Biography
"My story isn't exciting. I am a person with a great desire to do everything right, to learn, to understand the will of the Creator, and to serve him," Sergey Isupov said about himself.
Sergey grew up in a large family and was the youngest of four children. Their parents were working class. They never talked about religion with their children.
Primorye is Sergey's native home. He spent his childhood in the village of Trudovoye. Our house was near the forest and lakes — this closeness to nature determined the boy's hobbies. The whole family went to the forest for mushrooms, cedar cones and wild garlic, and in summer they always went to the sea.
After school, Sergey trained as a driver. However, he did not manage to work in this field for long: due to an accident he had to abandon this career. Later, he became a porcelain painter and worked for a long time at a porcelain factory. Later, he worked as a plumber in the housing and maintenance department (HMD) in Vladivostok and then as a welder for many years. Since early retirement being a welder, Sergey has been working as a janitor for the last 10 years.
He has retained his childhood love of nature. At any opportunity, he gets out into the forest for wild plants and tries to spend his vacation with his family by the sea. Sergey is married and the couple has adult children. Sergey's parents are no longer alive.
"I became one of Jehovah's Witnesses after I was fifty. Even as a teenager, I thought the Bible was a special book, full of mysteries and knowledge. I didn't lose sleep searching for God and didn't change religions. I lived like all people who are not well off — using the gifts of the Creator, not thanking him for them. During my work at the HMD, I spoke with Jehovah's Witnesses and then met them in other places. I had a lot of questions, and I got answers. I checked it out for 8 years. The time came, and I asked for a Bible study," this is how Sergey described what led to his Christian baptism in 2013.