Visit with Polina V.
Recently Lena had the opportunity to visit Polina V.
In 2015 Polina was taking the bus when one lady from our church invited her to a Saturday Bible study. She shared, “You see, I did not remember the exact address (back then, the church was meeting in the White House), and I could not find the place. So I went home. The following Sunday morning, something made me come back. And there I saw the lady walking to the church service who told me how to get to St. Paul’s Church.”
Polina is 72 years old. She was born in a town located in Southwest Russia, her mother was blind and raised four kids as a single mother, and her family was extremely poor. Polina says, “My greatest desire then was to have a good meal.” When she was a teenager, her uncle lived in Latvia (one of the Baltic countries) and took Polina into his family. It gave her a chance to start working. Later she met her husband, and they had two kids. Polina's son is 45 years old now, and the daughter is 50 years old.
Polina's husband was a sailor. So in 1969, their family moved to Kyiv, where Polina started working as a bookkeeper at a large factory. When Polina was in her 50s, her husband left her to live with another woman.
Polina's son used to be a terrible drug addict. According to her, “he was hopeless.” But Polina never stopped praying for him. A couple of years ago, her son wanted to go to a Christian rehab center where later he accepted Christ and quit using drugs. Polina says, “Now when my son visits me, he always says a long pray before we have a meal, and it warms my heart.”
Last week Polina's granddaughter (her daughter's daughter) gave birth to a child. So now Polina is a great-grandmother. Lena didn’t miss the opportunity to congratulate Polina on behalf of our MMK. So Lena packed a bag with things for a baby, including a beautiful baby blanket, and brought it to Polina. She was touched and very thankful.
Lena also learned that Polina often catches a cold, and at times she faints. Will you please pray for Polina’s health?
