Panasenko, Valentina

Description

Tell about your childhood, school, family, etc.

I had sad childhood. I was often very sick so my mother prayed a lot asking God to keep me alive. There were 11 kids in our family, but 3 girls died at the age of 3-4. We were a very friendly family, all kids were dressed up nicely. We all listened to our parents.

Where did you work? Was your work good? Were you happy with your job?

At the age of 18 I started working at school. There I took different positions: I was an assistant of a book-keeper, worked at the buffet, worked at the library, was a leader of pioner organization working with kids. Then I worked at the village administration as abook-keeper. I was active in various afterwork activities. I played acordeon to the kids. I played music since I was in the 4^th grade 0 God gave me this talent. Then for 3 years I worked at the resort place as an HR assistant. Since 1977 I worked in Kyiv. First I worked at the state bank as a controller.

Tell about your present life.

I am very ill now – I have the 2^nd degree of disability. Since 1996 I live alone. I cannot cook soup, but I need to have it. So I go to soup kitchen close by to get some food there. My relatives are in Kupyansk now, it is being bombed heavily and there is no connection with them.

Have you accepted Christ? How long have you been following the Lord?

I believe in God – my whole family are believers. I am very thankful to our church ministers and sponsors for their help.

Tell about one thing your sponsor needs to know about you.

We are here. We love you and each other. Praise God!