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For some people, an HIV diagnosis might
be a wakeup call, but for Zhanna, it was
another reason to dive deeper into her heroin
addiction. “My physical condition was getting
worse and I began to wait for the end,” she
explains... (Read more)
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He began to read the Bible and ask questions about
Jesus. But he was afraid because he feared his Muslim relatives would despise,
mock, or even persecute him if he became a Christian... (Read more)
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An MTS student's story of recovery and rebirth. After falling into a life of drug abuse, Vladimir discovers Christ and with Him, a way to a new life. (Read more)
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An MTS alum organizes a youth conference, where more than 200 young
Christians declared their desire to take part in outreach in the coming
months. (Read more)
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Drugs appeared in my life by the time I was
17. I used them intravenously for seven long years and could not stop. Twice I
was treated in clinics, but unsuccessfully.
In
the summer of 2000 I came to the Central EBC church of Omsk seeking treatment
for my drug addiction. I began visiting these services, and in August of the
same year I repented before God... (Read more)
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Raisa Totieva, her husband and their five children lived a relatively
ordinary life in Beslan, Russia until September 1, 2004. On that day, a
terrorist group stormed her children’s school and took hostage of more
than 1,100 people. The takeover ended tragically three days later with
the deaths of more than 300 people. Raisa sent all five of her children
to school that day; four of them never returned... (Read more)
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It was during my fifth time in prison that Christians were allowed to
come to prisons because the time of religious freedom came. So one time
there came a group of Baptists and among them was a Balkraian, Ibragim,
who was the first Christian among our nation. He talked to me and gave
me a copy of the New Testament. I began reading it with
interest because my life seemed so hopeless. However, I had a slight hope that the Almighty might help me to
get out of this mess... (Read more)
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One day,
a loud drunken company was taking rest on the lakeside. My mother
decided to go
for a swim. She never come out of the water. A search for her began the
next day. I participated in the search and was the first to find her.
While in the water I stepped on
something soft. Once I realized what I had stepped on I grew dumb with
shock. I
could not come out of the water by myself... (Read more)
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I have always struggled with hot temper. I do not think it is right to
excuse it with a notorious “Caucasian spirits.” Through living next to
other brothers in the dormitory, learning from their spiritual
experience, from teachers’ expertise, through making myself listen to
other opinions and accept them, I found that I am becoming more tolerant
to those Christians I disagree with on insignificant matters... (Read more)
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I was born into an atheistic family. At the age of 16, I came to the Baptist church of Nalchik for the first time. When I saw so many people who loved God and each other, my doubts regarding God and his word were dissolved completely... (Read more)
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The church had to deal with an insurmountable obstacle. We rent an
assembly hall in local maternity hospital. This is a public institution
and the administration prohibits us from inviting and advertising to
unbelievers to come to the evangelism services. So after fasting and
prayer our church decided to build its own Prayer House this year... (Read more)
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It is hard to keep up the same spiritual pace when you have to work hard
to earn living and serve in the church at the same time. So these times
of study always become refreshments for me as for two weeks we are
immersed into spiritual environment and feed on the Bible. I feel
uplifted during and long after sessions... (Read more)
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I
knew what I should devote my life to; I was devoted to the ideals of the
criminal world.
But one day I dreamt that God saved me from death and promised to
take care of me and future. From that time I started to think about God
constantly. One day somebody gave me the Gospel of Mathew. I read it in
one sitting. I felt like a stranger in a dessert who had found water. (Read more)
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