Our dear brothers and sisters from the USA, first of all, we want to greet you with the bright Feast of the Resurrection of Christ: Christ is risen! Christ is truly risen!

We praise the Lord for helping us to celebrate this significant holiday for us - the Resurrection of Christ, although in such turbulent circumstances for us as this war in Ukraine. Thank God for the fact that He gives peace in our region so far and so far we have not been bombed rockets. This is only the mercy of the Lord over us. We are also grateful to you, brothers and sisters, for constantly praying for us, for our land of Bukovina and for our country Ukraine. We feel your prayers. They help us a lot here.

1. On Sunday, April 24, all our churches from Ukraine (of course, those that are not in occupation) celebrated the feast of the Resurrection of Christ. 10 people from non-believers came to our church. Many of them were refugees from Kyiv and Odessa. The Easter program was very well prepared. And our choir, and the youth choir. There were many congratulatory verses to the glory of Christ Crucified for us and Risen. The Word of God was preached in the Power of the Holy Spirit. We saw tears of joy in people's eyes. There were a lot of prayers of repentance for the church and for God to help us, and this war stopped, which took so many lives from people. We believe and wait for an answer from the Lord. Only He can protect us all from these misfortunes and troubles.

On April 25, we went to 3 evangelizations. In the morning in Forosna, and from 11 o'clock in Zhilovka. There were not many people at the meeting, but for that there was a funeral of one sister and at this funeral the Word of God was preached in the Power of the Holy Spirit. There were about 50 people unbelievers, and there were also people from refugees who listened to the Word attentively. After the funeral, we invited these refugees to come to our meetings. We pray for them and for this village.

3. Thanksgiving:

-Thank you brothers and sisters for supporting us in this difficult time for us.

-We thank God for the fact that all our brothers and sisters are actively involved with the refugees who have found shelter with us. We pray together with them, comfort them and help with food.

-I thank God for my wife Larisa, for giving her health to feed these refugees who live with us. Also, our daughter, Anzhelka, helps us with these refugees. For example, when we go on an evangelization mission, she cooks food for refugees .Thank God!

-I am also grateful to God for all our missionaries for the fact that they also help refugees both spiritually and materially. All our churches are full with refugees and we must give them what Christ gave us - the Word of God, and also help them in trouble. How much is needed, so much we will help, may the Name of the Lord be glorified through our holy deeds!

4. Prayer needs:

We ask you to pray with us for the war to end sooner.

-So that those people who heard the Word of God at the Easter Evangelizations understood the Word of God and repented. Many listened to the Word with tears in their eyes, but still do not dare to repent.

-So that the Lord preserves and protects Bukovina, our land. To be calm and peaceful, because we have a lot of refugees living near one hundred thousand. They fled from those horrors of the war, many lost everything and houses, and cars, and families. Pray for them that the Lord will comfort them.

We pray and hope to God that this terrible war will end soon and peace will finally come to Ukraine.

Once again, we congratulate you, brothers and sisters, on the Feast of the Resurrection of Christ: Christ is Risen! Christ is Truly Risen!

May the Peace of Christ be in your homes and families. May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you!

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