Social aid

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are very grateful to God for His mercies and for His protection and support at the beginning of this year, 2025. Because this terrible war in Ukraine has been going on for almost 3 years now and only by the grace of God, in our region, where we live, it is calm and peaceful, without bombing, but in the East, South, even the North of Ukraine, alas ... it is terrible what is happening. All our churches are fasting and praying that the Lord will stop this senseless and terrible war, that the Lord will give wisdom to all presidents so that the long-awaited peace in Ukraine will be restored. We hope only in the Lord.

1. We thank the Lord for His blessings at the beginning of this year when we served widows, orphans, displaced persons and other people in need. Thank God that these people listened to the Word of God, and gratefully accepted these social assistance packages that our church, together with our mission PIEI Ukraine, prepared for them, and they sincerely thanked the Lord God.

2. Breaking Bread and evangelism in connection with the funeral:

At the beginning of February, our church had a breaking of bread, where they took communion in memory of the suffering and death of our Savior Jesus Christ. They also visited our sick from the church, where they were very happy that they had the opportunity to take part in the breaking of bread.

- Also this Sunday, after lunch, we had a funeral for one 64-year-old brother from our church (brother Georgy Mikhailovich). He had his own bakery and baked bread for our entire village, as well as for people from neighboring villages. Therefore, more than 200 unbelievers came to the funeral. This was a good evangelism, where the Word of God was preached by the Power of the Holy Spirit. Our choir also glorified God through singing. We pray for these people who listened to the Word of God, so that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance. We also pray for the wife of brother George, sister Lilia, who was left a widow, so that the Lord will comfort her. We also pray for the family of their son Igor, so that they will repent.

3. Study of the Word

- We finished studying the textbook Revelation - Part 1 with the students. We will continue these classes that the students are looking forward to. They liked this book. And with God's help, we will continue to study it.

4. Meeting in ZOOM

- We had a ten-day meeting with the teachers of the Bible Institute in ZOOM. We studied the Book of Isaiah together - the first part. A very interesting and edifying book. We will try to teach this book to groups of students of the institute and to church groups.

5. Thanksgiving

- We thank God for His protection and protection in this difficult time of war for us. - We thank the Lord for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, who are our partners in the ministry here in Ukraine. For your prayerful and material support. Thanks to you, we can help people here who need our help.

- We thank God for the answered prayers and His help to us.

- We thank God for the blessing in our ministry to widows and orphans, which we had at the beginning of this year.

6. Prayer requests:

- Pray with us that the Lord would help us restore peace in Ukraine.

- That God would give wisdom to all presidents to make peace and that this terrible war would end, where so many people are dying.

- Pray for those people who heard the Word of God this month at evangelism among widows and orphans, among displaced persons, at a funeral service where more than 200 people listened to the Word. That the Lord would test their hearts for repentance.

- Pray for us that the Lord would protect us from all evil and that our evangelistic ministries God would bless abundantly. May the Holy Word sown among people bring forth much fruit of repentance.

And we always pray for you brothers and sisters from the USA and wish you abundant blessings from our Lord.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.

Ministry for orphans

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the peace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are very grateful to God for His protection and preservation in this month, January, the first month of 2025. And in this month we had great blessings, because we were able to proclaim the Word of God to many people who wanted to listen and study the Word of God.

1. Ministry with orphans

- We are grateful to the Lord for helping us and our church to serve orphans and widows this month. Thank you for your prayers for us and as we wrote to you in previous reports, on January 17-18 we had meetings with orphans and widows from Chernivtsi.

- Our church prepared good gifts for these meetings, which we presented to each person who came to these meetings.

- The first meeting was in a boarding school in Sadgora, 5 km from Chernivtsi. About 200 people live there. There are widows and orphans from this war, and migrants who left their land because they have nowhere to live, lost their homes, many of them are disabled. We organized a good Christmas program for them and then gave them the words of praise songs and sang with them glorifying the Lord. At the end, everyone received a gift from us. They thanked us and God for not forgetting about them. We also invited them to come for the whole day to Kovelskaya Street 25, the Bible Center, in May, where we will organize an orphan and widow day. Then we want to organize a whole day of rest for them where we will prepare a festive lunch and breakfast. Also games for orphans. We pray that God blesses us and these people so that there will be a blessed meeting and that the Name of the Lord will be glorified among us. - We also visited families who took 10-15 orphans from an orphanage under guardianship. These are 5 families. There was one family that came from Dnepropetrovsk, where they were bombed. They took 13 children from the boarding school under their care. We are glad that these parents teach these children to pray and thank God. These children even prayed for us and for our church from Nesvoya. They thanked both God and us for the gifts, glory to God.

-Then we visited the orphanage where there are 50 children. They were also happy and thanked us for these gifts and we invited them to come to our daytime meeting in May. They come to this meeting every year and they really like our food from the oven. May God help us so that everything is blessed. So that there is a peaceful sky. So that there are no enemy missiles, so that these people who are waiting for help and consolation from us have joy and peace in their hearts. And may the Lord give us strength, health and zeal for serving in God's Vineyard.

2. Church ministry

- We help the poor and sick people through our church and through the PIEI Ukraine mission. At the same time, we organize mini evangelisms in their homes. We distribute spiritual literature and study the Word of the Gospel with them. We answer their questions and invite them to accept Christ in their hearts. Among them were people who prayed the prayer of repentance.

3. Funeral ministry

- I preached at the funeral of one brother, where many unbelieving listeners were present. I preached about the love of God, that Christ is the light of the world and only Christ can enlighten any person. We pray for these listeners that the Lord will enlighten them.

4. Thanksgiving

- We thank God that our region is calm and peaceful, and there are no enemy missiles. Therefore, we can serve God here freely without obstacles.

- We thank God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA. For your prayers and for your help that you give us, so that we can continue to help everyone who needs help.

5. Prayer requests:

-Please pray with us for the war in Ukraine to end. For them to stop bombing houses in Ukraine, because many civilians are dying because of these bombings.

-Pray that we can organize a day of rest for orphans and widows in May. We are waiting for the blessing of our Lord. So that the Name of the Lord will be glorified among widows and orphans.

-Pray for those people who heard the Word of God this month, so that the Lord will bless their hearts and test them for repentance.

-Pray that the Lord will bless us with health and the power of the Holy Spirit for service in His Field. And that the Lord will protect and save us, missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission, from all evil.

And we pray for you dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, that the Lord blesses you abundantly, and that the Lord gives you all health and strength to serve Him. Thank you for all that you do for us and for Ukraine. May the Lord return a hundredfold blessings to you, your families, your churches and your country USA. With love to you, the PETIKHACHNYY PAVEL and LARISA family.

Celebrating Christmas

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1. Praise God for helping us to celebrate these holidays, Christmas and the New Year 2025. Praise God that our region was calm and there were no enemy missiles, so we were able to preach the Word of God at these evangelistic meetings, where many unbelievers were present who were able to listen and delve into the Word of God. Although there is still a war in Ukraine and in other regions of Ukraine, especially on these holidays, there were missiles, there was destruction and, unfortunately, there were deaths and wounded people. Our prayer to God is more and more for this war to end and for the long-awaited peace to finally come to Ukraine. In our church we celebrated Christmas twice: on December 25 and January 7. On December 25 we celebrated Christmas together with all the Baptist churches from all over Ukraine, and on January 7 we also organized Christmas evangelism because that is how people in the village celebrate. It happened this year. People from the village and from our entire region promised us that if we live until next year, we will celebrate Christmas on December 25. It was like a transitional period in our region. All of Ukraine was switching to celebrating Christmas on December 25, and individual villages celebrated Christmas on January 7, like in the old days. We think that we will gradually switch to the new way.

Young people went from house to house singing carols and proclaiming the Good Word about the Birth of the Messiah. They also had a blessed program for glorifying our Christ the Messiah. Children received Christmas gifts. Calendars and spiritual literature were also distributed to people in their homes. Our church celebrated the New Year 2025 in prayer before God. Thank God that people from the world came to this meeting. They also wanted to celebrate the New Year in prayer before God. We pray for all the people who attended these evangelisms, so that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

2. Breaking Bread:

- On January 5, we had the breaking of bread - the first this year. We visited 12 sick people at home with the breaking of bread, where they rejoiced that they had such an opportunity to remember the suffering of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. At the moment, we have many sick people in our church, both the virus and senile infirmity. But thank God that they want to communicate from the Word of God and want to pray. There were also relatives of the sick who also listened to the Word of God.

3. Thanksgiving:

- We thank God and you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, for your support in prayer for us. You prayed and we were able to successfully organize these evangelistic meetings during these holidays. For the fact that many people came to church and were able to listen to the word of God.

- We thank God for the peaceful sky in our Chernivtsi region.

4. Prayer needs:

- Pray with us that this terrible war in Ukraine would end.

- Pray that there would be no more enemy missiles, and not only in our region, but throughout Ukraine, these bombings would stop.

- Pray for those people who heard the Word of God at these past evangelisms, so that the Word of the Lord would touch their hearts for repentance.

- Pray for the upcoming evangelism among widows and orphans, which is scheduled for January 17-18. So that the Lord would dispose the hearts of orphans and widows to listen to the Word of the Lord, and give us strength and health for this ministry.

And we pray for you brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in ministry here in Ukraine. We pray and always thank God for you. May the Lord bless you abundantly and give you all health, strength, peace, success and joy in Christ Jesus.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel and Larisa family.

Merry Christmas

Dear brothers and sisters from the PIEI America mission, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Luke 2:13-14

-And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, glorifying God and crying out:

-Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men!

And on behalf of all our missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission, we want to congratulate you all on the Nativity of Christ and the New Year 2025!

We wish you much health and a peaceful sky above your heads. It is very wonderful and very good when there is peace in the country, and in every family and the peace of God in every human soul.

Here we are, by God's grace, have lived another year in our lives. And although we are still at war in Ukraine, we are kept by God - Glory to Him for everything.

We are very grateful to God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for your support in your prayers for us and for your financial assistance, so that we can continue to help others in need who live near us.

We believe and hope in God that the Lord will help us and this terrible war in Ukraine will end. God has everything under control.

1. Bible study

- With God's help, in the church of the village of Nesvoya, I conducted a Bible study from the book of Mark. I conducted a study about the ministry of Jesus Christ, how He, being in people's homes, we can learn from Christ, based on these events, how to conduct evangelism at home with our loved ones, with relatives, with children. And all those who listened to Jesus Christ thanked God for this wonderful teaching when He walked this earth teaching people and preaching the Gospel.

2. Bible Institute

- I taught students Revelation 1, Philadelphia church. The students had many questions and studied the history of this church. So they received answers to their questions.

- The students thanked God for having such textbooks that reveal such deep truths.

- They all promised that they would continue studying this book until they finished it. There are 4 textbooks in this book of Revelation.

3. I held the breaking of bread in 2 churches and at the same time visited many sick people from the church. I held mini-evangelism in their homes.

- In Chernivtsi, I visited one sick disabled person and helped him understand the medical equipment that he could not use. We pray for him that the Lord will help him, because it is hard for disabled people in a wheelchair to live. We help him as much as we can, and we buy medicine and meet other needs.

4. Meeting of missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission

On December 20, 2024, we held a meeting of missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission. This is the last meeting this year. Our missionaries are always happy to meet such people. We pray together, thank God for His mercy to us and study the Word of God. Brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, also prayed for you. May the Lord bless you with health, peace and joy in Christ Jesus. We thanked God for the past 2024, for His protection and safety during this difficult time of war in Ukraine. Also, all missionaries reported on the services done this year and planned services for the next year, 2025, if it is God's will. The main thing is for the war to end. We all hope in God. So says Psalm 19:8. Some in chariots, and some in horses, but we glory in the name of the Lord our God.

5. Thanksgiving.

- We are grateful to God that in our region, Chernivtsi, there are no enemy missiles yet and we can calmly serve God here, helping people in need and the displaced people who live among us.

- We thank God for your help and support. - We thank God for health and strength and for the fact that we can work in the Field of God sowing the Word of God among people.

6. Prayer needs:

- Pray for the war in Ukraine and Israel to end.

- That the Lord blesses the evangelism in connection with the holidays of Christmas and New Year. That the Lord blesses the hearts of people who will listen to the Word of God.

- Pray for the evangelism among widows and orphans that will be in early January 2025.

- That we continue to have a peaceful sky in the region, so that we can serve peacefully here in our missionary place.

- Pray for those people who heard the Word of God this month, that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

- Pray for my family, that the Lord will give us health, strength and wisdom to serve in His Field.

And we always pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA. And we wish you abundant blessings from the Lord in this New Year 2025.

Once again, we wish you a Merry Christmas dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in the Evangelism here in Ukraine!

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel and Larisa family.

Mini evangelism in houses

Dear brothers and sisters from the PIEI America mission, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Another month has passed and the last month of this year has arrived. And by the mercy and grace of our Lord, we were able to serve Him by preaching the Word of God among the people who live among us. Although more than 1000 days have passed since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine, by the grace of God we are still alive and can still serve God in our region, and even volunteer in the regions where the war is going on in Ukraine, bringing food, groceries and other necessary supplies to the soldiers - Glory to God for His protection and safety.

1. Fasting and prayer of our churches

- From the beginning of the month, from November 3 to 10, the churches of our Chernivtsi region took the obligation to fast and pray for peace in Ukraine. Our church had fasting and prayer on November 4. We had meetings on this day and prayed and worshiped God.

Also on this day our sisters had their own meetings and joined the prayers of the sisters of the whole world on the day of fasting and prayer international for all the sisters of the world. Our sisters donated money for the needs which went to Kyiv, for the committee of sisters from the ECB. - And on November 9 our sisters had a regional conference in Chernivtsi on the topic: On the road to heaven. A very relevant topic. How we should make our way, in holiness, despite the various trials and obstacles that are often on our way to heaven. There were many testimonies of sisters displaced from regions where there is a war, as well as our sisters who went through various trials, and how God helped them through all this and win. All the sisters cried together and prayed to God. There were about 800 sisters from our entire region. There was a blessed meeting of sisters, glory to God! 2. Studying the Word of God

- In order to have success in evangelism, first of all I need to study the Word of Scripture to grow in knowledge of the Word.

- This month I studied the Sermon on the Mount of Jesus Christ and 2 Corinthians. After studying these books, I teach them further in other churches and at a meeting with pastors.

3. Working with missionaries

- I taught lessons from 2 Corinthians to pastors who are missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission. At this meeting, each missionary of this mission reported on the work done in 2024. Listening to all our missionaries, I realized that the Lord gives each missionary success in evangelism. Because in our region, Chernivtsi, there are no enemy missiles and we can calmly work and serve God in His Field, Glory to God!

4. Teaching in the church from Nesvoy

- I taught lessons from 2 Corinthians last month in the church of the village of Nesvoy, where they talked a lot about the ministry of Apostle Paul. The whole church wants to follow the example of Apostle Paul in order to have a blessed ministry in the gospel.

5. Ministry in the theological institute

- In the theological institute I taught from the textbook of Revelation 1 "Message to the Seven Churches".

- The students are very pleased with these studies, where they understand that the Lord knows everything about each church and each member of the church.

- Everyone prayed with fear, because the Lord knows all our thoughts, actions and the heart of man and they asked God for forgiveness for everything they did not according to the will of God.

6. Other services

- I was at the funeral of one brother from the church and preached the Word of God. Our choir glorified God through singing. There were about 100 people present at this evangelism who listened attentively to the Word of Scripture. We pray for these people that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

- I held the breaking of bread in two churches where they remembered the death and suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ. I also visited 5 sick people at home where I held mini evangelisms in their homes. The sick were glad that they were able to remember the suffering of Christ and take part in this holy communion. I prayed with them and their souls were very encouraged.

7. Thanksgiving:

- We are very grateful to God for your support in prayers and material assistance, our dear brothers and sisters from the USA. Through this help, we can lovingly do God's work in evangelism and helping materially people in need around us.

- We thank you for your prayers.

- We are grateful to God for the peaceful sky over our region. For the fact that there are no enemy missiles, for the fact that there was none of this destruction that was in other regions of Ukraine, and we were able to serve God here in peace.

8. Prayer requests:

- Pray with us for peace in Ukraine and Israel.

- That the Word of God that we have sown this month would bring forth much fruit of repentance among the people who have heard this Word.

- That the Lord would give wisdom to all the presidents so that they would end this war.

- Pray for our missionaries, that the Lord would give them all health and strength to serve God in this difficult time for us. Pray for me and my family, that the Lord would bless us and give us all health and strength to serve God, for only God is worthy of honor, glory and worship forever and ever. Amen!

We are very happy for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, and we are very grateful to you for your sacrifice. We wish the Lord blessed you and returned you a hundredfold all the blessings. We love you and pray for you that the Lord will give you all health and success in everything.

Accept heartfelt greetings from our family. With love to you, the Petihachniy family.

PIEI Ukraine Mission Ministry for 2024

1. Repentance and Baptism:

-During the period of 2024, 57 souls repented in the churches of PIEI Ukraine missionaries and 17 of them received holy water baptism.

2. Theological Institute

-Two missionaries from our mission taught students at the Theological Institute. One of them taught a lesson in Missiology, and the other missionary brother taught a lesson in Systematic Theology.

3. Ministry with orphans

-This year, we did 2 large evangelisms with orphans and widows. There were about 400 orphans at these evangelisms. We taught them lessons from the Bible, and also gave gifts to each child. The children were very happy to receive these gifts, because they know and expect that we, missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission, will visit them every year, twice a year, and give such gifts. They praise and glorify our Lord for His mercy and kindness to orphans and widows, and we are glad that the Name of Jesus is glorified among orphans and widows. - Also, these 400 orphans are waiting to meet us in 2025. We pray that there will be good weather on these days of meeting with orphans, calmly and peacefully - without enemy missiles.

4. Work among the displaced

- One missionary brother from our mission, together with his team, volunteers from his church, once every 2 weeks bring humanitarian aid to the cities of Ukraine that were destroyed such as Gostomel, Irpen, Borodyanka, Bucha. In Gostomel, Kyiv region, a Christian Church was opened where evangelistic meetings are held and the Word of God is proclaimed. 200-220 people gather there and listen to the Word of God, and then they receive packages with help that our brothers from Chernivtsi brought. We received all this help from the mission PIEI America & misii PIEI Romania, and we are always grateful to God for our brothers overseas who support us and our Ukraine.

- All our other missionary brothers serve and help refugees who live among us, in the Chernivtsi region, in Bukovina.

The missionary brother from Novoselytsia works very well and widely among the refugees. Organizes and evangelizes among them where he preaches and teaches them the Word of God. Praise God, among them there are both repentant and close ones.

5. Ministry among teenagers

- In our mission there is also a missionary brother who works diligently with teenagers of the Novoseletsky district. He regularly organizes meetings for them, preaches the Word of God to them, the leaders prepare various interesting programs for these teenagers. At Christmas and Easter, they prepared gifts for them, there were about 150 teenagers - Praise God!

6. Ministry on the radio program Bukovina

- In our mission PIEI Ukraine there are two missionary brothers who serve and speak on Radio Bukovina. One missionary brother is responsible for these radio programs and at the same time preaches on Radio Bukovina. There are very good reviews from radio listeners - Praise God.

7. Christian camps of the mission PIEI Ukraine 

a). Christian camp of the mission PIEI Ukraine Non Stop, "Candela", in Boyany from July 23 to July 27, 2024.

- There were 150 teenagers and children in the camp, 35 of whom repented.

b). Day Christian children's camps:

- Missionaries from the mission PIEI Ukraine organized and conducted in the months of July - August 10 children's Christian day camps in 10 churches where 810 children and teenagers attended these camps for 5 days, each day for 5 hours a day. Half of these children expressed a desire that they want to accept Jesus Christ in their hearts.

8. Ministry with eyepieces

- A team of Bible teachers and one sister from this team came from America and conducted evangelism with eyepieces in 5 villages of the Chernivtsi region. Together with her were teachers who were engaged in spiritual guardianship with these people who received glasses. These evangelisms were attended by about 500 people, of whom 25 people prayed the prayer of repentance.

9. Ministry among sisters

- In our mission, there is one sister who serves among all the sisters of the Novoselytsky district. She participates in organizing sisters' conferences in our district and in the regional ones. She also consults with sisters from our churches on how we can help with food for the soldiers who are defending Ukraine. Our sisters help a lot in this regard. They prepare different food for the soldiers, and volunteers, our brothers, bring them baked bread and meat and various sweet cookies. Glory to God!

10. Prayer requests:

- Brothers and sisters, continue to pray for the end of the war in Ukraine.

- Pray for all 9 of us missionaries and our families, so that the Lord will protect us here from all evil and the blessing of the Lord will be upon us.

- Pray for the action among orphans in 2025, so that the Lord will bless these orphans, so that there will be a peaceful sky above us, so that the Lord will bless our sisters who will prepare food for these children, and most importantly the preachers and leaders who will proclaim the Word of the Gospel among these people.

- Pray for our camp in Boyany, which will be in July, 2025. So that it will also be peaceful and calm and we will be able to preach the Word among children and teenagers. So that we have a good team of leaders and teachers. We hope in the Lord and He will help us in everything.

- Continue to pray for our Chernivtsi region so that we will not be attacked by enemy bombs and missiles in the future.

- Pray for the ministry among the migrants, so that more people would listen and accept Jesus Christ in their hearts.

- Pray for our missionaries so that the Lord would protect them, because we have military posts everywhere in our villages. We are all carefully checked, both cars and documents. And among our missionary brothers there are young brothers. We are also very worried about them. Pray for us all.

We are very grateful to God and to you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for your support in prayer and for your material support. We always pray for you and bless you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

Trip to Alba

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are very grateful to God for His protection and defense that we had on our trip to Romania, in the city of Alba Iulia, where we visited our brothers and sisters from the mission PIEI Romania. We had a team of 5 people from our mission PIEI Ukraine. And there was a blessed conference where the speakers were brothers from the USA. Of course, we wanted all our missionaries from Ukraine to be present, but considering that our young brothers cannot cross the border because of this war, there were fewer of us than brothers from Ukraine.

1. So we left Ukraine on October 10 and were already in Alba in the evening. There we met with brother Cornel Stef with his wife Gabi, as well as with the Popa family Alex and Rodica. It was a blessed meeting with these families and with brother Walter Windsor, who are members of the PIEI America mission committee. We had many questions that we had to solve and thank God our brothers from the USA helped us.

Also on the second day, brother Cornel Stef helped us visit the place where the PIEI Romania mission camp is located. This camp is on the highest mountain - a wonderful place. We, missionaries from the PIEI Ukraine mission, together with our families, were invited by brothers from Romania to come to this camp in the summer, together with our families, where a family spiritual seminar will be held. It is very beautiful and healthy there. The air is fresh from the mountain and the nature is wonderful. May God grant that this war in Ukraine will end so that we and other young families can come to Romania for this seminar. We are very grateful to the brothers and sisters from Romania for their hospitality, especially Eugenia and Violeta Stef, as well as Alice and Mike Dima. We wish them abundant God's blessings. In the evening we had lectures with brother Norm Wakefield from the USA on the topic: Ministry of a man or in English “Equipping Men”, “God’s Blueprind for the Family”.

It was a very relevant topic for the family, for fathers and sons.

We invited brother Norm here in Ukraine to conduct such a seminar so that more people could hear such relevant and instructive topics.

My wife also had a meeting with sisters missionaries from Romania where they studied the topic of suffering and testing our faith in our daily lives. They also had a prayer hour, together with Gabriella’s sister Stef

And on Saturday we already returned to Ukraine, because we had to arrive before 12:00 at night already at our homes, in Ukraine. From 12:00 to 05:00 in the morning we had a curfew and no one has the right to move either by car or on foot, at this time, because the roads are patrolled by the military. Thank God we arrived on time, although the road was difficult and tiring, but the Lord helped us all to get safely to our homes. Thank you for your prayers, we felt them.

2. Also on October 23, our missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission had a meeting in Novoselytsia in the Emmanuel church, where the pastor of the church is our brother missionary Popov Valeriy. There I told our brother missionaries about our trip to Romania and about the lectures of brother Norm from the USA. I also said that we invited brother Norm Wakefield from the USA to us in Ukraine, so that we could organize such a seminar here. The missionary brothers were very pleased and happy to welcome such a brother to us in Ukraine.

Also, all our missionaries gave reports on the work done in their missionary points. We were very happy to hear about the ministry of our missionaries among their churches, among people in need during this difficult time of war, about the ministry among children and teenagers - Glory to God!

At the end of the meeting of our missionaries, we again prayed fervently for peace in Ukraine, for the elections in the USA that will be on November 5, so that the Lord would put at the head of the US state the person who is by the will of the Lord. We prayed for our sponsors from the USA so that the Lord would bless them and their families.

3. Thanksgiving:

-We thank our Lord for the protection and defense on the road to the trip to Romania.

-We always thank the Lord for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, who help and support us here in Ukraine. Thank you for your prayers.

-We thank God that in our region where we live, missiles do not fly and so far it is quiet and calm. Therefore, it is not difficult for us to serve God here where we are.

-We also thank God for the opportunity to serve both the Word and holy deeds to the people who live among us, the needy and the displaced.

4. Prayer needs:

-Pray with us for peace in Ukraine, for the war to end so that we, the servants of God, could serve peacefully in the Field of God.

-So that there would be no enemy missiles that destroy everything and kill people and children.

-Pray for us and our families so that the Lord would protect us from all evil in this difficult time of war in Ukraine.

-Pray for those people who heard the good news of the Gospel this month, so that the Lord would touch their hearts and they would repent.

We always pray for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. Thank you for your support and for your prayers for us. May the Lord bless you abundantly. Please accept heartfelt greetings in the Name of Jesus Christ from my family and from all our missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission.

With love to you, the PETIKHACHNYY PAVEL & LARISA family.

Thanksgiving Day

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

We are grateful to the Lord God for His mercy and protection that we have from Him in this difficult time for Ukraine. And although we have this war, the Lord blessed us with a good harvest that we collected from our fields. God took special care of those who live in Ukraine and all our churches celebrated the Harvest holiday in September-October. The holiday of Thanksgiving to the Lord for the blessings of the land that produced a good harvest of everything we need for our food.

All the churches of Ukraine thanked God for the help and support that they received from the churches from the USA. We immediately send this help to those regions that are on the front lines.

1. This month we organized the Harvest holiday in 3 churches: Balkovtsy, Podvirnoye and Nesvoi. Our church choir went to Balkovtsy and organized a program for this holiday. Thank God there were also unbelievers who listened attentively to the Word of God.

- We also went to Podvirnoye with a group of singers and organized a program for this holiday. There are 3 unbelievers who attend church services. We pray for them so that they repent.

- And we held this holiday in the church from Nesvoy on September 29. On this day we invited these 2 churches: Podvirnoye and Balkovtsy, to our Harvest holiday. Thank God, there was a blessed gathering of thanksgiving to our Lord for all the gifts, earthly and spiritual, this year. Everyone participated in the worship program, from the smallest to the greatest. After the service, we prepared packages with food for the sick and needy, which the brothers took to people's homes. They were very happy and with tears in their eyes thanked God for such a generous and blessed gift from our church, for the fact that the church does not forget about them, glory to God for everything!

2. Funeral:

- In the city of Chernivtsi we buried the wife of my brother Yuri, her name was Jeta and she was 61 years old. She had been ill with cancer for a long time and God took her to himself. We organized the funeral here in Chernivtsi, although she was a member of our church from Nesvoya. The Word of God was preached and the choir from Chernivtsi together with the choir from Nesvoya glorified the Lord with singing. At this evangelism there were 50 people from unbelievers, Jeta's relatives and her friends who listened attentively to the Word of God. We pray for these people that the Lord will examine their hearts for repentance.

- After such evangelism, many people came to us with different questions and we answered them. These conversations were very interesting because it was raining outside and people could not go outside until the rain stopped. And so they had such an opportunity to hear the Word of God in the hall, in the cemetery, where such events are held.

3. At the Bible Institute, we are taking exams for new students who are entering this institute. There are not as many students now as there were before the war.

4. Thanksgiving:

- We are grateful to God for blessing us with a good harvest this year.

- We thank God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, who are helping us so that we can give this help in those areas of Ukraine where there is fighting. Everything burned down there, there is no electricity, no water, there is a big disaster.

- We thank God that it is quiet and calm for now, without enemy missiles, and we can preach the Gospel to people.

5. Prayer needs:

- Continue to pray for the war to stop in Ukraine and Israel.

- Pray for those who repented this year, so that the Lord would strengthen their faith.

- For those who heard the Word of God this month, so that the Lord would touch their hearts.

- About the displaced persons who live among us, that they repent. They receive help and thank God, but we pray for them that the Lord touches their hearts, that they repent.

- About teenagers, about children, about youth, that they are protected by God in this difficult time of war.

- Pray for us, missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission. We are going 5 brothers to Alba Iulia for a conference organized by the PIEI Romania mission, October 11-12. That the Lord bless our journey and the time of the conference. That He protect us from all evil.

We also pray for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. And we wish that the Lord bless you, your families, your churches and your country. We also pray for the upcoming presidential elections in the USA. May the Lord bless these elections for you.

We love you and pray for you.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.

Harvest Festival

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Jesus Christ!

We are very grateful to God for His protection and security, for His help and for His grace to us. For the fact that even in this difficult time of war in Ukraine, the Lord gives us such an opportunity to worship Him with thanksgiving for the harvest given by God this year. By His mercy in our region, Chernivtsi, people were able to reap a good harvest from their fields - Glory to God! This is God's mercy to us, because where the war is going on in Ukraine, people were unable to sow or reap anything. But the Lord is merciful to us and therefore we must meet the needs of those people who are now going through these trials, and also help our soldiers who are now on the front lines defending our country.

1. Harvest Festival:

-This month we celebrated the Harvest Festival and Thanksgiving Day in the church of the village of Podvirne. We, together with the church, thanked God for the wonderful harvest in this year 2024. For the fact that from this harvest all our believers are ready to donate for those areas where everything burned out and they could not collect anything for them because of this war.

- At this holiday there was a special prayer for the long-awaited peace to finally come to Ukraine. And the Church of Jesus believes and hopes that God will hear our prayers for peace.

- And a week later, together with the church from the village of Balkovtsy, we also celebrated their Harvest holiday, where our church choir from Nesvoy glorified the Lord with songs and poems of thanksgiving and praise to God for bread, for water, for the Word of God, for health and for the mercy of the Lord to us.

- This church is also ready to donate from its profits for all areas of Ukraine that are in need. The whole church prayed earnestly for the Lord to give us peace in Ukraine. May the Lord hear these prayers too.

Also, these 2 meetings were attended by unbelievers who listened attentively to the Word of God. We pray for them too, that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

- Next Sunday, our church from Nesvoy will also celebrate Thanksgiving Day. We invited these 2 churches to us and also invited many guests from our village. We pray that the Word of God touches their hearts so that people understand Christ's love for them and so that they repent.

2. Pre-funeral and funeral

- From our church Nesvoy, brother Vladimir passed away into eternity, a brother who worked hard for our church, was a member of the church committee.

- At the pre-funeral service, the Word was preached and the church choir glorified God with psalms. There were also many people there, relatives of brother Vladimir, who listened to the Word of God.

- Also on the second day, already at the funeral, many unbelievers came and the Word of God was preached in the Power of the Holy Spirit.

They also prayed for peace in Ukraine at this funeral. All the people there said words of prayer to God that this senseless war would stop and that peace would finally come to Ukraine. May the Lord bless us with this peace!

3. Thanksgiving:

- We are grateful to God for your prayers and for your support, dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. Through your help, we help those in need and displaced people who live among us.

- We are grateful to God for giving us this opportunity to proclaim the Word of God to unbelievers who are among us.

- We are grateful to God that our Bukovina has not yet been bombed by enemy missiles. Glory to God for His mercy to us.

4. Prayer requests:

- Do not stop praying for peace in Ukraine and Israel.

- Pray for all those who listened to the Word of God this month. So that the Lord would touch their hearts.

- Pray for the evangelization that we will have in the church of the village of Nesvoi next week. That the Lord blesses His Word through preaching, youth hymns, stories, poems. Pray for the awakening to repentance of our people from these villages to whom we proclaim the Gospel.

- Pray for our trip to Romania, for the upcoming road to Alba Iulia, where our missionary brothers from Romania are organizing a conference on October 11-12 in Alba Iulia. That the Lord protects us from all evil and that we can rejoice around the Word of God at this conference.

We always thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, we pray for you and love you with Christ's brotherly love. May the Lord bless you abundantly and may the Peace of Christ and HIS GRACE always be with you!

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.

Baptism of my sister

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

I am grateful to God for His mercy, for His love and for His protection and this month we also worked and served Him without obstacles. I am grateful to God for adding to His Church devoted people to Him who are ready to give their lives for the sake of Jesus Christ.

1. Baptism

- I conducted a baptism in the church of the village of Sterche, where my sister wanted to make a covenant with Jesus through water baptism.

- I was very glad to hear when she was asked if she had not changed her mind about taking this step, but she answered that no one and nothing could separate her from the love of Christ. And she takes this step with love and with faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

- Many unbelievers were present at this baptismal feast, the children of this sister and her husband is also an unbeliever. Glory to God for the good news of the Gospel to people who listened attentively to the sermons of the pastor brothers who preached the Word in the Power of the Holy Spirit. We pray for these people who listened to the Word of God so that the Lord would test their hearts for repentance.

- I also participated in the baptism in the church of the village of Rokitne, where our missionary pastor, brother Kioresko Gregory. There I preached before the baptism, where one sister was baptized, and I preached and encouraged her through the Word of God so that she would be strengthened in the power of the Holy Spirit.

2. Evangelism

- I conducted evangelism in the village of Nesvoya. At this evangelism there were many people from among the unbelievers who listened attentively to the Word of God. I preached at this evangelism about the resurrection of Jesus Christ for a new life. Among the unbelievers there were also people who wanted to start a new life, and therefore after the evangelism they approached me with these spiritual questions, to which I, with God's help, answered them.

3. Visiting the sick

- I visited many sick people from the church with the breaking of bread, where I conducted mini evangelism in their homes. After this evangelism, there were many questions that I answered.

4. Thanksgiving

- We are grateful to God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in the evangelism here in Ukraine, for your prayers for us and for our ministry here, for your support and your material help through which we help others in need during this difficult time of war with us. We also help many refugees who live near us where we live, in our Chernivtsi region and in the city.

- We are grateful to God for the protection and security of our Chernivtsi region and for the city of Chernivtsi because we have not yet been bombed by missiles. We hope further and only for His mercy and protection.

5. Prayer needs:

- Pray for those souls who have received water baptism, so that they fulfill those promises that they gave to God to serve Him until the end of their lives, so that they would fulfill with faith and love.

- Pray for this senseless war to end, so that the people of God can serve and glorify God calmly and peacefully.

Pray for those unbelievers who listened to the Word of God during our evangelism, so that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

- Pray that there will be no more missiles in our region of Chernivtsi, and throughout Ukraine, because innocent people and children are dying (Lviv, Krivoy Rog, Poltava and other cities of Ukraine).

And we pray for you, our dear partners in evangelism in Ukraine. We wish you the most abundant blessings from the Lord God. We love you and always pray for you.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.