God gave me a unique ‘street’ education and understanding on how to live in this world from the perspective of God’s Kingdom in all aspects of a Christian life.
SHORT bio:
Successful sports apparel business since 2008
Rental properties since 2010
Traded stocks and crypto since 2018
Construction of custom homes on Florida Coast since 2023
Podcast since 2025.
Married to a beautiful Ukrainian woman, father of four amazing children, one of whom is a teenager.
DETAILED bio:
For 20 years I have been a translator/ interpreter from Russian to English and from English to Russian for live speech on stage and recordings at schools, conferences, church services, seminars, parties, weddings, private meetings and dinners, TV network launch, etc. in US and all over the world. I’ve translated several 6-month Bible Schools, translated a Bachelor Degree of Divinity for ISOM, 100+ lesson course on doing business by God’s Kingdom principles for ISOM. I’ve translated teachers, speakers, preachers, and evangelists from various backgrounds and countries, and traveled with them, sat with them in private rooms and dinners, observing and learning and asking a lot of questions.
I’ve seen people healed and freed; seen people falling, laughing, getting baptized, and getting saved. I’ve translated well-learned men and women as well as simple men and women of faith and practice (both are good, but both give a very different perspective and experience on life).
I’ve owned several successful businesses since 2008 (and tried a failed a few more before that); remodeled and owner-managed rental houses for 10 years, worked in the Life Insurance/ Retirement planning industry for 4 years, and traded in the stock market for since 2018 (managed to lose an unhealthy amount and learned how to deal with an addiction).
I’ve been meeting and mentoring/ discipling men of different ages for over 10 years (IDT program is an example), because God gave me multiple mentors, who changed my life!
All my life I’ve been looking for answers, mostly for answers on how to live a Godly life and how to help others live a Godly life, while being a businessman and not a minister. God gave me a mind and a character where I cannot accept a ‘half-answer’ as an answer. I tell my wife I’m an oak, not a bamboo, I down grow a foot per day! It takes me a long time to learn something, but when I learn something it is sure to be true and strong. The answer has to be full and clear and applicable. It needs to be understandable and teachable. It needs to make logical sense. To get those answers I have been studying the Bible, and listening to many teachers and sermons, reading a lot of books, and asking difficult questions of many Godly people within the Body of Christ. I try to not accept opinion, but seek the truth, as Bible teaches and God reveals.
When I get an answer to a question that had been bothering me, I don’t just move on, but I write it down so I can remember the answer and so I can help answer others. I have kept a journal of thoughts, revelations, lessons, and answers since 2003.
I want to help you figure out how to be successful in your walk of life by Biblical principles. God bless you!
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The purpose of Library of Lives is to voice those lessons and answers that I have found throughout life and keep finding now, to write revelations that God gives me when I spend time in prayer, so people would read and share with others, so the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ would be well equipped and not lost, so we don’t perish due to lack of knowledge, so the flock is fed and protected and taken care of (John 21:17, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Ezra 7:9-10, Hosea 4:6).
The broader vision for Library of Lives is not to just be my blog, but to become a platform for many Spirit-led authors, to create a resource for Christians to find the Truth and guidance in our walk with God so we all can live a Godly life. A place where anyone can ask an excellent question and receive an excellent answer.