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Russian to English - Rates: 0.06 - 0.10 USD per word / 20 - 30 USD per hour
Russian to English: Ministry description for "Safe Haven", a mission to orphans in Ukraine
Source text - Russian Служение заключается в том, чтобы помочь детям сиротам после окончания интерната. Поскольку по статистике-это самая незащищённая прослойка населения (о младших заботиться государство или у них есть шанс на усыновление). По статистике 90% выпускников интерната это будущие наркоманы, проститутки, торговцы наркотиков, зэки самоубийцы. Только 10% детей как-то по-другому устраивают свою жизнь. Каждый год весной и осенью мы делаем лагеря в интернате, чтобы познакомиться с детьми и обрести отношения и для того, чтобы они услышали Евангелие. В конце весны мы отбираем тех, кто хочет жить с нами по такому принципу: 1-те, кто покаялся влагере;2-те, кто интересуется знать больше о Боге, но ещё не уверен; 3-те, кому просто некуда идти. Обычно Бог производит такой отбор даже в независимости от нашего желания. В июне мы забираем детей на 2 года к нам. В течении этих 2-х лет они живут с нами как наши родные дети. Ходят с нами в церковь, на группы, которые мы проводим для них, учатся самостоятельно готовить, стирать, делать что-то по дому, учатся отношениям, общаться, то-есть всему чему их не научили в интернате за 17 лет. Тоже они учатся или в колледже, или университете. Через 2 года мы стараемся с Бодей помочь им начать новую самостоятельную жизнь вне нашего дома. Найти работу, жильё или продолжить учёбу. При этом они всегда могут прийти за советом, помощью к нам как наши родные дети. Обычно на праздники мы собираемся все вместе. Места мало, но зато эти встречи становятся незабываемыми как для детей, так и для нас с Богданом. В этом году на наш с Богданом День рождения пришли 3 поколения наших детей. Было 35 человек!
Для нас с Богданом - это не просто служение, за которое мы получаем деньги-это наша жизнь. Это, во-первых, то, что Бог сказал делать: заботится о сиротах; во-вторых, это дар, который Бог дал нам: любить чужих взрослых детей, рассказывать им о Боге, о надежде, о любви, учить их любить Бога и других людей. Наверное, это самое трудное служение, которое я знаю, но и самое благословенное. Самая большая радость-когда дети каются и их жизнь меняется. На сегодняшний день с нами жили 30 детей, из них ровно половина верующих. У многих есть уже свои семьи, и даже дети. Мы молимся о том, чтобы Бог давал силы нам с Богданом делать Его работу, поскольку мы видим плоды и ценность этой работы.
Translation - English The purpose of our ministry is to help orphaned children after they have graduated from the orphanage. According to statistics, this category of society is the least protected of all (the younger children are cared for by the government or there’s still a chance that they can be adopted). According to statistics, 90% of orphanage graduates are future druggies, prostitutes, drug dealers, prisoners, and suicide victims. Only 10% of these children manage to build their lives differently than the others.
Every year in the spring and fall, we put on camps in the orphanage in order to get to know the children, build relationships, and to give them a chance to hear the Gospel. In the end of spring, we choose a few children who would like to live with us. We choose according to these principals: 1) those who have repented during camp 2) those who are interested in knowing more about God but are still not sure 3) those who simply have nowhere else to go. Often, God sorts out the children for us, no matter what our personal preferences were.
In June, we bring the children into our home for a two year term. Over the span of these two years, they live with us as though they were our own children. They go to church with us and attend small groups which we prepare for them. They learn to cook and clean and do work around the house; they learn about relationships and how to relate to people. In short, they learn about everything they didn’t learn in their 17 years at the orphanage. The children also study in a college or university. When their two years are up, Bogdan and I try to help them start a new and independent life outside of our home; we try to help them find work, a place to live, and a way to continue studying. Along with that, they can always return to us for advice and help, just as our own children would.
Usually we all gather together on the holidays. There’s not much space, but that makes it all the more memorable both for the children and for Bogdan and I. This year on my and Bogdan’s birthday, three “generations” of our children joined us…35 people in all! For Bogdan and I, this is not just a ministry that we get paid for, it is our life. First of all, it is what God told us to do – to care for the orphans; secondly, this is a gift God has given us – to love grown children who are not our own, to tell them about God, about hope, about love, and to teach them to love God and each other. This is probably the hardest ministry I know…and yet the most blessed.
The greatest joy for us is when the children come to know Christ and their lives change. Up to this point, 30 children have lived with us; exactly half are believers. Many of them already have their own families and children. We pray that God would give Bogdan and me strength to do His work, as we see the fruit and value of this work.
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Master's degree - SEND International
Experience
Years of experience: 24. Registered at ProZ.com: Apr 2008.
I have eight years experience in Russian<>English translation and interpretation, gained while living in Kiev, Ukraine (August 2000-February 2008). I've worked in a number of different areas, all within the context of the Russian language. Some areas of specialization include:
*medicine
*health
*social services
*humanitarian aid
*biology and natural sciences
*general aviation
*general computer
*basic business
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