We greet you brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We are very grateful to God for His protection during this time of war in Ukraine. February 24 will mark 2 years since this terrible war began. So many people, young and old, children and youth, died because of this war. This is very cruel. We only thank God that, by His grace, our Chernivtsi region has not yet suffered from missile attacks. And in other areas it’s terrible what’s happening. We pray and fast that these horrors of war will stop and that the Lord will continue to protect His children here in Ukraine, from bombs and missiles, and from all evil that comes to us from the devil.
I am very grateful to God that in such difficult times God gives us spiritual and physical strength to perform the ministry of evangelism here in Ukraine.
1.Bible Institute.
-This month, the Bible Institute students and I are studying the book of Exodus. In this book it is written how Moses and the people of Israel built the tabernacle according to the plan of the Lord, in the desert.
-We are now also building the Church of Christ from living stones (people), where we need to work hard and evangelize. It is necessary that the entire Church of Christ with its gifts serve people who have not yet accepted Christ as Savior, and only then will there be success in the gospel.
2.Breadbreaking
-I held the breaking of bread in the church from the village of Podvirnoe. To get there, Larisa and I had to go through 3 control posts, because now we are under martial law. I am not discouraged that I was traveling on this road, because 3 unbelievers came to this church and were able to listen to the Word of God. And on the next Sunday (02.11), these people again came to listen to the Word of God. We pray that these people understand the Word of God, the call of Christ and the love of God the Father, and that they repent.
3. Visiting patients with the Breaking of Bread.
-In Chernivtsi there are many sick people who are waiting for us with the breaking of bread.
I visited people who were suffering from serious illnesses and at one time held holy communion with them - the breaking of bread. They are very pleased with us because we preached good sermons in their homes about the death and suffering of Jesus Christ, and they were also able to participate in Holy Communion - Remembering the death and suffering of Christ. They prayed and thanked God for the opportunity to participate in this holy work together with the Church of Christ. And I prayed for them so that the Lord would heal these sick people if that is His Will.
4. Regional conference.
- I participated in a regional conference where the speakers, our guests, talked about false teachings in our time. Because some want to introduce such teaching into our churches, and in this way move the church away from the truth of Christ. All our brothers prayed earnestly for this, so that the Church of Christ would stand firmly on the foundation which is Christ.
5.Regional Committee of Sisters.
-February 17, my wife Larisa participated in the regional committee of sisters where our sisters reported on the work done in sisterhood, prayers, acts of mercy among widows, orphans, and assistance to our soldiers at the front. We also thanked God for the peaceful sky in our region, for our churches, for the pastors of churches, for the fact that God protects us all and we can serve God here in our region.
We planned to continue serving God with His help. After all, we have Christian camps in the summer and services to widows and orphans, and continue to help soldiers on the front line. We believe that our God is All-Powerful and will help us in these ministries, so that His Holy Name will be glorified among people and so that more people will come to God with repentance.
6.Thanksgiving:
-We are grateful to God that our region, Chernivtsi, has not yet been attacked by enemy missiles and bombs to destroy our houses - Thank God!
-We are grateful to God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, for praying for us and supporting us financially.
-I thank God for protecting me on all the ministry trips I went on this month.
7.Prayer needs:
-Continue to pray with us for peace in Ukraine and Israel.
-Pray that the Lord will protect and preserve all our missionaries, that their families will remain alive and that we will preach Christ together during this difficult time.
-So that we may have success in the gospel.
-So that those three church visitors from Podvirnoe understand the Word of God and that they repent.
-Pray for Sister Jeta from our church. She is a cancer patient and was taken to the hospital again. If it is God's will that the Lord heal her.
-We pray for our soldiers who are on the front line, especially now we pray for the Avdeevsky Front, Donetsk region. There are heavy battles there.
-We pray for prisoners of war so that they return home from captivity.
We pray that the arrival of enemy missiles and bombs in Ukraine will stop. Our hope and trust is only in God.
And we pray for you, brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in ministry here in Ukraine. May God bless you and reward you a hundredfold for your sacrifice for Ukraine.
Please accept heartfelt Christian greetings from my family.
With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.
