“Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of the least of these, you did it unto Me.”
Matthew 25:45



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:: Acts 20:24
"But my life is worth NOTHING unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus.  The work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love."

 

MEET OUR STAFF...

 

Lance Atchison

Lance...........

 

Tetyana Petrovna Burak

Tanya joined our staff in September of 2004.  She serves as the Assistant Director.  Her role includes serving as Educational Liaison and Guardian for the children living at the Transitional Living Center.  Tanya served as an Assistant Principal of a local elementary school and English teacher before traveling to the United States where she earned a Masters degree in Education from the University of Nebraska - Omaha.  Her hard work and dedication to the children is amazing!

Arthur Kasaryan

Arthur joined the staff of Jeremiah's Hope in January of 2003. He has served in many capacities. He assists Steve with translation on visits to the orphanages, helps gather supplies and organizes transportation for humanitarian aid deliveries. His contribution to the ministry of Jeremiah's Hope has been invaluable.  He has helped to bridge the gap that is caused by language and culture.

Andrew Kelly

Andrew serves as the Director of Jeremiah's Hope.  He is dedicated to finding a solution to the problem orphanage graduates face after the completion of their many years in institutional settings.  Many orphaned children at the age of 16 are on their own without the skills to survive.  Andrew hopes to help solve that problem for a few orphans by developing Transitional Living Centers and ministries which will help meet their needs. 

 

Dmitry Grischuk

Dema serves as the Orphanage Program Director.  Dema studied at the Ukrainian Biblical Institute. Since graduating in 2000, he has served as evangelist in several congregations of the Church of Christ: Donetsk, Artyomovsk and Konstantinovka. Presently, Dema serves the Lord and the Church in Avdeyevka.  Since 2003, he has been enrolled as a student at Donetsk Institute of Social Education where he is working on a degree in “Elementary Education and Psychology”.  He has been involved in the lives of orphans in Donetsk since 2001, when he had the opportunity to serve on one of the World Wide Youth Camps teams working in Ukraine. 

Caroline McMahon

Caroline first came to Ukraine during the summer of 2000.  She worked as a part of a World Wide Youth Camps team teaching Bible lessons in a camp designed specifically to meet the needs of orphans throughout the Donetsk region of Ukraine.  Three years later, she again returned to Ukraine to participate in the "Christmas for Kids" campaign, coordinate by Jeremiah's Hope.  Caroline moved to Mariupol in March of 2005 to serve as one of the female house parents at the Transitional Living Center.  She is also involved in outreach to children still living in orphanages.

Steve Taliaferro

Steve moved to Ukraine at the end of December 2002 to begin full time work with the orphans in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Since that time, he has studied and began to understand the Russian language, the Ukrainian culture, and the actual workings of the orphanages in the region. He has established relationships with many of the children, as well as local Christians and government officials.  It is through hard work and a great love that Steve works tirelessly to find these orphans a sense of belonging in the kingdom of God.