Mykola & Anna Semenov

Sophia, Arina

Mykola came to Christ at age 14 in Eastern Ukraine. He started to serve in children's ministry and then developed into doing youth ministry. Later, he became a deacon in his church and also led family ministry with his wife Anna. Until 2014, Mykola and Anna, with their two daughters, lived and served in the east. However, everything changed when war invaded Ukraine. Their family was forced to leave because of Russian occupation of their city. Until March 2015, their family remained as far east as possible, ministering in the war zone by helping people who were suffering from the Eastern Ukraine conflict. Later, they moved to Western Ukraine, where they joined a team that was organizing a new church. Nonetheless, their hearts were still breaking over all that had happened in their homeland. They decided to begin a ministry in the west that serves internal refugees who had moved west. They also continued traveling back to Eastern Ukraine, supporting churches and individuals who have stayed there. In 2015, Mykola was introduced to the ministry of Josiah Venture, and began to get a vision for youth ministry in the east. At the beginning of 2018, he was invited to join JV and develop a model of youth ministry in the very needy zone of far Eastern Ukraine.