A Thankful Heart November Update
Hello, dear friends!
Happy November! As Thanksgiving is fast approaching, it is a beautiful time to pause, reflect, and gather around the table with those we love. Every year, I ask the Lord for a word for the coming year, and last year, the word He gave me for 2025 was “Abundance.”
As I look back over 2025, I can see that His word was true. This entire year has been marked by abundance:
- abundance of His grace,
- abundance of His love,
- abundance of His blessings,
- abundance of divine connections, and
- abundance of open doors.
While we also faced challenges–to our work, our health, and in other ways–through it all the Lord has been faithful. We have learned to measure His abundance not by circumstances but by His presence, His goodness, and His steady hand guiding us forward.
Moldova – A Nation Hungry for Healing
I recently returned to the USA from my solo ministry trip to Moldova, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude for everything God accomplished. This year I went to Moldova twice, first leading a team and then, for the first time, going alone. Following the Holy Spirit is always a full adventure: full of surprises, full of surrender, and full of His faithfulness.
While in my hometown of Kishinev, I spoke in multiple churches, ministered at a women’s conference, led workshops, and held countless counseling sessions with couples and individuals. I shared the gospel with taxi drivers, prayed for healing, and watched God tenderly restore so many hearts.
I also encountered resistance from some conservative believers, but it didn’t stop me. I simply followed Jesus. While Moldova remains economically poor, it is also spiritually hungry. God is cleansing His Bride in Moldova, restoring Her first love, healing wounded hearts, and stirring a fresh awakening of people’s need for Jesus. Please continue praying for the churches in Moldova and for a continued outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
AND–during my solo trip God surprised me by reshaping my own compassion for Moldova. I am now considering and praying about spending six months of each year in Moldova and six months in the USA. This is something I never imagined until the Lord placed this desire in my heart!
A Short but Powerful Trip to the UK
I also had a short trip to the UK which was part rest and part ministry. Last year we visited friends from Moldova who now live in the UK, and God moved powerfully then. We prayed with them for inner healing, Holy Spirit infilling, and fresh strength for their new season. Those prayers were answered!
When I returned this year, I recorded them as they publicly shared their encounters with the Holy Spirit. Doing such an interview with them was a significant step forward in their faith and evidence of the work Holy Spirit has done in their hearts.
Peter, who is a highly respected Baptist pastor and missionary in Moldova and Siberia, risked his reputation in the Baptist church by sharing his testimony openly. Many of his fellow pastors may mis-understand what he said, but he chose to speak up nonetheless. Having the freedom to speak the truth in love was empowering to him, to me, and to those who will hear and receive his testimony!
His wife Natasha was delivered from deep depression after God revealed its root through a series of prophetic dreams. When she obeyed what God told her to do about that root, freedom came instantly. She has continued to develop her gift of recognizing God’s voice through dreams and wrote a dream-interpretation training course. She now teaches others how to partner with God at night, and in January, I’ll help her launch an online dream school.
October was a significant month for me. The risk of going solo with Jesus became the joy of walking with my Lord in obedience. He taught me so much on this trip, and I am full of expectation for what He will do next!
2025 Ministry Report: A Year of Abundance
This year the Lord allowed us to pioneer, build, and multiply more than ever before. Here are the highlights:
1. Two Online Seven-Day Training Events in Russian
We launched two 7-day online training “marathons” on
- How to Hear God’s Voice, and
- Transformation of the Mind.
We had an overwhelming response, with more than 500 participants. Thank you Jesus!
2. Launch of Our Subscription-Based Online Platform
After the first marathon, we launched an online discipleship platform with a small monthly fee. Our goal was to give people a chance to invest in what they valued while continuing to grow in what they learned through the marathons.
- 60 people signed up in the first month, with 20 others joining over time from 7 countries
- We recorded extensive content, including the full Heart Healing Method program.
- Igor and I developed and taught multiple courses.
- We meet live once a month to disciple, answer questions, and connect with people globally.
It is now an international community.
3. A Marriage & Leadership Retreat for Pastors and Leaders
The Lord invited us to pioneer a retreat for couples in leadership. He showed us that pastors needed to be ministered to even as they lead their flocks, and so we partnered with a church in Moldova to create a retreat.
Our friends gathered Moldovan pastors and church leaders while we assembled a U.S.-based team and other friends raised funds for the retreat. We were able to facilitate a powerful time of healing, emotional connection, and restoration. The Lord used us to bless those leaders, their marriages, and their ministries in powerful, life-changing ways.
Testimonies and fruit from that retreat are still coming.
4. Mentoring, Hosting, and One-on-One Ministry
Throughout the year we hosted many couples in our home, offering heart-healing sessions, pastoral care, and spiritual direction.
5. A Divine Appointment in August
In August, the Lord unexpectedly called Igor and me to a very special place for ministry time and training. We went in obedience, not sure what was going to happen but trusting that it would be good.
There we met a key person with whom we plan a future project.
We will share more soon but it was undeniably a divine appointment.
6. Growing Our Media Voice – YouTube Channel & Testimonies
This year God prompted us to begin building a digital repository of testimonies. We opened our YouTube channel and started recording interviews, stories of breakthroughs, encounters with the Holy Spirit, and real-life miracles from both leaders and everyday believers.
Our vision is simple: to document and share what God is doing so faith can rise in others. These stories, especially the ones we recorded during our recent ministry trips, have already begun changing lives.
In summary, 2025 truly was a year of ABUNDANCE in every way.
Looking Ahead — Our Vision for 2026
Thank you to every one of you who has prayed, encouraged, and given financially to FRDM61. With your help and the Lord’s guidance, we are changing lives, restoring families, and building a global movement of heart-healing and discipleship.
Much remains to be done, which is a good thing! Projects we have planned for 2026 include:
- Writing, editing, and publishing the Heart Healing Method book and workbook (This will be our first priority in the new year.)
- Recording and releasing the Heart Healing Method Online Course in English and Russian
- Trips to Moldova, Kazakhstan, and Ireland
- Hosting a “Coming Home to Yourself” retreat in the USA
In addition to these plans, I have some dreams that may or may not start in 2026. These include:
- Launching an online leadership platform for training, support, and global empowerment
- Establishing a ministry base for extended work in Moldova
- Creating a global equipping center
As in 2025, we anticipate that God will surprise us with opportunities that we have not planned. We ask for your continued prayers that we will recognize and walk through the doors He will open, especially those that only He can open.
Year-End Invitation–An Opportunity to Partner in Abundance
As we close this year and step into another season of abundance, we invite you to pray for us for wisdom, protection, and divine connections, and also invite you to pray about partnering with FRDM61 in a special way.
Would you take a moment to ask the Holy Spirit:
“Lord, what would You like me to invest into FRDM61 as a year-end gift toward the 2026 vision?”
There is no pressure, only an invitation into the joy of obedience to His voice. Every seed you sow goes directly into ministry, healing, restoration, and equipping people around the world to walk in freedom.
We dream BIG with God because His dreams are always scary big. I know that I will never be able to do them alone, but as I learn more and more how to obey and follow, I know He will take me to places that I have never been before, enable me to do things I have never done before, and make a way for others to follow.
Igor and I are deeply grateful for you.Thank you for standing with us, believing with us, releasing hope with us, and most importantly, building His Kingdom with us.
With love,
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