Never having married, when accusations began to fly about using him for his money and the comforts of his two-story home the hurt began. But when he began to criticize her religion and relationship with the Lord Jesus, with only her purse in hand, she walked out and never has returned to him or her beloved homeland of Armenia. Arriving in Moscow to start a new life would not be easy.
As we round the corner and buildings comes into view, I am flooded with a myriad of emotions. Housed within these buildings that now surround us like sky-high sentinels are hundreds, maybe thousands, of women. These buildings seem to speak of their neglect and as we approach the entrance and the long climb up several sets of stairs, my heart begins to pound with expectation. What will we encounter beyond these doors? A brief explanation is made through a small porthole in the door and we enter Area 29 of the Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center in Moscow.
When God spoke to Katherine to take her first mission trip to Russia, we didn’t have 10 cents to call our own. Down on our knees in prayer, we went in search of the answer to our financial need for her trip. The Lord specifically spoke to Katherine to write three letters to businessmen we knew. Disappointingly, each one of them responded saying their businesses had come upon ‘hard times’ and they were sorry but they were not in a position to help financially.
