So many ways to serve the heart in one and the same situation! It is also an encouragement that those who are more experienced are not perfect, and they also depend on whether God provides direction. Everyone is trying, everyone is learning.

And the greatest miracle for me is how God plants a passage in your heart from His Word that is just right for the moment! And it definitely is not the result of yourself or your experience (which you do not have), but comes DIRECTLY from Him. I was thrilled to see that God’s Word is so alive and so practical! Also, God was working intensively in my own heart during that time as well – He was rebuking, encouraging, making me understand myself deeper, and know Him better.

Oksana Pankeeva, pastor’s wife, ministry to the graduates of orphanages and single mothers.

Oleg, ‘This training uncovered the way for the rightful practical application of God’s Word and the instruments which were provided in the learning sessions. At that very moment I made the decision to dedicate my life to the ministry of Biblical Counseling!’

Oksana, ‘I was mostly impressed with how ease experienced counselors work with counselees, find Biblical passages for each specific case, using not only Doctor’s Instruments but their own ‘instruments’ as well. That is when I realized that I wanted and could do it too. The Lord Himself wants it, and He will help me – He will teach me to show compassion to a soul and lead it to the One Who is able to see the heart and help put it back in order.’

Oleg and Oksana Maksimchuk, ministers at a rehab center.