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The Annual Report of the PIEI Ukraine National Ministry  for the Year 2022

1. Repentance and Baptisms:

- Year 2022 was a difficult year for our ministry, difficult for the whole country of Ukraine, because on February 24, 2022 the war with Russia started in Ukraine. Despite all the circumstances, the Lord helped us because, following the work of the 9 missionaries from the PIEI Ukraine mission, 250 people were already converted and 33 people received the New Testimonial baptism - praise God for these spiritual fruits!

2. The work at the Biblical Theological Institute:

- This year, 6 sessions were taught at the Institute. Through these sessions we prepare new disciples for God`s work in Ukraine. 50 students who studied the Bible participated in these sessions.

3. Camps:

- During this war in Ukraine, the government forbade everybody to organize camps, so to hold the traditional PIEI youth camp we changed it in the documents as 5 days seminars. – Thus, 150 young people and children (70 % of the young people were from unbelieving families) could come to the PIEI youth camp and 56 of whom repented - Glory be to God.

- Each missionary from the PIEI Ukraine mission organized VBSs for children in their local churches, where 460 children and adolescents participated. Among the local children many of the refugee’s children who live in those localities also went to the VBS.

4. Work with orphans:  

- Right from the beginning of the year, in January, we organized the Orphan`s Christmas celebration for the orphaned children. We gathered 200 orphaned children, we fed them and he gave them 200 gifts of sweets and fruits.

- During the year, 2 meetings were held with these children, where they were fed well and again, received gifts.

5. Work with Refugees:

- Right from the beginning of the war, the PIEI  Ukraine missionaries worked a lot on the distribution of refugees coming from the North, East, and South of Ukraine, to our region  in the West of Ukraine. We have been feeding them and finding them shelters. We gave them shelter in local houses, in churches, schools, and even our own homes. Throughout these 7 months of war we tried to help them with food, clothing, shoes, toys, school supplies, etc. items that we have been receiving abundantly from our missionary brothers from the PIEI Romania mission. They visited us several times with vans loaded with humanitarian aid for the refugees.

- Now we are trying to find houses that have heating for the refugees so that they can live in warmth, because winter is approaching.

6. Help for soldiers who are fighting and for the people who need help:

- The PIEI Ukraine missionaries   took many buses loaded with food products for the people who stayed in the cities where battles are held and who couldn’t flee. (in the cities such as Irpini, Bucea, Borodeanca). Even now, in September, they took a van overloaded with food to Gostomel - a town below Kyiv that suffered a lot as a result of this war.

 

7. Evangelism:

- This summer the Lord helped us a lot so that a group of brothers and sisters from a church in Indiana, USA came to minister with us in Ukraine on a short term mission trip. And despite the war, many evangelizations were held among the refugee s in our parts and especially with the refugees in the following localities: the city of Czernowitz, the villages of Dinautsi, Rakitna, Tarasautsi, Noua  Sulitsa, Cotileu, Nesvoia.

- We did these evangelistic meetings, together with the team from the USA, home visits in the homes where the non-Christian refugees live. There were also people who repented. Also, we held meetings with the families of those soldiers who fought in the front line of the war. We prayed with them, we gave them food, aid and promised them that we will continue to pray for them and take care of them.

– We also had meetings with the soldiers who serve our country and went to fight in the war. We supplied each soldier with bulletproof vests, where we put a New Testament on each of them and covered them with prayer. We also gave each soldier first aid kits. We had a meeting with 100 soldiers and we are preparing to do more meetings with God’s help.

8. The Work on Radio Bucovina: 

- We have 2 missionaries in the PIEI Ukraine ministry who hold broadcasts on radio Bucovina. Through their radio programs, they encourage all the inhabitants of the Czernowitz region, even the refugees who live in our region.

9. Thanks:

- We thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for your prayers, for the prayer groups that pray unceasingly for Ukraine, for the prayers of the churches in the USA because you are constantly praying for the missionary work here, thank you for the sponsors and partners who support the missionary work in Ukraine and for the humanitarian help that you sent us at the right time so that we could serve those who are in need here, especially the refugees who live among us.

10. Prayer Requests:

·       Pray together with us, so that we can find heated houses for the refugees.

·       So that throughout the winter we have food and warm clothes for the refugees who are in the Chernivtsi region and for those on the front line.

·       To be able to organize youth and children’s camps.

·       To be able to work with orphans and the elderly.

·       For the end of the war in Ukraine.

Thanksgiving day

We greet you brothers and sisters from the USA with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

I thank the Lord for blessing me throughout this month and giving me the opportunity to preach and proclaim His Word among the people who live in our area. He guarded our land from bombings and people live in peace with us.

1. Thanksgiving:

-On September 25, our church celebrated the feast of Thanksgiving to the Lord for a blessed harvest in our villages and in Western Ukraine. In the East, South and North of Ukraine there was a war and people who even sowed seeds, everything burned down. And we, those from whom the earth gave birth, should help and share with those who have such trouble. Our church is already preparing how to help and where to send help to people suffering from this war.

-On this holiday there was a rich program of youth and children in which the Name of the Lord our God was glorified. We also divided the products into bags and delivered them to the needy and sick in the village. People were very grateful to God for such kindness, Thank God!

-We also rejoiced, together with our entire church, for the repentance of one young woman (Lyudmila). She has been going to our church for a long time and on this Thanksgiving day she decided to repent. We have been praying for her for a long time and thank God that He heard our prayers. Now we pray for her husband George and for her children.

2. Social assistance.

-Also helped a family twice this month whose wife has cancer. We helped them with money and food. We pray for them and for this sister (her name is Jeta). She has just received another course of chemotherapy and is very weak. She keeps telling us that she is ready to go to God, but if the Lord wills continue her life, then she would like this. She is 59 years old. We pray for her all the time.

-We continue to help one disabled brother Dmitry in whatever he needs. We pray with him and comfort him.

-We gave literature and help to refugees who live in the village of Balkovtsy (neighboring village).

3. Breaking bread.

On October 2, we made breaking bread in the church in the village of Nesvoi and in the church in the village of Balkovtsy. We also distributed Holy Communion to the sick. They are always happy when brothers come to them with communion.

4. Meeting of the missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission.

-On September 28, we had a meeting with the missionaries of the PIEI UKR mission in Novoselytsya to the Emmanuel Church, where our missionary pastor is brother Valery Popov. There, each of our missionaries gave a report on the work done for 2022. We prayed and thanked God that He is still merciful to us and prolongs our lives so that we can serve Him with full dedication. We also thanked God for our sponsors from the USA, who constantly helped us, at this difficult time for us, and with prayers, and financially supported us so that we would continue to help other people who are in need. We prayed for our brothers and sisters from the USA that the Lord bless them with health and everything they need. We also prayed that the Lord would stop this war. Only God can stop this evil and we hope for God's mercy. Everyone of our missionaries were very happy about this meeting. We prayed for each other, encouraged each other, and blessed each other in our ministries for the next.

4. Thanksgiving:

-We are very grateful to the Lord for His mercy to us and we still have a peaceful sky (during these 7 months of the war in Ukraine we were never bombed), and for the fact that we can calmly serve the people who live near us. We are especially pleased to serve refugees and hear from them words of gratitude addressed to our God.

-We are grateful to God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for your support and for your prayers for us and for Ukraine. We feel the power of your prayer that strengthens us in ministry here, where we are at this very disturbing time for us.

5. Prayer needs:

-Pray with us, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, that the war will end and that the Lord will continue to protect us from war so that we can serve the Lord by helping people in their needs.

-Pray for us, the ministers of the church, so that we can find warm homes for the migrants because winter is coming soon.

-Pray for those people who have heard the Word of God that they repent.

-Pray for those soldiers who are on the front line defending Ukraine, that the Lord will protect them.

-Pray that the Lord will give me health to serve Him.

And we always pray for you, dear brothers and sisters, that the Lord bless you, your families, your churches and your country.

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

Ordination of new deacons

Greetings, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord!

Gospel for unbelievers:

-I am grateful to God for helping me to serve unbelieving people, so that they could learn more about Jesus Christ and His love.

1. In the Nesvoi church, we held 2 evangelizations at which we glorified God through the singing of our choir and youth choir. There were many unbelievers at these evangelizations, and at the end of the meeting one young girl repented - Glory to God. Then I realized that if you sow the seed of God, it does not return without fruit.

2. In 3 churches: the Nesvoi Church, the Bolkovets Church and in the Podvirnyanskaya Church, I held communions, due to the fact that there are temporarily no ministers there. There were 2 unbelievers in the Podvirnyanskaya church, of which one soul repented - Thank God! The other does not yet dare to accept Christ in the heart but we pray for this soul.

-I spent these services for 2 weeks, because their ministers were: one was sick, and the other went abroad with his family.

-I was invited to preach at a funeral in Balkovtsy where one sister passed away. Her children were unbelievers. They thanked us 3 preachers and our choir for actively participating in this funeral of our sister in the Lord. There were about 100 people present and half of them were unbelievers. Everyone listened attentively to the Word of God. One person, after this funeral, visits the prayer house. We pray for these people and for this village so that the Lord tests their hearts for repentance.

3. Together with the brothers from the Baptist association, we were at the ordination of 2 deacons in the church of Dinivtsi. Their names are: brother Leonid Paskar (brother of pastor Alex Paskar), they work with his wife and lead the church choir, have 6 children; and brother Veniamin Chupak, a youth leader, also work together with his wife with teenagers from the church. He has 6 children. At this service there were many unbelievers who listened to the Word of God attentively.

4. I conduct Bible lessons at the Bible Institute. I have classes with volunteers from many churches. In one of the churches, I taught classes from the lecture of the book "Marriage Without Regret." These classes were attended by 150 young families and youth. I taught these classes at the request of the young people present.

5. Prayer needs:

-Pray, together with us, that the Lord would give me strength and wisdom, so that I could teach Bible lessons in churches in the Power of the Holy Spirit.

-Pray for these 2 deacons from the church in Dinivtsi whom we ordained to work in the Power of the Holy Spirit.

-For those who repented at the evangelizations who were led to make a covenant with Jesus Christ through water baptism.

- So that we do not get tired of helping refugees in all respects: morally, spiritually and materially.

-To end the war and bring peace to Ukraine.

-So that all the people who listened to the Word of God preached this month, may this Word be for their repentance.

6.Thanksgiving:

-We are grateful to you, brothers and sisters from the PIEI mission, for supporting us missionaries from the PIEI Ukraine mission, both spiritually in your prayers for us, and financially so that we can work here and help other people who need help.

-We are grateful to God that our region, Chernivtsi, has not yet been bombed and so far it is quiet here. We pray to God that he will continue to give peace to our region so that we can work calmly and sow the word of God among people.

-And we pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, that the Lord bless your work of donation for Ukraine. May God bless your families, your church and your country with peace and health. We always thank God for you. Be blessed!

With love, the Petikhachny family, Pavel and Larisa.

Testimonies of children

We greet you with the love of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, as we wrote to you in the previous report about our youth Christian camp "Candela" which we held with God's help from August 1 to 6 in Boyany, almost 60 children, teenagers, and youth repented there and now we want to write briefly a few testimonies of these children.

1. George Troyan, 15 years old, the village of Malinovka (from an unbelieving family):

-I am very grateful to God that I had invitations to be in this Christian camp. For me, this is the first time to be in such a wonderful camp. I really liked the Word of God. I studied the messages from James. This is just about our time. Nobody knows what awaits us tomorrow. The main thing is that we are reconciled with God. I understood this and Jesus helped me to come out and repent. I should be a light further for my friends, for my parents. Help me, Lord! Thank you for everything you have done for us. Bless you!

2. Edgar, 16 years old, in the village of Malinovka (father is an alcoholic):

-It was my first time in a Christian camp. And thank you. I liked everything about this camp. My parents are unbelievers, my father has problems with alcohol and I don't like the life that my parents lead. I then learned that there is another life - bright, kind, divine. And the Word of God can set you free. Christ frees everyone who comes to Him with faith and repentance. I learned this in this camp and accepted Christ in my heart - Glory to God. I pray to God that He will give me patience and wisdom on how to be a real Christian. Thank you all for such a wonderful camp.

3. Artur Tkachuk, 18 years old, Malinovka village.

-I am from a believing family and I kind of repented earlier in the meetings, but that repentance was not real. Only in this camp, I felt how the Holy Spirit touched my heart after the sermon of brother Will from the USA, I decided to seriously give my heart to Jesus Christ. Then I just raised my hand and when there was a general camp call to repentance on Friday evening, I was one of the first to come forward to confess my sins before the Lord and to accept Christ in my heart. And then on Sunday, I went out in front of our church so that the church would know about my decision and pray for me. Thank God for accepting invitations to this camp. Thanks to all the sponsors for sponsoring this camp. It's worth it. So many souls have gained Christ during these 5 days of the camp - Thank God!

4. Stephania, 15 years old, Forosna village.

- I am very grateful to God that I ended up in this camp. I really liked everything in this camp. At home, I live only with my mother and my younger sister. We go to meetings in Forosna, but I have never felt the call of Christ so close to my heart. Every day we stayed in reading the Word and in prayer with the very morning, then studied the Word from the message of St. James. Yes, indeed, the Word of God sets us free. I liked the games and swimming in the pool, and the worship evenings. My mother was very happy about my decision. God help me to carry this faith in my heart until the end of my life.

5. Vlada, 14 years old, Zhilovka village.

-Thank you for inviting me to this wonderful camp! My parents are believers, and when they heard that there was a youth camp in Boyany, they immediately tried to get a ticket for me. And I am very glad that I was in this camp. I cannot describe my feelings of gratitude to everyone who was next to me: both my leader and teacher, Pastor Pavel, and my peers who were with me in the camp. I really liked the Word of God in the group in which I studied the Epistles of Apostle James. I thank and praise God for the fact that the Holy Spirit revealed to me eyes and heart so that I decide to accept Christ and repent. And my friend and I decided to repent. After prayer, we wept with joy that we had acquired the salvation of our souls. God help me to be a true Christian!

6. Kiril, 14 years old (immigrant from Kherson).

-I am grateful to the leader Tatyana for giving me a ticket to this Christian camp. My parents are unbelievers and we live with them and my younger brother in Nesvoi, they gave us a house where to live, because we lost our house because of the war. People from this village and people who go to the Baptist church help us a lot, with various products and other help that is necessary for us. I really liked this camp. It was my first time in such a camp. I went to the lessons of pastor Pavel where he taught these lessons in such an accessible way for us. It was the first time I held a Bible in my hands. The leader helped me figure out how to look for books in the Bible and the New Testament, and in the Old Testament. It was very difficult for me from the beginning. And then I got used to it. And I got a taste for reading the Word. When brother Will from the USA was preaching, I realized that I need to choose Jesus in my life. And I chose Jesus as my Savior. May God help me to follow the true path to the end with faith and love. Thank you for the camp. This is a great gift for me - thank God!

7. Alina, 18 years old, the village of Nesvoya (parents are unbelievers).

-Thank you for inviting me to the Candela camp. This is my first time in such a camp and I liked being in it. It’s a pity that we spent only 5 days. My parents are unbelievers, divorced, and now I live only with my grandmother on my father’s side. My father did not want to let me go to this camp, saying that I should not leave my grandmother at home alone, and my grandmother is a believer and really wanted me to go to this camp. There she was left to help her daughter, who is older than my father and lives there not far from her, in the neighborhood. So I ended up in the camp. It was very good. I realized that I had to repent and made the right decision for myself on Friday, August 5. I accepted Jesus Christ in my heart. Thank God and thank you all for the camp!

8. Erika, 15 years old, Chisinau, Moldova.

-I was just visiting with my cousin in Ukraine and we heard about this Christian camp. We immediately asked to be given 2 vouchers. I really liked the camp. Everything was good here both for relaxation and for studying the Word of the Gospel. And in the end, the Lord through the Holy Spirit knocked on my heart and I accepted Him as a personal Savior in my heart, Glory to Him! I went home happy and saved. Parents are also happy for me because they are believers. Thank you all. It was a great camp.

9. Elizaveta, 13 years old, a migrant from the village of Avdeevka, Donetsk region.

- Thank you for this wonderful camp. My parents and I now live in Novoselitsa. We are immigrants from the Donetsk region. We don't even have a Bible at home. We were given here in the meeting. And in the camp pastor, Pavel gave me a Bible. I didn't even know how to read the Bible. Thanks to our leader Alina, we began to understand how to look for places from the Bible. We are 3 migrants from different cities in Ukraine and we lived in the same room where the leader Alina was a class leader. We spent morning classes with her and prayed together. And she helped us in the lessons. You know, I never held the Bible in my hands, and in the end of camp, I was so clear about looking for places throughout the Bible. It turns out that the Bible is the Book of Books. It is the source of the Wisdom of God. We studied the epistles of the Apostle James. What Words! They are for our days, although almost 2000 years have passed since then. These words speak of trials and temptations. Then, too, Christians wandered and fled from the persecution of Christians, but they knew what they were suffering for. And we? Yes, we ran away from our homes. Yes, we roam the world because of the war. But we did not have the most precious thing that God gave to people - the Holy Word. The Word really set me free and I realized that I needed to repent and accept Christ in my heart. And the Lord Jesus helped me take this step - Glory to Him. I believe that God will not leave me and will help me continue to live a new life - always hold on to Jesus Christ. Thank you again for your invitation to such a wonderful camp.

10. Alexandra, 12 years old, the city of Dnepropetrovsk.

- I, too, like Elizabeth, ran away with my parents from the war. Thank God we found a home here for our family. We were told about this camp and we accepted the invitation. It was very good for us. It's a pity, of course, that it was only 5 days, but anyway, thanks to all of you for such busy days. I liked the Word of God, I liked studying It. I learned a lot of things in this camp for myself. We must seek the kingdom of God first and the righteousness of God—and everything else God will take care of and give us what we need. We have already been accustomed for half a year of the war to being grateful to God for what we have. But then I realized something valuable to me. If we are not born again, we will not be able to enter the Kingdom of God. How to understand it? I had many questions like Nicodemus had once. And I asked the pastor, brother Paul, and the leaders. They tried to answer my questions. God revealed himself to me and I realized that I needed to repent. And I answered yes! - to the call of Christ. May God help me to carry this faith as a banner until the end of my days!

11. Egor, 16 years old, the village of Tarasovtsy.

-I first came to a Christian camp. And thanks to those who gave me this invitation. I didn’t even know how to behave right away, and then when I began to study the Word of God, I realized in which society I ended up. And in the end, the Word of God did its work in my heart. And I realized that I need to accept Christ in my heart and in my life. A very cool camp. Thanks to everyone who organized the camp and those who worked all the days of the camp so that we could feel good all these 5 days.

12. Emanuella, 11 years old, Mamaliga village.

-Thank you very much to everyone who organized this Christian camp. This is like a gift for me. I was in the group of teacher Tamara. The Word of God was very accessible to me. And I realized that I need to be reconciled with God. Everything was perfect in this camp, the games, the pool, and the evening worship. I really liked the fact that every evening the cameraman Alex showed us a video about our camp. Thanks to him and his wife Nadia for working all day shooting a video about us. It must be very difficult - thank you too. Thank you, teachers, thank you, leaders, thank you worship team for wonderful songs, thank you chefs for delicious food, and thank you brothers and sisters from the USA for sponsoring this camp. Thank God for everything! And most importantly this is the fact that I accepted Jesus Christ in my heart-Glory to God! Thanks again to everyone.

13. Sofia Martsinyuk, 10 years old, Mamaliga village.

-I go to this camp from an early age, because my parents work as leaders in this camp. But I realized real repentance only this year. The Lord touched my heart - Thank God! God. This work is very valuable. Thanks to our leaders. I had a great leader - may the Lord bless Christina and her family. God grant peace to Ukraine so that they can organize such Christian camps!

14. Melentiy Kostya, 13 years old, Dranitsa village.

-I liked the camp very much. Thank you for the invitation. I liked studying the Word of God with teacher Kioresko Gregory. There we studied the heroes of faith from the letter of the Apostle Paul to the Hebrews. I thought how before, in difficult conditions, believers served the Living God. But now ... yes, we have a war, it’s hard for displaced people, but in Bukovina, thank God, it’s quiet and calm. God has mercy on us. And people seem to be indifferent to the love of Christ. Yes, all of Ukraine prays even on their knees ... but they don’t accept Christ at all in their hearts. I realized in this camp that I need to seriously improve my relationship with God through the blood of Jesus Christ, which washes us from all sin. I am very grateful to God for the fact that He helped me to get out and repent. Thank you very much for a wonderful camp!

15. Maxim, 13 years old, the village of Tarasovtsy

- This is the first time I have been to such a camp. I really liked the Christian camp. I did not think that by studying the Word of God I would also like all this. But indeed God is Omnipotent and can change hardened hearts. Everything was top-notch in this camp. I even forgot how to say obscene words. I was just ashamed to say that being among the believers. And then the Word of God did its work in my heart and I repented. Help me God to keep this faith in You to the end! Thank you all for the camp!

16. Nastya, 13 years old, the city of Novoselitsa.

-I really liked this camp. First of all, I had a very good leader, Alina, who studied with us and showed us how to look for places from the Bible. I have never held a Bible in my hands - this is the first time in this camp. We have every morning there was a prayer and classes on the book of James from the New Testament. Then there were also classes on the books of Jacob in the lessons. And this helped me a lot to understand this book from the New Testament more deeply. Then I even answered boldly the teacher's questions. I never thought that this would happen to me. Yes, God is great in His grace and love for people. I had to come here so that I could find the Salvation of my soul. I pray that the Lord will help me on this path of faith. Thank you all for the invitations to the camp, and for organizing and sponsoring these beautiful camps! Thanks to all the leaders. Oh, it's a pity that it was only 5 days! Thanks to Sasha and Nadia for the wonderful video! God bless you all!

17. Bogachuk Marius 14 years old

-Thank you all for the camp. Everything was great. I understood the Word of God, which all the time reminded me that the Lord loves all of us and wants us to truly worship Him in Spirit and Truth. How wonderful it is to be in the Word all the time! It frees us from all unnecessary that surrounds us. I studied about the heroes of faith. Excellent lessons. The Holy Spirit prompted me to repent. And I went out and repented-Glory to God. May the Lord bless you all Amen!

Here are some testimonies of those teenagers and young men who repented in our camp - Thank God. And the parents of these children call us and thank us. They said they would pray for all of us. Of course, we told them that without the sponsorship of our brothers and sisters from the USA, we would not have been able to organize such a large camp. They also thanked you, our dear ones from the USA, for your donations. We are glad to hear good reviews about our camp. But glory belongs only to God. We are only instruments in the hands of the Lord, and God is Omnipotent and works through us, weak people, so that only God would be glorified - Glory to Him for everything! That's why we say like Apostle Paul in Philippians - I can do everything in Jesus Christ who strengthens me. (Phil. 4:13)

And thank you all for praying for us. We felt it. And thank God for such success! Thank God that there was a peaceful sky above us! Thank God that in our Bukovina everything is quiet and calm, although we were a little worried, there was still a war in our country. And the Lord had mercy on us - Glory to Him for everything!

Keep praying for Ukraine. So that the war in Ukraine ends. So that these children who repented in the camp could serve God through their lives. Pray for us servants, so that the Lord strengthens us in serving the Lord.

We pray for you that God bless you all with His blessings!

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

Camp Candela brought some fruits

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

Last week, from August 1 to August 6, as you already know, in Boyany, a Christian youth camp Non Stop "Candela" was held. With God's help, this camp was held, which was attended by 150 children, adolescents and youth, along with 22 leaders and 3 teachers, and also Brother Cornel Stef from the USA, Brother Pastor Will from the USA, and Brother Mark from England. We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your prayers and your financial help to make this camp possible for us.

The camp was divided into 3 groups, by age:

The first group consisted of teenagers and young people. From 13 to 18 years old. There were 40 teenagers and youth of 17-18 years old. They studied in the group of the teacher pastor Pavel Petikhachny. They studied the Book of the Apostle James from the New Testament. Thank God for the fact that children from this group both from believing families and from unbelieving people repented. We are especially happy for the children from the migrants who were with us in the camp. We are glad that they understood the Word of God and responded to the call of Christ with repentance. Brother Pavel's group taught lectures in Russian so that it would be understandable to Russian-speaking children and even Ukrainian-speaking children, because both languages ​​are understood in Ukraine. Also, 2 days in a row for one hour, in the mornings, brother pastor Will from the USA and brother Mark from England spoke to these children. The translation in this group was into Ukrainian and our missionary brother Alex Pastushak translated them. In the evenings in the Worship program in the camp Brother Will also preached two evenings in a row, on Wednesday and Thursday - Thank God. There were children who repented at his sermon. They went out to repentance on Friday evening when there was a general call to repentance. So about 60 children, teenagers and young men repented in general - Thank God! Of the 120 vacationers, half of them repented. May God help them to keep the path of faith until the end of their days! We pray for them.

The second group was also made up of teenagers and young people from 13 to 18 years old. They studied with the teacher pastor Gregory Kioresko. There were 40 students there. They were lectured on the heroes of faith in Hebrews 13. There were very interesting classes and they were held in Romanian. Because these children are from the Romanian villages of our Chernivtsi region. Thank God that many teenagers and young men from this group repented. Here, brothers from America also spent two days of 1 hour classes and they were translated Romanian by our translator Alina Marcinyuk.

The third group, the youngest, was also created from 40 children. Children from 10 to 12 years old. There were few children 7 and 8 years old. These are the children of our leaders and missionaries. They were very interested in the lessons of teacher Tamara Bozdugan. They had games and applications, as well as lessons from Bible stories. Thank God that almost all of these children came to repentance.

We will then write to you the testimonies of children and adolescents who repented in our camp. We are just waiting for all the leaders to give us the necessary information about these souls that repented.

All vacationers really liked this camp. We praise God for protecting us all during this difficult time of the war in Ukraine. We were very worried about each child and were very worried about the brothers who came to us from America. Thank God that he gave us, on the territory of our region, a peaceful sky! There, in the camp, everything was interesting, different games, sports, swimming in the pool. They didn’t allow us only to make an evening fire because of this war. But this is not important. Important that we spent these 5 days in a very interesting way for the children and for the benefit of them too. Many of them have acquired Salvation for their souls - Praise God!

We are grateful to God for our leaders who have worked very fruitfully in this camp. May the Lord bless them. For the worship group, thank them and God! God bless you!

We are also grateful for the family of Pastushak Alex and Nadia, who translated the brothers from the USA, filmed the entire camp on video - thank you for this valuable work. May the Lord bless them. We also thank God for our 3 teachers who worked fruitfully and sowed the Word of God among these children. May the Lord bless all those who worked in this camp!

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Brother Cornel Steph, President of the PIEI mission. He came by car from Rumunia, accompanied by brothers Will from the USA and brother Mark from England. They fruitfully worked sowing the Word of God both among the children in the camp and among the refugees in Chernivtsi, Novoselitsa, Dinivtsi and Tarasovtsy. 15 refugees also live in the camp there, and these brothers had conversations with them. These people are very grateful that our brothers found time for them to listen to their pain, their wanderings and their suffering. Brother Cornell has not been at home in the family for a whole month , in the USA, but worked for a whole month, both in Ukraine and in Romania. We pray that the Lord bless the path of these brothers home.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the fact that you, brothers and sisters from the USA, helped us and sponsored this camp, because all our prices jumped terribly up during this difficult time for Ukraine and it would be difficult for children to pay such an amount.

With a prayer of gratitude, we ask the Lord for all the blessings for you. May God bless you a hundredfold!

We continue to pray for all the resting children who were in our camp. This year there were more than half of the children from unbelieving families. We pray for those who repented, and for those who have not yet had the courage to come forward to repentance. We know that the Word sown will not be return without fruit. We believe that the Lord will work in the hearts of these children - Glory to Him for everything!

Thank you again for everything, be blessed!

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

Social assistance

Greetings, our dear brothers and sisters from the USA, with the love and peace of our Jesus Christ!

We are very grateful to God for His love and mercy to us, for the fact that He gives us calm and peace in our Chernivtsi region. Thanks to this, we can still move around and help others in need with humanitarian assistance, and most importantly, we have the opportunity to tell people about Jesus Christ.

1.Social assistance.

-After July 5, when we saw off a team from the USA who visited us and we, together with them, proclaimed Jesus Christ among the settlers, then the missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission continue to work among our refugees who live among us. 4 day children's camps were held where they rested and children of immigrants (Novoselitsa, Tarasovtsy, Kotilev and Balkovtsy) - Thank God!

-We visited 4 villages and distributed humanitarian products among the settlers, and also in the church of the village of Povirnoye held a meal on July 10. There, one woman repented in the church and asks us to prepare baptisms for her. We pray for her.

-We also visited one disabled brother whose wife recently died and he was left alone. We often visit him and help in any way we can. And most importantly, we console him through the Word of the Gospel. We pray for him. His name is Dmitry Bodian.

2. I had 10 days of ZUM classes with other teachers from all over Europe, according to the book of Matthew. Based on this book, we want to create a group for classes among young people in our churches.

3.Thanks:

- From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you, brothers and sisters, for your prayers for us and our Ukraine, for your social assistance, which we can distribute to those who need it.

4. Prayer needs:

-To have a peaceful sky over our area.

-To end the war.

And we pray for you, brothers and sisters, and always thank the Lord for having you with us. May the Lord bless your work, which is very valuable in our eyes here in Ukraine, and in the eyes of God your work is simply precious. A great reward awaits you in heaven, let us all rejoice and glorify the Lord!

Say hello to everyone from our family. With love to you, the Petikhachny family, Pavel and Larisa.

Ministry with the team from USA

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

We are very grateful to God for the fact that this month he led us with His Wonderful Hand and we were able to preach His Word among the refugee people, together with a team of brothers and sisters from the USA.

1. Evangelism in refugee homes:

-June 29, with God's help and thanks to the prayers of your and our churches, a team of 7 people from the USA, Indiana, La Porte, led by brother Cornel Steph, President of the PIEI mission, arrived in Ukraine, in our Bukovina. they also brought us humanitarian aid (products) so that we could get this help to displaced people and poor people from our region.

We had a special program for this team, for every day, in all our villages of the Novoseletsky district, and in the city of Chernivtsi, to visit refugees from North-Eastern Ukraine in their homes where they temporarily live. The team was divided into 3 groups and within 5 days visited the refugees before lunch and after lunch. And in Martha's group, Sarah and Elizabeth organized a children's program from 15:00 to 17:00, where Sarah and Elizabeth worked with these children. They had 4 meetings with children from different villages in Bukovina: In Tarasovtsy, in Kotilevo, in Rokitne and in Novoselitsa. The children really liked this program. The children invited these sisters to come to us. Also sister Marta, a very energetic sister. She had a conversation with different refugees. waiting for some consolation in their troubles. They had different questions. Why, why and how should we go further? We talked with these people for a very long time. Sister Martha and Sarah, and Elizabeth helped us a lot. Also, pastors from these churches were with us and with the help of the Bible and the Holy Spirit we gave answers to these people. Together we prayed for them. We gave them packages with food and also gave everyone a book of the New Testament so that they themselves read and study the Word of God. Many of these refugees who were visited by us came to the meeting on Sunday. everyone was invited to our churches for Sunday service. One woman during our visits, repented, her name is Valentina. She also came to the church in Kotilevo on Sunday and went out in front of the church and wept that she could not repent earlier. Because the Lord blessed her with a good husband and beautiful 3 children, but she did not fulfill the will of the Lord and asked for forgiveness, with tears, from God. She prayed for her husband Fedor so that he would repent.

On Sunday, July 3, and in our church in the village of Nesvoya, our guests br. Kornel Stef, pastor Kevin Cram, sister Martha Hauch, Sarah Stef and Elizabeth Trowbridge also visited our church, where we had a wonderful fellowship around the Word of God .Our guests Brother Cornell and Pastor Kevin had sermons to instruct our church. There were also unbelievers in our service who listened attentively to the Word. We pray for them that the Holy Spirit will test their hearts and that they will repent.

Also in the afternoon we visited a church from the village of Fagadeu (Vancikauti), where we had an edifying ministry and preached pastor Kevin and brother Cornell. There were 3 unbelieving women and they really liked listening to the Word. They promised that they would come to the meeting.

On July 4, we met with the entire team from the USA in Novoselitsa, at the Emmanuel Church, where the pastor, missionary br. Popov Valery. All our missionaries with their families and a team of missionaries from the USA had a wonderful meeting there. They prayed that the Lord, through the Holy Spirit, would continue the work of awakening to repentance in the hearts of these people who heard the Word of God. Also, the missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission thanked our brothers and sisters from the US team, Indiana, for their visit to us. For their service and help in our ministry here in Ukraine. We had a beautiful table of love, and then we were divided into 3 groups. First a group of missionary brothers with brother Cornell, pastor Kevin and brother David, the second sister of the wife of our missionary brothers, together with sister Martha and sister Carola from the USA, and the third child and grandchildren of our missionary brothers where Sarah and Elizabeth studied with them. It was a blessed meeting and we are grateful to God and the team from the USA for all these days of fellowship that we had and for their ministry here between us.

On July 5 in the morning, we gathered again in Novoselitsa, and handed over our brothers and sisters from the USA in the hands of Almighty God and accompanied the team from the USA to the border with Romania. We are very grateful to God for helping them cross the border safely and they safely reached Alba Yuliya. We pray that they go safely to the USA and arrive safely each to their family. We believe that the Lord will help them in everything.

2. Gratitude.

We are very grateful to the Lord that He heard our prayers and blessed the brothers and sisters from the USA, blessed their arrival to us, their stay among us. Although we are very anxious because of this war. The Lord protected us all_Glory to Him for everything!

-We are grateful to the Lord for humanitarian aid which was brought by a team from the USA. We carried this help and continue to carry it to the refugees and the poor who live among us. We give gum. help and at the same time we bring them the Word of God that heals the hearts of the poor, tormented and sick people.

-Thank you for your support in our ministry here in Ukraine.

3. Prayer needs:

-Pray with us that the Lord bless this work done by the US team among our refugees and children. May the Lord bless and awaken all the hearts of these people and give repentance.

-Pray for our children's camps that will be in Tarasovtsy and Kotilev from July 11th.

-Pray for our Christian youth camp, Non Stop, mission PIEI Ukraine, which will be from August 1 to August 6. For the Lord to protect us all. God grant that it will continue to be quiet so that we calmly proclaim the Word of God to these children.

-Pray for the team from the USA, which will come to Ukraine on August 1, led by brother Cornel Steph, to participate with us in the program of our camp. Pray for the teachers and leaders. Pray that the Lord will protect the team from the USA on the way to us, during your stay with us and on your way back home.

-Pray that there will be repentance among the children in the Christian camp.

And we pray for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, that the Lord bless you all and always thank the Lord for you. May the Lord bless you and give you a hundredfold blessings!

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

Humanitarian aid from Romania

Blessed be the Lord who gives us His revelations, blessings, and help to refugees every day.

1. This month, as a PIEI Ukraine mission, we received from the PIEI America and PIEI Romania missions the third Humanitarian Transport of two humanitarian vehicles led by the President of the PIEI Cornel Stef mission. They arrived early in the morning, on Sunday, and before unloading these cars, we planned these brothers in 3 churches: the Church from the village of Rakitnoe where Brother Timothy Stanya and Brother Beni from Romania preached, and in Dinivtsi Brother Cornel Steph and brother from the USA Walter Windsor. Rodika, where Rodika's sister sang a song to the glory of the Lord and Brother Alex preached the Word and encouraged the church with the Word of God. After the service, everyone came to Novoselitsa and unloaded these 2 cars with the help that the brothers brought to us so that we could continue to help and distribute them to our refugees. We heartily thanked our brothers for this necessary help in our troubled times. After a delicious lunch, we met again in another room with our missionaries and their families, and with our guests from the PIEI America & Romania mission: Brother Cornell Steph, Brother Walter, Popa Alex, and Rodica's family, Brother Timothy Stanya, PIEI Romania Mission Director. , and brother Beni from Romania. These brothers encouraged us, the missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission and our wives, with their speeches so that we could serve all people and refugees in Ukraine during this difficult time.

-All our missionaries were very grateful to all the brothers and sisters from Romania and the United States who collected and brought us this humanitarian. If they did not help us, we would not be able to help refugees and all those in need, and at the same time preach the Word of God would they accept Jesus Christ in their hearts.

-In the evening I accompanied all our guests to the border with Romania. We were glad to hear that our guests arrived safely in Romania, and our guests from the United States arrived safely in America, we prayed about it-Thank God!

2. On Sunday, June 5, he conducted bread breaks in two churches in Nesvoi and Balkovtsi. After the service, we visited the sick and conducted mini evangelizations in their homes. We also gave them the opportunity to participate in the bread breaks.

-On the same day I returned to Chernivtsi from the church of the village of Nesvoya, and I conducted bread breaks with the sick who live in Chernivtsi. I preached the Word in their homes and together they remembered the death and suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ.

3. According to ZOOM, I conducted classes at the Bible Institute with 15 students. With these classes, I prepare new students so that they can continue to serve in churches with young people, with children, and with the Church of Christ.

4.Thanks:

-We always thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the United States and Romania, for supporting us spiritually and with your prayers, at the same time and materially, when you really help us in this difficult time for us. We thank you for these 3 transport with humanitarian aid and thanks to this we can help people in need and refugees with food and other assistance.

-Thank God that He saved the lives of our missionaries and that they can serve people in word and deed.

We thank the Lord for the group of Americans and missionaries from Romania who visited us, encouraged us, and brought help to refugees and those in need.

5. Prayer needs:

-Pray that the war is over.

-Pray for a group of 8 brothers and sisters from America who should come to us in Ukraine, on June 29, so that they can get to us safely, so that we have a peaceful sky in the Chernivtsi region, and so that they can work with refugees.

- Pray for us, the missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission, so that we can properly organize the arrival of the group from the United States and the time of their stay here with us so that they can succeed in evangelism among our refugees, here in our places.

We also pray for you, dear brothers and sisters, that the Lord may bless you all and return to you a hundredfold blessing for you and your families.

My family sends you all a Christian Greetings!

With love, the family of Petikhachny Pavel and Larisa.

Work with refugees

Greetings, dear brothers and sisters, with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

We thank Our Lord for the fact that in this difficult time for Ukraine, we, the missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission, are working in the field of God with full dedication.

1. Breaking bread:

-With God's help, I held communion services in 4 churches: Nesvoya, Forosna, Zhilovka and Podvirnoye. In these churches, they visited and the sick in their homes conducted mini evangelizations: they sang psalms, and preached the Word and made communion for these sick people. non-believers and we invited them to the House of Prayer.

2. Work with orphans:

-The boarding school for orphans from Orshivtsi asked us for help, and we, the PIEI Ukraine mission, helped these children with sweets and bought pop food for them, which these children love very much.

-Now we are preparing to help orphans from the orphanage from the city of Khotin. We ask the Lord to help us do this noble service for these orphans. We had long planned to serve the orphans from the city of Khotin, but the war prevented us. We have refugees who need help every day .Already, it seems to have calmed down a little with the refugees and we must fulfill our obligations, that is, what we promised the orphans from the boarding school in the city of Khotyn.

3. Work with refugees:

-We have a full city and region with refugees who have come to us, and we have refugees at home, and in our churches. We, the children of God, are trying to help them in any way we can, Thank God that humanitarian vehicles arrive with food and everything necessary for refugees to help and our churches are distributing this aid to these people. Our PIEI UKRAINE mission received 2 times this aid from Romania through the PIEI Romania mission, and now we are waiting for 3 humanitarian aid through this mission. We pray that everything will work out and our brothers from Romania will reach us safely.

-Bible lessons were held with adults, from refugees, and also Sunday school teachers conduct Bible classes with children. At such meetings, one person repented and two more people want to repent, praying for them.

This man has repented, his name is Denis, he is from the Kherson region. His wife went abroad with her children. And there she found a church and goes to this church there. She repented there and advised her husband to repent. him about Christ. Thank God for accepting Christ into his heart. He really wants the war to end soon so that they can be reunited with their family again. We pray for this family.

4. Prayer and fasting:

- We continue to pray with the churches from our region every day at 9 o’clock in the evening, and also fast for the Lord to help our Ukraine. To stop the war in Ukraine. Chernivtsi region? May we serve calmly on the Niva of the Lord without fear that there will be bombings in our city.

5. Thanksgiving:

- We are very grateful to God for you, dear brothers and sisters, who pray for us, for Ukraine, so that there will be peace in our country in the near future.

- We thank you and the brothers Romanians from the PIEI Ukraine mission for the 2 humanitarian convoys that we received from you and with this help we can help the refugees who settled with us, in our region.

-We are grateful to God that the missionary brothers of the PIEI Romania mission are preparing to translate the 3rd transport humanitarian convoy for Ukraine, for refugees, we pray that everything will turn out well.

5. Prayer needs:

-Keep praying with us to end the war in Ukraine.

-So that we, the missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission, do not get tired of doing good to the refugees and help them come to Christ.

-Pray that this month we will be able to help the orphans from the Khotinsky boarding school with everything they need.

-For those refugees who accepted Christ, so that the Lord would strengthen them in faith, and for those who have not yet accepted Christ, so that they hasten to repent today, because tomorrow may not come for some. Then they really can be late.

-For the Lord to continue to bless the Chernivtsi region with peace and tranquility, because we have a lot of refugees and they found shelter and care with us, and we, the children of God, found services for Christ by serving these people who need both salvation and financial assistance. May the Lord help us in this!

-For the Lord to bless me and my wife Larisa with health to serve the Lord.

We always pray for you, dear brothers and sisters, that the Lord bless you with health and peace and return you a hundredfold blessing for your sacrifice for Ukraine.

Be blessed!

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

Celebrating the feast of the Resurrection of Christ

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.