Irina Karkhut turned to the Lord at the age of nineteen. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Lviv National University named after I. Franko. She worked as a journalist at Ternopil State Television for many years. In 2002, she immigrated to the USA with her family (Sacramento, California). Member of Grace Avenue Bible Church in Sacramento. Author of Christian television programs "In the Beginning Was the Word," "House Built by Wisdom," numerous publications, Christian radio and television broadcasts. Irina loves poetry and writes poems for God's glory. Member of the editorial board and permanent host of the "Mission Today" column in the magazine "God's Vineyard" of the Pacific Association of Evangelical Christians-Baptists. Her works are printed in the almanacs "New Times" and "Demands of the Time." Together with her husband Mikhail, they raised two children.