Botuzova, Valentyna

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Tell about your childhood, school, family, etc.

My childhood was spent in poverty. We had a very large family. My parents and seven children. And I was the youngest. I did well at school. What I remember from my childhood is that I always wore clothes and shoes after my sisters. We had no money to buy new ones. My father was a miner and my mother was a housewife.

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

All my working life, I worked at a machine-building plant in my city of Kramatorsk. I worked as an accountant. All my life I have been dealing with a lot of documentation and accounts. The working conditions were good. A cozy, warm room, I was doing what I enjoyed. The management was satisfied with my work. I also loved my job very much.

Tell about your present life.

I am an IDP. I had an apartment in Kramatorsk and lived there with my husband. My husband died 7 years ago. When the full-scale war started, I was forced to move to Kyiv. Now I live with my son’s family. Renting a separate apartment is too expensive for me. I have been living in Kyiv for three years.

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

My mother taught me to go to church since I was a child. But then when I grew up, I was busy with other things. I worked and raised my children. But now we are going through difficult times and I am returning to Christ. I pray to Him, read the Bible and go to church services.

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

I also want to add that after school I immediately went to work to help provide for our large family. At the same time, I was studying. I received the appropriate education. I got married and had two children.