CONGRATULATIONS, LERA AND VITALY!

Saturday, May 27, Valeria Cherednichenko, one of the UEC’s full-time staff members, was married to Vitaly Samodin. The ceremony and party took place in a rented facility on the outskirts of Kyiv. Both Vitaly and Lera became Christians through the ministry of Nivki Church of Christ. Both are active in ministry and after their honeymoon in Crimea, Vitaly will join the UEC staff as a half-time administrator taking over many of the responsibilities of Sergiy Lyakh who leaves his position on June 20. He heads to Pepperdine University later in the summer to pursue an MBA.

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