"I lift my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help"(Psalm121:1) I gazed out on the beauty of my native Ukraine in 1982, moved by the majesty of the Carpathian Mountains, the meadows and the Prut River, not knowing what challenges and suffering would be coming to me over the next several years. At this time, I was also not aware of how my faith through Christ and the Holy Spirit would sustain me through those times to come, living as a newly-repented and saved Christian believer under the Communist regime, an atheistic, totalitarian, military government. With God's grace, it may also lead you to Christ through deep regeneration of your soul and being Born Again. If you already a believer, this story may reaffirm the faith you have from God, and may love of God by His Spirit fulfill your heart and you live with joy and peace with appreciation of freedom you have, which leads you to eternal life! The pictures are at the Prut River which means a mountain stick, for its beautiful nature says for its Ukrainian forests & valleys as the Ukranian language sounds. Bukovina - the name of area of Chernivtsi district, means beech tree. Looking at each leaf it always recalls my Heavenly Creator who helps me giving His faith to be loyal to my countrymen, foreigners even an enemy. The Lord who is builder and maker and also is the author and finisher of faith is always there...
