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Ukraine Medical Outreach
The Peipon Family arrived in Ukraine during the summer of 2001 with the
goal of transforming the Ukrainian medical system through and for
Christ.
(Dr. James J. Peipon, center right) had trained as a
pediatrician with subspecialty training in pediatric hematology and
oncology, and was in private practice for nineteen years prior to
moving to Kiev.
As the medical director of Ukraine Medical
Outreach, he co-ordinates procurement of special medical needs,
develops medical outreaches to patients and physicians through
educational conferences, trips to villages, and bible studies with
medical professionals. He is introducing a program to teach Ukrainian
physicians how to share their faith with their patients. He also
assists adoptive parents in assessing the health of potential adoptees.
(center),
through networking, visits the abandoned babies’ ward of a local
hospital, and is making inroads with the staff of the AIDS ward.
She hopes to become involved with an orphanage that is being
renovated to house AIDS babies and young children.
(age
20, far left) is currently studying at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of
Music in Kiev, with an emphasis on percussion. He is a percussionist
with the government-sponsored Philharmonia Orchestra as well as a
member of the Kyiv Youth Orchestra and Chorus.
The Peipon family (minus Anna) in
Independence Square following the Ukrainian elections in 2004.
(age
22, far right) is actively involved with youth and young adult
ministries within our church here. She is a member of the Kyiv
Youth Orchestra and Chorus, and teaches English in a private school.
She has applied to become a student of biblical counseling
through our sister organization, Ukraine Family Institute, beginning in
the fall of 2005. She will be accredited as a biblical counselor
both here and in the US at the end of 3 years.
(age
22, not shown) is currently living in Asia.
