A Christian Rehabilitation Centre in East Kazakhstan is opened once more for ministry after eight years of closure. Leading the outreach there in the addiction-plagued region is a dedicated, untiring servant of Christ, whose own life was transformed from crippling drug and alcohol addiction through the ministry of such a rehabilitation centre.
At 29 years old Amir* life was a wreck. Severely affected by alcohol and drug abuse he weighed less than 60kg. He was physically broken, homeless, and hopeless. Then, during a time in Christian rehab, he was brought face to face with the gospel of Christ’s redeeming grace, repented of his sin, and became a transformed man.
Almost immediately he began to witness for Christ, burdened especially for those caught in the chains of addiction. His former life and experience of God’s forgiveness and power to change him, is expressed through a Spirit-filled passion to reach out to those in similar addiction bondage. With his wife, he engages in a range of gospel ministry beyond the rehabilitation centre. He provides help and support for those in poverty, the homeless, orphans, and those in hospice care. He has one ultimate aim in all of his practical help ministry – to point the lost to Jesus Christ who, he knows, can transform even the most broken lives. SGA(UK) supports his activities and recently helped him to purchase a vehicle for ministry.
