Three Stories Become One Calling
Looking back, I don't think God gave me several unrelated experiences. I believe He was preparing me for one calling. After more than two decades serving Ukraine through over 50 mission trips, God is bringing together my personal experience with disability, my love for architecture, and my work in luxury residential construction through SEED into a vision to help Ukraine build homes that restore dignity and create lasting hope.
Because I live with disabilities, I notice things many people overlook. Accessibility is not only about wheelchairs; it is about dignity, independence, safety, confidence, and belonging. A place that is built specifically to become part of a neighborhood provides both safety and belonging for people. Beyond safety and belonging, the community fosters an environment of meaningful employment, leisure, and recreation opportunities which develops confidence and independence for residents. This project is about creating homes designed for people with disabilities, not despite them. Sometimes our greatest weakness becomes the place where God gives us the greatest compassion. Because I live with disabilities, I notice things many people overlook. Accessibility is not only about wheelchairs; it is about dignity, independence, safety, confidence, and belonging. A place that is built specifically to become part of a neighborhood provides both safety and belonging for people.The community fosters an environment of meaningful employment, leisure, and recreation opportunities which develops confidence and independence for residents. This project is about creating homes in a neighborhood community that is designed for people with disabilities, not despite them.
“I am different, but not less.”
Long before I imagined this ministry, I loved architecture and believed thoughtful design could change lives. I designed my sister’s home and was accepted into a top architecture program with a full scholarship, thoughGod had different plans. Today, through my work with SEED, a luxury design-build firm in the Washington DC area, I see how architects, engineers, designers, builders, and homeowners turn ideas into beautiful, functional, life-giving homes. God was teaching me that thoughtful design can communicate dignity.
“Architecture is inhabited sculpture.”
Third, God has given me a deep love for Ukraine. Through Abnormal Missionary, I’ve spent years serving there and building relationships that have lasted decades. Since the war, I’ve seen thousands of wounded veterans and families living with new disabilities. The need for resources and support is enormous. But I’ve also realized something: most homes were never designed with accessibility in mind. It is not only churches, hospitals, schools, and public spaces that are off limits to people with disabilities. The war has created thousands of new disabilities, but many homes have not kept pace.
“Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.””
Today, these three stories are coming together: my disability, my background in architecture and construction, and my love for Ukraine. I believe God is calling me to help create not simply a house, but a teaching home—amodel of accessible design where architects, builders, churches, families, veterans, students, and communities can see what dignity-centered design makes possible. One house can teach thousands of future homes.
This project is much bigger than construction. It is about restoring dignity, changing how people think about disability, and giving families hope. I believe this is only the beginning, and I invite you to pray with me.
Pray for wisdom.
Pray for Ukraine.
Pray that God opens the right doors.
And if God places this mission on your heart, I'd love to talk with you afterward.
I used to think God was writing three different stories in my life: living with disability, loving architecture, and loving Ukraine. Today, I believe He was weaving them into one calling all along. My prayer is that every home we build reminds someone that they were created with dignity, designed with purpose, and deeply loved by God.