Firewood in Lozova

Last Monday we were able to bless 25 families in Lozova with firewood to heat their houses. While visiting families in the weeks before, many of them shared that they had wood left for 1 week or even less, just a couple of days. Praise God that this wood came just in time. Coming Saturday we hope to help another 10 families. One of the ladies we gave wood is named Ana.

She is a 30 year old mother of two children. She has a son in the first class and her daughter is attending the kindergarten. For some months we have seen Ana and her children coming to church on Sundays. We also observed that Ana knows all the songs and she knows how to get around in the Bible but we never got to talk to her and hear her story. Neither did we know what kind of conditions she lived in and who is part of her family.

As we dropped of the firewood and a food parcel, she invited us into her house. There we met her father, who has been blind for the last 25 years. Ana looks after him. His wife died nearly 30 years ago and so he raised his son and Ana by himself. He is an intellectual man and he wrote poems for children and illustrated his own children book, (which is used nowadays at the local school in Lozova to teach the children). Ana’s father made sure that both Ana and her brother went to university and both of them graduated.

After we introduced ourselves to Ana’s father, we saw another bed in the small room and there Ana’s 93 year old aunt was sleeping. Ana has been taking care of her aunt for years.

Ana’s husband left her 4 years ago and since then she is raising her children by herself and also looking after her blind father and her aunt. The financial situation of this family is of course very difficult but due to Ana’s effort, the house is clean, warm and there is peace in the family. Her children are not growing up with all kind of luxury but they do have a mother who loves them and educates them. Many poor families can take an example from this family. We pray that God will strengthen Ana and continue to make her a blessing for her father, aunt and children. Of course Ana was very thankful for the firewood and the food parcel she received. A big blessing for her household.