program.  We helped two small village churches with their VBS program.  173 children participated in the programs last summer and many families received needed clothing, blankets and, carepacks.  In one of the villages, during the final celebration of the week, many of the children's parents attended as well as the village mayor.  The mayor publicly expressed his appreciation for us and promised his support for this ministry in the future!

We are planning to grow and expand this important ministry to help the church planters inthe small villages reach more children during next summer in Moldova, Armenia, and beyond.  We would like to send a few teams to help next summer and if you are interested, please let us know.