Twenty-five years ago, the condition of the street children in Kiev was beyond description.  When the Director of Ezra International (Mel Hoelzle) visited Kiev to set up Aliyah efforts, he encountered filthy, starving orphans in rags, grubbing around the underground for food.  “Lord!” he prayed, “What are You going to do about these street children?” Immediately he grasped the Lord’s response: “What are YOU going to do Mel?”  Through Ezra International, Bruce and his wife Anne began to work alongside local Christians in Kiev to provide aid to the abused, orphaned and homeless kids.  In this episode, you will get a glimpse of the children before and after the Lord got the attention of the Director of Aliyah.

Bruce Elliott