Come, rest your head!

Thank you for praying for our children at the orphanage-internot #4. We also thank you for your prayers for all of our projects and ideas to make these children feel special.

Thanks to the Lord's provision and generous hearts of several dear
Christians from Nashville (TN) we were able to buy beautiful new beds for 18 precious children of the fourth grade. These children had been sleeping on beds made of pressed wood and mattresses that were nearly 30 years old. These 10-12 year old children were too big for those infant size beds and we had to fix the beds all the time. That was all the Internot (boarding school orphanage) had available. A long time ago the state stopped funding the purchase of new furniture for the children.

To say that the children were happy to receive their new beds is not even close. The beds were made by a local company, they are steel (very durable) and came in bright colors. Most boys picked blue and green beds and the girls took yellow and red ones. The beds were delivered a couple of weeks ago, but I was able to get a few shots of the kids in their new beds just recently.

You will notice that in the pictures, some of the boys are in the
girls rooms. They sleep in separate bedrooms but for this occasion the boys all ran into the girl's room to get their picture taken. Alex (in red pyjamas) and Vladik (in a blue sweat suit) just love to be in every picture.

When these pictures were taken the orphanage had no heat and power for two days. The children were extremely cold. The school was cancelled. Tania went out to buy electric heaters and came home with nothing. The city stores ran out of heaters. We thought that Odessa was merging into the ice age!

The Bible teaches us that we must rest in the Lord... PS 37:7. And I add "It is great that the kids can rest their heads on nice beds".

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Paul, Tania and Abigail Becker

tax deductable contributions can be sent to:
Chapelgate Church
Ukraine orphan project acct. #9284M
2600 Marriottsville Road
Marriottsville, MD 21104-1628