Chistmas Eve

Dear brothers and sisters of the PIEI organization, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. I praise God that through His mercy and grace we have survived until the end of 2022, a year full of problems, war, and experience. But the Lord is merciful and took care of His children every day - Glory to Him for everything!

1. At the beginning of the month, we performed a funeral, where there were many relatives and friends of the deceased, from unbelievers, and who listened attentively to the Word of God. We praise God for the fact that this funeral also served for people to hear the Word, hymns to the glory of the Lord, and we pray for those people, unbelievers who heard the Word, so that the Lord would test their hearts, so that they would repent.

2. This year we celebrated the feast of the Nativity of Christ on December 25th. We had a blessed program in the church where everyone, especially children, youth and our choir, had the opportunity to glorify our Lord Jesus Christ for His birth on our earth, for His love for us, people, to take on all the sins of this world and to save all mankind from destruction and from hell.

-Together with us, almost all the migrants who live in our village came to this holiday, as well as non-believers from the village. We also pray for these people.

3. Our family has prepared gifts for migrants and for those in need from our village. We have prepared packages of groceries and other essentials for these people. They were very happy and praised God for being merciful to them.

4. Thanksgiving:

-We always thank the Lord for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for the fact that through your help that you give us, you are the cause of many thanks and glorifications for God.

-Thank God for the fact that in our area is still calm and peace is maintained. Thank God that our region is not bombed as enemies in the regions from the South, North and East of Ukraine do. And we can freely proclaim the Word of God to the people.

5. Prayer needs:

-Pray, together with us, for those unbelieving people who have heard the Word of God this month.

-Keep praying for the long-awaited peace in Ukraine and the end of the war.

-For me and my family, so that the Lord gives us health, jealousy and love in the service of the Lord.

At the end of this year, we are sincerely grateful to you, our partner from the USA, who serve in the Field of God with us. This year has been a difficult year for us, but you have been a great comfort, encouragement and great support for us. Special thanks to the teams that, led by brother Cornel Stef, had great courage to come to Ukraine in the context of difficulties and war. Thank you for your support, for humanitarian aid, for your prayers and for being with us in these difficult circumstances for us.

Now times have come even more difficult, when we are not given sufficient electricity and heating, but we hope in the Lord that He will continue to take care of us, as He has taken care of us until now.

I, along with my family, wholeheartedly wish you a Happy New Year with many blessings from the Lord.

With love, the Gortopan family.

A national children's meeting

Dear brothers and sisters, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ! I praise God, because even in this difficult, crisis time for us, the Lord is on our side, He is with us and takes care of us every day. Despite the difficult times in our country, there is no electricity 3-4 times a day, but for us it is a blessing that we gather together in the House of God for fellowship and prayer. We appreciate these wonderful moments very much, because many of our brothers and sisters in Christ from our country do not have such an opportunity because of the war.

1. At the beginning of the month of November, our sisters had a conference in Chernivtsi on the topic "Peace in Time of War". Our sisters who were at this conference came encouraged and grateful to God for the wonderful lessons from the Holy Scriptures and for fellowship and prayer. These sisters, who were at the conference, called on our sisters from the church, so that they all together would rally even more to pray for peace in Ukraine - Peace that only the Lord can give.

2. A national children's meeting from Romanian churches was organized in our church. The children were given classes by a well-trained team of leaders from Romania. They had a blessed time, wonderful lessons from the Scriptures, and interesting games.

3. When I have the opportunity, I lovingly help small churches. This month I was at a funeral in the village of Kotilevo, where brother Igor Dzyadik ministers, and there I preached the Word to many unbelieving people.

4. Thanksgiving:

-I thank the Lord for the fact that in our area it is calm and we are protected by God. Therefore, we can also help the migrants who live among us.

-I am very grateful to God that we have you, brothers and sisters from the USA, who are a great support and help for us. Special thanks to Sister Martha Hauck, who was with us this summer, for her financial help. My wife shared this money with our grandson Maxim and with her daughter and son-in-law, whose salaries do not exceed $100 for each. Our whole family wishes Sister Martha blessings from God from the word from 2 Corinthians 9:10-14. We want her to know that she made us want to pray even more for her, for the teams from the USA that visited us this summer and for all our partners to the gospel from the PIEI America mission.

5. Prayer needs:

-Pray, together with us, for our country, which is going through very difficult times.

-Pray for the spiritual growth of our church.

-Pray for me and my family so that the Lord will strengthen us to serve in His Field.

-Thank you, brothers and sisters from the USA, who work with us in God's Vineyard, and who support us financially and are a great blessing to us. May the Lord bless you and take care of you every day of your life.

With love to you, the Gortopan family.

Humanitarian aid from different countries

Dear brothers and sisters, we greet you with grace - and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I praise God for serving in His Field, He takes care of us every day.

1. I spent blessed days with the church when we gathered together for fellowship, for prayers and for other events. In recent weeks, almost every Sunday, there were guests from the USA and from Romania who came to Ukraine with humanitarian aid, and visit many churches. And we also had a Word of encouragement and comfort. Praise God for His Word in which we find all comfort and support in all situations.

2. Every Monday our brothers have prayer meetings, and every Thursday our sisters also meet for prayer. The main need for prayer is the difficult situation of the war in Ukraine. We go through this war and, as children of God who know the Word of God, we understand that only we need to turn to the Lord, call for help, and only expect deliverance from Him.

3. Together with brothers and sisters from the church, we visited many sick and elderly members of our church, where we had wonderful fellowship with them: we prayed, sang psalms and rejoiced in the Lord.

4. Thanksgiving:

-I praise and thank the Lord for the fact that we have brothers and sisters in the Lord everywhere who pray for our country and help with humanitarian aid.

-We thank the Lord for the fact that He hears our prayers and we can calmly gather for fellowship, for prayer and for other world events in our church.

5. Prayer needs:

-Pray together with us for Ukraine. Because rockets are already flying into the Chernivtsi region. Power plants are blowing up. They want to deprive us of electricity.

- For us believers from Ukraine, so that we do not despair, but more so that we unite to pray for the difficult situation in Ukraine, because we understand from the Word of God that only God can change these circumstances and bring victory to Ukraine.

And to you, brothers and sisters from the USA, our PIEI mission partners, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and prayer for us. I wish the Lord to protect you every day. You are a great blessing and great support for us at this difficult time. Be blessed!

With love, the Gortopan family.

Thanksgiving

Dear brothers and sisters of PIEI Mission, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

I always thank the Lord for you and pray that He will strengthen you in your ministry of expanding His Kingdom on Earth.

1. At the end of September we had a special day in the local church where we thanked God for the rich harvest, He blessed us this year. We thank our Lord for His every day care, for His love and for His mercy to us.

2. There was another joy in our church, the wedding of two young people and there were many unbelievers at this wedding. This event was a good opportunity to evangelize those who have not yet known the Lord.

3. Thanksgiving:

-We thank God for having had good opportunities to proclaim the Gospel.

-We thank God for the fact that we have peace and tranquillity in our places and we can gather for fellowship and prayer.

4. Prayer needs:

-Pray, together with us, for those who heard the Gospel, that the Lord would search them.

-Pray for peace in Ukraine, especially for places where there are battles, so that the Lord will protect our people and our defenders.

-Pray for me, so that the Lord strengthens me in the ministry here.

I am very grateful to you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for always being with us when we go through crises and problems. We wish you abundant God's blessings and that the Peace of God will always be with you.

With love, the Gortopan family.

Blessing of newborn

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ! I praise the Lord for taking care of us every day and every moment of our lives.

1. I praise God for the fact that on one Sunday, at the end of the month of August, we had one guest brother from Romania in our church. He preached the Word of God and came to Ukraine with other brothers to work with our youth. They instructed them how to work with children who do not go to church. This organization is called “OAHA” and they work in other countries of the world.

2. We had a funeral of one elderly sister, 91 years old. I was glad that at this funeral there were many unbelievers who listened attentively to the Word of God.

3. A young family from our church brought their second child, who was recently born, for blessings. Together with the church, we prayed for this newborn girl and handed her over in the Hands of the Almighty God so that He would bless her.

4. For us ministers, the churches of the Chernivtsi region organized a two-day regional conference where there were brothers from Kyiv and from Romania. We received excellent instructions from 2 Corinthians 4:7-15. We received advice and instructions on how to carry us, the ministers of the church, ministry during the crisis and in the difficult time of the war.

5. Thanksgiving:

-I thank the Lord for helping us in the ministry for the migrants.

-I always thank the Lord for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for always encouraging us and supporting us in our ministry here, in this difficult time for us.

6. Prayer requests:

- Pray, together with us, for those places in Ukraine where heavy fighting is going on, so that the Lord would have mercy on our soldiers and protect them.

-So that the Lord strengthens us, the ministers of the church, that we have the wisdom to serve people with the right Word and at the right time.

-For all unbelieving people who have listened to the Word of God to be tested by that Word.

Thank you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for the fact that in difficult circumstances and in our trials you are our support and help. Thank you for your financial support, for your prayers and encouragement. We wish the Lord to bless you and your families. We love you and we pray for you.

With love to you, the Gortopan family.