1. Last
Fall, with God’s help we were able to organize very good conference in
Kiev. This conference was about Child Sexual Abuse and how to provide
professional help to sexually abused children. We had been planning this
event for very long time, but due to different circumstances were not able to
do it. Over 100 participants participated in the conference and workshops that
were held on the next day. It was our prayer request for long time. The problem
of child sexual abuse was and still is a very hard topic for Ukraine. It was
good beginning to start talking about this problems and propos unique training
programs and recourses that will help children.
2. Also,
after the conference we were able to train and a good group of national
trainers that will carry out trainings on the topic of “Professional help to
sexually abused Children” in other parts of Ukraine and Russia.
3. In
2012, with God’s help we printed “Wounded Children, Healing Homes” book. This
book has already become a great tool and helped so many adoptive and foster
families to go through adoption crisis. As an example and great testimony
we have one training participant who shared her story with us during our last
training. She said that she is a therapist and adopted mother. She told us a
story how “Wounded Children Healing Homes” book helped her to save her
family. She had major troubles with her adopted daughter whom she adopted
6 years ago. She was preparing for adoption disruption and sent her daughter to
government shelter for 3 months (the daughter didn’t want to stay with her).
Then she got from us Wounded Children Healing Homes book. When she read it she
realized how much she had done wrong. She took her daughter back and began to
do things differently. And she was able to resolve major problems and her
daughter lives with her now and there will be no disruption.
Three major
prayers requests
1. We
are currently looking for a new training manager for our organization. We would
like for this person to be a great fit to our team, responsible, strong
believer, a person of integrity and would also have passion for the ministry to
children that risk.
2. Reaching
sustainability. Our great desire, in 2013 to reach sustainability in our
projects.
3. Physical,
emotional strength for all of our employees at ILDC.
