God teaches us to dream and reach the goal

Hello!

I'm Alexander Kurenchuk, I'm 29 years old. I work in IT-technologies, project-manager. Since childhood, I have been fascinated by two things: the first - to invent new, the second - to communicate and inspire people to great things. I got a technological education, although in my heart I'm a philologist. Maybe that's why I sometimes get inspired to write poetry and scenarios for theatrical productions.

In my life there are five dear to my heart women, whom I really love - this is my wife Zhenechka, two daughters - Lizonka and Katyusha, Mom Tanya and Sister Anyuta. I am very grateful to God for everyone, but especially for children. Now the oldest daughter is 5 years old, the youngest is only one year old. They are so different - the first in character choleric, very charismatic, and younger - phlegmatic, but such a positive and always smiling.

More than ten years of my biography is connected with the cozy city of central Ukraine, which is (in my opinion) a reduced copy of St. Petersburg - with Poltava. I really love this city, its rhythm of life and hospitable people, among whom I live and develop.

My path to Ukraine began far from Poltava, in a place located at a distance of more than 3000 km up the map. My childhood and youth I spent in a small northern town - Pechora, comfortably stretched on the steep banks of the river of the same name in the northern European part of Russia. From the windows of my house were seen the Ural Mountains. There, 9 months a year - winter, and the rest - flocks of mosquitoes, thirsty for the blood of anyone who dares to go out without a generous layer of anti-mosquito or a special mesh. But the strongest memory of the city is 56 degrees frost as a gift to our residents for the New Year ... And yet, I think with warmth about this city blizzard, because it is also a city of school friends, the first steps in creativity, leadership and first love .

Because it was there, in this, it would seem, not very friendly (in a climate) place, I first met with God. First, before I became mine, it was the God of my mother. By the way, her way to Him was very remarkable.

This greatly inspired the members of the group, they continued to pray intensely and study the Word of God even deeper. So they came to an understanding of the inviolability of the 10 commandments, understood that they must be observed in the form in which they are written in the Bible, and therefore honor the holy day - the Sabbath.

At that time, I was about 6-7 years old. I remember this friendly atmosphere at home, singing psalms. The group was constantly increasing and, when it already numbered 50 people, its members decided to ask whether there is a church in their city that understands the truth in the same way? We went to different churches, asked, recognized ... But did not find.

After some time an Adventist pastor came to Pechora. Miraculously, God arranged their meeting and, communicating, they finally found out that they, it turns out, are Adventists. And on the basis of this group, the first ASD church in Pechora was organized. And my mother was at the beginning of the creation of the church.

I remember how she took me and her sister to the Prayer House. We were still children and felt very strong resistance from our father, but seeing our steadfastness, he softened, stopped interfering with our visits to the church, but began to treat us with some irony.

We, in spite of everything, constantly pray for the father and believe that the power of prayer is great and the Lord will once touch his heart.

As I studied and compared doctrines, I deleted from my list those churches that did not correspond to the Word of God. So gradually all the denominations were crossed out and only the church of the ASD remained. I was very happy about this and decided to return to the community with the firm conviction that this is not just the church of one of my parents, but now this is my church, my choice, in the correctness of which I no longer doubted.

I began to grow spiritually and at the age of 16 I was baptized. It happened on June 4, the water temperature in the river was +4 degrees and, when I was immersed in it, the feeling of the water grave was really bright ...

At the end of the school in front of me was the choice - where to go to study? After all, in the northern town, except vocational schools and some other schools, nothing happened. And I already understood that thanks to my grandmother, who gave me a computer at the age of 14 and I already knew (at that time) well in it, I want to associate my future profession with him.

My mother and I traveled to several universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg and I decided that I will come to the capital. Returning home, I decided to fast for 3 days and learn God's will for future studies. And so, at the end of the fast, on the fourth day, my father tells me: "You know, son, you will go to study in Poltava." For me it was a shock. At that time, the Ukrainian city of Poltava in my mind was associated with a distant country in Zimbabwe ... I was going to study in Moscow, and then suddenly - a small town, somewhere very far away, in Ukraine. My second grandmother lived in Poltava and my father wanted me to stay in the dormitory while she was studying. He proved to me all the advantages of such a way of life and insisted on his own. I was indignant, nervous, did not agree ... But my father was adamant ... So I entered the Poltava National Technical University. Yu. Kondratyuk.

There I plunged into the church life with my head: I was elected youth leader of the church of the city's ASD. We went to schools and conducted "Weeks of Horrors" - talked about the unimaginable consequences of drug addiction, alcoholism, and other bad habits. All this was accompanied by theatrical productions. It was there that my first public appearances began (before that I was very afraid of the audience).

Once I met my future wife. Her mother had an employee who went to our church, and she had a son, Denis, who was very knowledgeable about computers, figuratively speaking, was with them on "you". My future wife on the contrary, despite the fact that she miraculously entered the institute, was not connected with computers. This girl was an unbeliever, she studied at our faculty, only for a year less: I was in the second year, and she was on the first. And so somehow it happened that she did not quite succeed with the course work, and she was looking for someone who could help her understand the computer. And when she "went out" to Denis, he said: "Turn to Kurenchuk, he understands better." I was given her phone number five times, but I somehow lost it. In the end, she did not wait, she found my phone number herself and called, asking for help.

She recalls with horror our first conversation. Then I said to her: "Why did you act if you do not understand anything?" Maybe it was just, but rather harsh, and after our conversation, she had a very negative opinion about me. And yet, despite my indignation, I agreed to help her. We agreed to meet.

We met. I helped Zhenya with the term paper.

Over time, during our communication, my negative opinion about the girl was changed to positive. We even liked each other and started dating.

I told Zhenya that I was a believer, but did not say that the Adventist, believed that very few people know about such a church, and belonging to her can frighten my girl. That is why I was "encrypted" in every way.

At that time, we had an interesting program in the church. I was involved in it: I was asked to be meeting. And I told Zhenya that for some time we will not be able to meet her. She also tried in every way to find out from me where I was disappearing outside the university. I "split", and she was surprised: "Why did not you tell me anything? I'm interested, too, and I want to go to this program. " As a result, Zhenya went through the whole cycle of meetings, got acquainted with a pastoral family, began to attend church and six months later was baptized.

We met for a long time and when I graduated from the university we got married. Our marriage took place on July 4, 2010.

... Once I went to Pechora, and there my relative at a meeting asked me to create the site he needed. At that time, I did not know how to do it, but I agreed to try it. And for a month I coped with the task.

This is the beginning of my IT career. And already at the end of my studies, my brother and I organized a team and started creating sites for commercial projects.

I love everything new, unfamiliar, I am visited by interesting ideas, often there is an inspiration for writing poems, productions ... Once I had an idea to write a script for a Christmas holiday in the church. What I found on the Internet, I did not like, I wanted to talk about Christ better, more easily, to attract as many young people as possible to this event. So at our church there was a mono-theater with the production "Born". The performance required scenery, new costumes, memorizing roles ... But we are not professional actors ... Therefore, there were difficulties and conflicts. But inspired by the idea of ​​bringing the history of the birth of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible, we rallied in one friendly collective. Now there are 40 people in our team. I was given the honorable role of the director-director.

The Lord, seeing our desire to serve people, gave wisdom instead of scenery to use the visualization effect - video projection on the screen. This is very impressive and allows everyone to feel the effect of presence in this era. When we see inspired faces of people in the hall, tears in our eyes, we understand that God touched their hearts, which means that we worked for good reason.

With the theatrical production "Born" our team has already visited Kremenchug, Gadyach and Dnieper. The performance was able to see more than 2000 people. Our example inspired the Church of Chernigov and there they also staged performances, first in our script, and now they write their own.

I can not imagine my life without God. We have a very trusting relationship with Him. I'm not worried about my future. Previously, I was very worried: for work, orders ... But now, thanks to my Heavenly Friend, in which I am absolutely sure, I am calm. My Lord has a subtle humor, and I like it. I used to think that God somehow restricts a person, that He is indifferent to our dreams and plans. That He solves only some local problems, mini requests. And if we globally dream of some kind of deeds in life, then to Him, this business is not. He has his own plans and worries. But over time I realized that this is not so. What exactly does God teach us to dream and achieve the goal. And He does it not accidentally and not in vain.

I often dreamed the same dream: I talk with the leadership of the world church of the SDA about the Adventist site and tell them: "You are not doing well, not everything is set up." I know that this is the site of the world church of the SDA - adventist.org. Waking up, I thought: "Why am I dreaming this dream? What for? Where am I and where are they? ".

A year before, our good friend had left for America. One day he invited my family to stay with me, and we decided to go. The Lord miraculously saw for us the solution of the issue with visas, and we flew to New York. Two weeks lasted our journey through the cities of America. And again I thought: "Why did God give me this trip? Just to rest? So it was possible to do it in Turkey - it's much closer and cheaper ... "However, God simply does not happen. I still do not know anything until the end, but the picture has begun to clear up.

At this time, the head of the information department was replaced in the Ukrainian church of the SDA. It was decided to do a missionary site. Collected all the IT-nicks in Kiev, I expressed my opinion there about the sore. I was supported in some way, but in some ways I did not. But after a while they called and asked: "Would you like to deal with this site?" I answered in the affirmative. And just after a while they called me again. The question was unexpected, they suggested that they go to America, to Washington, to a meeting of Adventist IT specialists. Then I realized why God gave me an advanced trip, because thanks to her I had an American visa. I was surprised by God's plan and, of course, agreed.

There I met with the site manager of the World Church of the SDA, told him about our problems. Since then we communicate with him. I understand that God has no boundaries, He is great, He does something that a person does not fit into his head. Therefore, He must be completely trusted, and He will lead man to the path He needs, only to Him in a known way.

Now I am engaged in church projects and service on a residual principle, because I devote 6 working days to commercial projects that enable me to earn money to live and support a family. And this, unfortunately, has nothing to do with missionary work, the achievement of people with the gospel. And I do not like it.

But I have a dream - I want to work for the church, for the needs of believers, for preaching the gospel all over the world. I would like us to organize such a company in Ukraine, which would develop projects for the World Church. I want the maximum of my working and even personal time to be devoted to the approach of the Kingdom of Heaven.

While this article was being written, this dream has already come true, to a greater extent now my time is devoted to Christian projects.

I believe that the Lord knows my dreams and intentions (in this list - and shoot movies on Christian themes) and He will certainly help me to realize them.