Helping Elderly Jewish People in Russia

It is not easy to live in Russia now. Due to the economic crisis, many social programs have closed and many of the elderly and disabled are in need of help. It is very sad to see these helpless people, many of whom have been left alone in old age. Chosen People Ministries will continue to give them all the support we possibly can. Recently, staff members Kirill and Vera visited Jewish residents with disabilities at a retirement home in Sevastopol, Ukraine. One of them, Velvl,* suffers from Parkinson’s disease. Chosen People Ministries’ Messianic congregation constantly visits this nursing home and brings them medicine and food. This time the Messianic congregation gave a small concert in which Velvl sang old Jewish songs from their youth; at the end, all the elderly people were asked to sing the Jewish song Hava Nagila. Our Jewish friend Velvl started dancing as though he had no disability!