He has the power to help everyone

My name is Larisa Antonyuk. Born in the Adventist family in the city of Cherkassy, where he lived to 16 years old, together with his parents and elder brother. In 2006 I entered the Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute. During her studies, she met her husband Artem. At the moment, we train with our husband for our two children.

My love for God to my parents was inoculated from birth. Forever, they remembered their expression: they do everything for God, in all spheres of life. And my dad and my mom were a great example. Dad was doing repairs of shoes, he did, and still does, everything is good and cheap. He says that people are so very poor, and God bless us completely. At the work he testified to God clients, invited all the gospel programs, even invited us to a wedding for our clients so that they could see both crocheting and blessing in our church.

About 15 years ago I started a special relationship with God when I asked the question and received an answer to them, more precisely, a sign that I asked for. The first such important question for me was connected with the choice where to get higher education. And I asked God to give me a sign within a week. The week was already over, and on Friday and Saturday, students from the UHA who had served and advertised this university came to us in the city. At dinner, the dad called me to myself and shared that he was praying for my admission and would very much like to study at the UHE, which I immediately agreed, because from the 10th grade I had wanted to study there.

I have seen that trust in God takes care and brings joy and peace to my life, even when it seems that everything is not what it was like.

In the student years there were various trials and victories in spiritual life. One of them, I had to survive on the first Saturday in September, when the sun fell on Friday, girls from the room that belonged to another church, began to cook, watch movies, wash. For me it was a huge shock, I walked across the territory crying, praying and crying again, because the atmosphere that prevailed in the room was completely unusual for me. Then God answered me through the dormitory commandant, to which I turned, as this woman was a friend of our family. Her words were obvious, but very relevant to me: in your wheelchairs there was a completely different life at home, and what is in you and for them it's normal, you need to learn to share, and not concentrate on yourself alone. I studied it for months 3 precisely, I did my own cleaning of Friday, asked for movies and music to be listened to with headphones, cooked and washed, whenever possible, when we were at the service. So these girls began to respect our faith and even sometimes came to serve.

With my husband and children

For me, and then and now, with the words of support, there are Bible vows that were taught to commemorate the Sabbath School and in my childhood with my mother, who at the right time come to mind. I love to read the Word of God in the morning in silence, to think, to pray. It inspires me for a new day, is revealed every time in a new way, and it is the basis of my faith. As I wrote earlier, through my life, I always trust my plans for God and ask Him to show me signs so I can understand if I'm moving in the right direction. I ask advice from small plans to very important, such as marriage, apartment purchase, car, birth of children, etc. We have time with a husband when we pray for our family, children, trust the dreams and ask for a blessing. Thank God who by this time have always felt Him near and believe that he has the power to help everyone, the main thing is to take her!

With parents

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