Our Story

My name is Vitaly. I was born in the Soviet Union and had never known anything about God. I often asked myself what the future would be like after I died, and that uncertainty frightened me. I was a teenager when the Soviet Union collapsed. A religious man told me that unbelievers fall asleep forever. This news gave me freedom from the fear of death. I didn't need God, I wanted to live by my own rules. For this reason I went to jail for 9 years being only 19 years old. There I believed in God as my Saviour. I was 26 years old when I read the Gospel for the first time. I compared my life with the life of Jesus and understood that mine was selfish and meaningless one. There I turned to God for the first time saying: "God, if You exist - I want to die." At that moment I heard very loud and clear voice: "Are you ready?»". I thought I was ready, but immediately I saw what waited for me if I died then. It was horrible experience, it was hell and scared me very much. I screamed : "No God! If You accept me with all my faults, please, change my life »". From that moment God changed me and all my life. Today I love God, the people around me and life itself. I have a wonderful family. I'm not afraid of death because I know that I'm saved and I know what is lying ahead. I know where I'm going and Who is my assurance of eternal life. This is the Lord Jesus.
 

My name is Tatiana. I was born and grew up in the capital of Moldova, in Chishinau. My parents worked on factory and my elder sister and I studied in a typical soviet school, where it was not accepted to talk about God. When I was teenager the Soviet Union collapsed. My parents were too busy surviving, and I joined a group of guys, just like me, we were into in rock music, we walked a lot and made a mess. Then I met Vitaly, it was a first young love, I was 13. But unfortunately he went to prison and I lost contact with him. I were graduating high school when I met a group of people which offered me to study Bible together. Then I realised that God really exist and the devil too, and I must to choose way to go, but I had more fear than love for God. When those people offered me baptism I refused. Then I went to the University and I got to a company of informal people, I fell in sin and immorality, and it brought the consequences: failed marriage, divorce, damaged relationships with my family, I was left alone with my baby and I didn’t even knew how to be a mom. I tried to be a good person but sin always won me. At that time Vitaly appeared in my life again and offered me to have a cup of tea with him. I expected to see a brutal man, who spend nine years in prison, but he was completely a new person for me, such shiny! I found him very happy, he talked about God and about miracles in his life. I thought, only God could make such a change. Soon we got married. We talked a lot about God, I debated with my husband. He advised me to start reading the gospel of John. I decided to read Bible every day and I noticed, some strange things began to happen with me. What was normal for me earlier became disgusting and senseless. My relationships with God got stronger and I decided to get baptized in 2007. Jesus became my real friend, He taught me to be a good mother, a good daughter, sister, wife, He taught me to love. He freed me from my past. Jesus changed me and all my life. Today I love God, people around me and life itself. I have a big christian family, we have 3 children now and we’re glad to see, that they grow, knowing the truth, they know Jesus and share their faith. 

 

When we believed God opened our eyes so that we could see peoples needs, Jesus gave us a new heart to feel their pain. Many people around us who live in darkness. We were there but Jesus gave us a new life, that’s why we wanted to share Jesus with them. When we met missionaries from CRU we decided to become full time CRU stuff to reach Moldova for Christ together.