About a year ago, Yuliia Sanko asked me to edit her book, “A Story of One Soul.”  Yuliia is a friend of my niece who is a missionary in Ukraine.  Yuliia had written the book in Ukrainian, but it was translated into English by Nataliya Lussange.  My task was to proofread and edit the English version.

Yuliia’s book is the story of her family’s journey through a cancer diagnosis for her 7-year-old son, Timosha.  It is her diary of her feelings as her son’s life slowly fades away. Her emotions ran the full gamut from shock, to anger toward God, to frustration with all the steps required to seek medical treatment in other countries, to finally accepting that God was in control and He loved her little Tima even more than she did.

For lack of specialized oncology expertise in her homeland, Yuliia’s family traveled to Belarus and Italy to try to save “Tima’s” life.  After Tima’s death in 2019, the family returned to Ukraine.  God laid it on their hearts to fulfill a great mission: to build the first Christian Cancer Center in Ukraine for research and treatment of leukemia in children.

I would encourage you to read her story — a story about death, but also a story of God’s endless love and provision.  If you finish the book with the desire to help support Yuliia’s dream, you can help by clicking here.  Get your copy of the book by clicking here.