Dear brothers and sisters from the PIEI America organization, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Through the grace of God, we continue to work in the Field of the Lord with God's help.
1. In all the services in the church, we see the hand of God, which leads us wonderfully. There are fewer of us now, because many have gone abroad because of this war, but what we can do for the Lord, we do everything with God's help. There are fewer young people, but we still gather for service, both youth and children and adults. We have prayer fellowships, we also glorify the Lord through singing and study the Word of God. Brothers volunteer from us go to the Donetsk region, where the war is going on, and bring food and other aid to people in need.
2. We had a child's blessing in our church. A young family brought their son Mark to the church for a blessing, where we prayed over this child, so that the Lord would bless him. We entrusted Mark in the hands of the Almighty God Who knows how best to care for and protect him. Unbelieving relatives of this young family also came to this service and listened attentively to the Word of the Gospel.
3. We are now living the first month of this autumn and as always at this time we, with our church, celebrate Thanksgiving Day for all the fruits that the Lord has blessed us with this year. On this day, our church had a special prayer of thanksgiving to God for the rich harvest that we received by the grace of God this year.
On September 22, we celebrated the Harvest Festival in Vanchikovtsy, and on September 29, we celebrated this holiday in our church, from Tarasovtsy. There was a wonderful meeting and a wonderful Thanksgiving Day to the Lord with prayers of thanksgiving, with songs of praise and sermons inspired by the Holy Spirit - Glory to God!
4. Thanksgiving:
-We always thank God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in the ministry of the gospel here in Ukraine, for the fact that you always support us in your prayers and materially, so that we can support other people who are in need in this difficult time of war for us.
-I am grateful to God for His protection and defense in different circumstances of our lives.
-I am also grateful to God for the fact that we have many good opportunities to preach the Gospel.
5. Prayer needs:
-Pray, together with us, for those unbelievers who heard the Word of the Gospel this month, so that they repent.
-Continue to pray unceasingly for peace in Ukraine.
-Pray for me so that the Lord strengthens me with the power of the Holy Spirit and wisdom from above in my sermons whenever I have the opportunity to preach the Gospel to people.
Once again, with all our hearts, we thank all our partners from the PIEI America organization, we thank all the sponsors who support our ministry here in Ukraine. May the Lord reward your work in His Field. We love you and always pray for you. We wish you that the Lord blesses you abundantly. With love to you, the Gortopan family.
