Dear brothers and sisters from the PIEI mission, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ! With God's help, we have reached the end of 2024, a difficult year of war, a year of worries and problems. In our region, although there are no enemy missiles, people live in fear and are very stressed. Young men cannot walk or go where they need to, because they are caught and sent to war. But we thank God for helping us so far and always caring for us.
1. This month, our family, and especially our son Sergey who works abroad, made social packages for poor families from the village, as well as from our church. We are glad that the Name of the Lord is glorified through such social events.
2. We had guests of our brothers from England, who testified and preached the Word of God. It was a good evangelism because many unbelievers were present.
3. Our church celebrated the Nativity of Christ on December 25. There was a blessed service where children, adults and all who had a desire to glorify the Name of the Lord Christ the Messiah served God. We are very glad that our church was visited by unbelievers. After the holiday of Christmas until the New Year, our church had one week of prayer where we had thematic prayers and services every day.
4. Thanksgiving:
- We thank the Lord for the fact that He led us throughout the past year, protected us from all evil and supported us with His Mighty hand.
- We thank God for the fact that we freely preach the Gospel to people in our country.
- We thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in the ministry here in Ukraine. For the fact that you always support us both in your prayers and financially so that we can help other people in need.
5. Prayer requests:
- Let us continue to pray for Ukraine and Israel, where there is a war, so that the Lord will bring long-awaited peace.
- Pray for the Ukrainian people, so that when they listen to the Word of the Gospel, more people will repent.
- Pray for me and my family, so that the Lord will keep us close to Him and so that we will serve Him with zeal.
We sincerely thank you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for all the support that we have received from you throughout this year. For your prayers and for your financial help. These are the blessings that help us serve more here in the Field of God. We wish you that this year, 2025, you will be blessed and protected by God.
With love to you, the Gortopan family.
