God's Word in Action

The impact of your partnership in Russia

“My husband turned really mean,” she recalls. “He beat me and our children almost daily.”

Irina’s husband, Mikhail, was like most of the people in their small Russian village—a person who would go from one drinking party to another. “He seldom beat me,” she says, “only when he was drunk.” But that changed for the worse after she accepted Jesus Christ.
“My husband turned really mean,” she recalls. “He beat me and our children almost daily.”

A breaking point

His drinking and other health issues eventually necessitated his having both legs amputated. Wheelchair-bound, he continued to get drunk every day. One day, Irina and the children could no longer withstand his abuse, and left him home, drunk with his friends.

God’s Word works a miracle

Worried about her husband, she returned home in fear two days later. What she found was a miracle. Her husband was on the floor, crying and begging her for forgiveness, telling her that Jesus had forgiven him.

In a drunken stupor, Mikhail had passed out and fallen from his wheelchair. As he struggled to get up, he pulled a cloth off a table, and his wife’s Bible fell to the floor. He began reading it, and accepted the Lord.

A family of faith

“Today we are the happiest family on earth,” says Irina. “We are all with the Lord. What happiness that the Word of God can save even those in seemingly hopeless situations.”