Little Lambs Homes

ROVNO, UKRAINE

In Ukrainian orphanages, though the kids are said to graduate, they do not get the equivalent of a high school diploma and thus it is impossible to find a way to make a life for themselves. They cannot find jobs and cannot enter any sort of post-secondary training. With this problem in view, Renate and her Kiev staff found themselves once more burdened to find a way to help these kids. We started our Rovno home in 1998 with a small apartment for 5 orphaned girls from Kiev who had just left their orphanage at the age of 16. Two years later we built a 10-bedroom home in Rovno, and today we have 24 children there. 11 children are in high school, 7 are in college and 6 have already graduated college and are working part-time. Our housemother Olya is working hard in preparing them for life outside the home and depending on God for everything they need. Out of the 24 children, 15 have accepted Christ and seven are members of a local church. God has transformed many lives in our Rovno home, and we are thankful to not only provide them with a nice home, but with the opportunity to follow God.

You can help provide a Christian home environment through our Little Lambs Homes.

Our Rovno home is in need of financial assistance. Since this home is designed for graduates, they did not qualify for the home grant Dunaevtzy received.
Our homes need physical upkeep of the property to continue providing a safe home environment.
Little Lambs Ministry is attempting to start a new graduate home in Kiev and must buy an apartment there.

How Can You Help?

Donate a financial gift for the Rovno home.
Commit to monthly supporting our Little Lambs Homes.
Give financially towards our future graduate home in Kiev.

Please make all checks out to Little Lambs Ministry and state in bottom left hand corner of check where you wish to designate your gift. For more information, email our office here and request a sponsorship brochure.

DUNAEVTZY, UKRAINE

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Our baby home opened in 2001 after God provided the funds for a home in Dunaevtzy, Ukraine. The Ukrainian house parents, Tamara and Valik worked in Little Lambs camps and desired to take in orphans that needed a loving, Christian home. Four years ago we started with three babies and today we have 12 children. Seven of the children were brought to the home as babies. When the government asked us to take Katya she was only four months old. Her mom died and she was living with an alcoholic grandmother. Two years later we learned that Katya had a brother Vadim and a sister Alina, who lived with the grandmother too. When we heard they were in the process of being sent to an orphanage we took them into the home too. All of the children have similar stories of God’s provision. We are thankful for how God brought this family together and for the care given to them by their heavenly Father and earthly family.

Last year the baby home, Dunaevtzy, applied for government funding as part of these efforts. Starting March 1st, our home in Dunaevtzy will be funded for the children’s care. Though the government is funding the children’s daily needs in Dunaevtzy, both the houses and property are still owned by Little Lambs Ministry. Therefore, we are still in charge of its upkeep and tending for the physical needs of the property to ensure a safe environment is kept for both Dunaevtzy and Rovno.

OVRUCH, UKRAINE
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My name is Andrew Rozvodovsky. I was born on April 3, 1987 in Korosten, Ukraine. My father, Paul, is the pastor of a church on the weekends and a carpenter at a school during the week. My mother, Luba, is retired. I have an older sister, Alla, and older brother, Anton. In 1999 I gave my life to Jesus. In 2002 I was baptized. In 2004 I finished high school, and in 2007 I finished a technical computer college and Bible school. Since 2003 I have been a volunteer with Little Lambs. I have worked every summer in Little Lambs Camps. In 2007 I was accepted at the Kyiv Theological Seminary, Church Planting Program. This summer (2009) I moved to a small town to start a new church. I took three boys (Leonid, Boris, Yurа) from an orhpanage in Berdichev, who accepted Christ in the camp, to help them grow in their faith, and help them to find their way in life. All three study at the technical school. We rent a small old house and together we take care of the house. It keeps the boys out of trouble and with God's help, they will grow spiritually. I hope that many young Christians will help the orphans who graduate and have no place to go and no one to help and guide them. I pray that many orphans will find Christian families who can help them in their studies, and teach them to trust their lives into God's hands.