Please pray for the Zeleyev Family. Five children between the ages of 5 and 12 live in a small house in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine with their father, Juliy (their mother is deceased). A few months ago, Children Service claimed that the house was too small and in too poor a condition for the family to be living there. When the Service disclosed its intent of placing the children into an orphanage, Juliy became so distressed that he was hospitalized with a suspected heart attack. Please pray -- True Hope, a local Christian organization, has temporarily placed the family in a larger house. But within a few months our partners in Ukraine need to help this family find a way to make their own house better and livable....November 22, 2011

We are so excited to report that International Leadership and Development Center (ILDC) has been invited to Kyrgyzstan to train workers of the Ministry of Social Security! For the past 2 years, ILDC has been a part of developing the Case Worker Core program. This program consists of workshops that include sessions on understanding a family-centered model of child protective services, family-caseworker relationships, legal issues, assessment, investigative processes, case planning, child development, and separation, placement and reunification of families. Once the program is completed, case workers are qualified to train......November 14, 2011

Please pray for Oleander (a teenager in the Ukrainian Christian orphanage Father’s House). Oleander is a kind, sociable boy, emotionally mature for his age. He is a good student and does well in sports. He loves to play soccer, is competitive and enjoys playing board games. He takes pride in caring for his pet hamster. Please pray that a loving, Christian family will adopt him before he "ages out" (see 10/25 post for more information about "aging out" of the system)....November 01, 2011