I’m Madison Perekotiy. I am originally from Birmingham, Alabama and now based in Bucharest, Romania. I have been on staff since October 2023. As the Eastern European Coordinator for the Global Orphan Care Network, I serve our partners in Eastern Europe, providing clinical training and connecting them with resources for their ministries to vulnerable children and families.
I have a BA in History and Sociology from Samford University, and 12 years later, I am back in school! Currently finishing my first year of the Master’s in Social Work program at Samford online.
I met my husband Yuriy in Ukraine in 2008 while serving on a short-term trip. He didn’t know English when we met, but now he’s the best interpreter! We married in Birmingham in 2011 and had three beautiful children in Alabama. We moved to Odesa, Ukraine, in 2018, and then had our fourth baby while overseas. We were in the US when the invasion began in February 2022 and spent one year in Alabama before moving back to Eastern Europe. Now we work with Ukrainians who are refugees in Romania in partnership with the local churches and ministries here.

Interesting fact about you.

I love to travel to new places, but I don’t actually like the process of flying (the planes always smell like coffee!). I love the challenge of planning a trip to somewhere new!

What do you do when you are not at Lifeline?

I love walking, family bike rides, and cross stitching (though it’s a slow process!). I love to bake too. We recently started doing day hikes as a family and we love it!