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Download the ISOH/IMPACT 2008 Annual Report and Minsitry Update.

Throughout 2008, ISOH/IMPACT partnered with friends like you to offer critical medical rehabilitation and hope to 12 children and adults.

Aziza is one of the special children who received life-saving medical attention through the Children’s LightHouse. Born in Tajikistan with a perforated anus, Aziza was given a death sentence. There were simply no options for treatment in her home country, and famine made it impossible to give her the special nutrition she would need to stay alive.

ISOH/IMPACT answered by helping Aziza and her grandmother to receive emergency visas to come to the U.S. Here, doctors graciously agreed to treat Aziza at no cost. Today, this precious baby is alive, healthy, and growing stronger each day. Thank you for partnering with us to provide hope and life to this special family. View the 2008 audit.

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The Children’s LightHouse, a ministry of ISOH/IMPACT celebrated it’s first birth of  Daniel Denis Ulianov born to Albina and Denis Ulianov at 4:09 a.m. on February 17, 2009 at Mercy Children’s Hospital.. Daniel weighed 6.9 lbs. and was 20 inches long at birth. Daniel’s parents, Albina and Denis, are the directors of Mayak (The LightHouse) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, a close ministry partner of ISOH/IMPACT.

Thanks to your support you help make this family have a warm and safe place to stay during the medical treatments for the family. The Children’s Lighthouse is supported by the gifts of caring people just like you.

Albina underwent successful heart surgery through The Children’s LightHouse ministry in May 2004, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, OH. She then returned to Tajikistan where she met her husband Denis. Together, they founded the community-based organization Mayak,  which is dedicated to providing relief and development to impoverished families throughout Tajikistan.

ISOH/IMPACT is pleased to announce the first birth at The Children’s LightHouse!  Daniel Denis Ulianov was born to Albina and Denis Ulianov at 4:09 a.m. on February 17, 2009 at Mercy Children’s Hospital, making him the first baby to be born through The Children’s LightHouse, an ISOH/IMPACT ministry. Daniel weighed 6.9 lbs. and was 20 inches long at birth. Daniel’s parents, Albina and Denis, are the directors of Mayak (The LightHouse) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, a close ministry partner of ISOH/IMPACT.

Albina underwent successful heart surgery through The Children’s LightHouse ministry in May 2004, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, OH. She then returned to Tajikistan where she met her husband Denis.  Together, they founded the community-based organization Mayak,  which is dedicated to providing relief and development to impoverished families throughout Tajikistan.

Due to health complications, Albina’s pregnancy was designated as high risk, and Tajikistan does not offer the necessary medical services to tend to the family’s needs. To ensure a safe delivery, the couple was brought to The Children’s LightHouse for the birth of their son.

While he was waiting for the birth of his son, Denis traveled back to Tajikistan with a team from ISOH/IMPACT. He led the emergency delivery of food for famine-stricken families in villages near the Afghan border. 

ISOH/IMPACT recently shipped more than 2 million meals to hungry families in Tajikistan and is preparing more shipments for emergency delivery. The Department of State Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) has said that the ongoing drought conditions combined with extreme weather in Tajikistan last year “truly caused suffering among Tajikistan’s most vulnerable populations.” The DOS predicts that this year could be even worse. 

As soon as mother and baby are given a clean bill of health from Mercy Children’s Hospital, the entire family will return to Tajikistan and help launch ISOH/IMPACT’s new child sponsorship ministry, aimed at reducing the suffering of Tajik families while providing education and hope for the new generation.

Please join us in celebrating Daniel’s birth and giving thanks for a safe and healthy delivery.

ISOH/IMPACT is inviting individuals, businesses, churches, and local organizations to celebrate Daniel’s birth by supporting the valuable, life-changing ministry of Mayak and the Ulianov family. Donations for Mayak can be made online at www.isohimpact.org, by calling 419.878.8548, or sent to our main office on 25182 W. River Road, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551.

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ISOH/IMPACT sent a mission team to Tajikistan on January 23, 2009 to help distribute more than 4 million life-saving meals to families struck by the winter famine. The team will stay until February 2, 2009.

For several of the members on the team, this was their first trip to Tajikistan. Here is what they had to say:

Bob Lalonde, ISOH/IMPACT Vice President
January 28, 2009

Today we saw the most poverty I have seen up close. We visited a village that is in the desert of Tajikistan. It has very sandy soil and gets real hot in the summer. They were moved to this village from the Palmir Mountains by the government 9 years ago. Another Christian organization helped build them houses and dug a well. Right now the pump does not work for the well and they have no electricity. They are not sure when they will get electricity again. We handed out wheat and corn to them today. They were very grateful and invited us in their home and offered us bread and tea even though they have very little. Since they didn’t have electricity they will have to go to another nearby village to mill the grain. They asked about seed and Jim is going to look into drought resistant corn and wheat to send them. They seemed to want to farm for themselves, but looking at the soil, I think it will be a hard task.

Dan Peake, ISOH/IMPACT Mission Team Member
January 28, 2009

Today was a long but awesome day. We woke up at 5:30 and left at 6:00 then drove about six hours to a village about 7 miles from the Afhgan boarder. It was beautiful country. We unloaded the truck and all the villagers gathered around to get food. We then walked around the village and checked out the wheat mill they have which is out of service because their electricy has been down for a month. We also got to meet with some families there and hear about their lives and have some bread and tea. It was the best tea I’ve ever had. Keeping in mind that these people were on the verge of starvation (our delivery came just in time.)

It was such a great experience like something out of National Geographic. We got to hear a woman in the village tell us her testimony. She is one of a handful of Christians in that area.

One of the ISOH/IMPACT ministry partners has a brother working as a missionary there, he’s loved by everyone in the village. The coolest part of the day was praying for the woman and her family and blessing them with food and words of encouragement. It’s is the most depressing place I’ve ever been, but one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. Well that pretty much sums it up for our day.

The ISOH/IMPACT shipment of food aid arrived in Tajikistan and has been delivered to the most vulnerable members of the communities we serve. In a recent conversation with us, USAID again stressed how severe this winter will be in Tajikistan. Experts are predicting an unusually cold winter for the country, and the people are already suffering from a critical food shortage. Your support for Tajikistan is needed more now than ever. Thank you for joining us in Reaching Out & Serving Others!

However, these two Tajikistan children are anything but typical. Both suffer from life threatening congenital heart defects. With help and care from ISOH/IMPACT (International Services of Hope and Impact with God Crusades), these children have a chance at being typical toddlers.

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