Oksana – One Determined Woman has a gratifying careerFebruary 17, 2025|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, Therapeutic MassageOksana has been a friend of Sveta’s for over 24 years. They met at a church where Oksana was a worship leader. Two years after their marriage, Mark and Sveta moved to her home city of Mykolaiv. They wanted to…
Success!February 11, 2025|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineYour Gifts Put Us Over The Top! Success!!!
A Father Fights for his CountryJanuary 13, 2025|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineVasya and Oksana were married for 23 years. They and their two daughters (16 and 22 years-old) were like many families living in Ukraine. They went to work and school, did chores together, ate together, celebrated together, and shared their…
Christmas Fundraiser 2024December 6, 2024|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineThe MUCH Christmas Fundraiser is Here!
Grateful in Difficult TimesDecember 6, 2024|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, Ukraine Happy Thanksgiving! When God called me to Ukraine twenty-two years ago, my life was packed into…
Equipment, Time, Patience, and LoveDecember 2, 2024|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, Therapeutic MassageZlata is a regular patient in our rehabilitation massage therapy program. She has a congenital spinal hernia. Only three-years-old, Zlata has experienced a lot of pain and many operations. No one wanted to accept her into their rehabilitation program, but…
Emotion, Fear, HopeNovember 9, 2024|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineFor God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of Power, and of Love, and of a Sound Mind. (IITimothy 1:7) The current war began in 2014. Sveta and I were two years into our international marriage. We…
We visited Chornomorsk and OvidiopolOctober 19, 2024|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, The ChildrenThis spring, Sveta and I visited Ovidiopol church and we had a wonderful time with the children and youth. Our Students Scholarship Program currently supports only two students, because mostly students study remotely.
Another Soldier’s StoryOctober 16, 2024|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, Therapeutic MassageRuslan is a military nurse who works on a medical evacuation vehicle. He provides first aid for soldiers and transports the wounded to hospitals. During transport, he also provides soldiers with medicine. He has been active in this war against…
Moving Forward With Their LivesSeptember 26, 2024|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineIt was near Donetsk in winter that an abandoned dog found its way into the soldiers' trench. She was given the nickname BORBOS. The soldiers fed her. She waited for them to return from their mission. Konstantin says that friendship…