Peace to all of you. We thank the Lord for the opportunity to serve the church and neighbor at this difficult time for Ukraine.
I thank the Lord and you for being with us in prayers, thoughts and deeds. I express my special gratitude to all those who, through the PIE mission, participated in the collection and delivery of humanitarian aid for the needs of the Ukrainian people. People with different needs come to our church every day, thanks to the humanitarian aid that came to us through you, we can serve and make up for the shortcomings of refugees and those who need help.
Every Sunday many unbelievers come to our church, they can hear the gospel, get encouragement and we pray for their experiences. Also, our prayers are for the sons and fathers of those families who are fighting at the front, so that God protects and returns them home alive. The mothers of these sons thank us with tears in their eyes for these prayers.
Every Sunday afternoon, Alla and her children's team meet with refugee children. Their parents also come to these meetings. Some are listening to a Bible lesson with children, while others are conducting personal evangelism at this time. In this ministry, we are helped by the church from Kyiv, which has found temporary shelter with us.
After the Sunday morning meeting and after the children's service, all parents receive social packages, with the necessary products and things for hygiene. We also distributed mattresses, pillows, blankets to those who did not have them. Along with this, we give them the New Testaments. This is a very fruitful work to serve in expanding the kingdom of God and in supporting the church of Christ. The minister brothers and I set aside time for counseling, where we can communicate and pray with unbelievers and with all those who need spiritual, moral, psychological support.
This Saturday, a young couple from immigrants, Bogdan and Diana, got married in our church. Life goes on, families are born even during the war.
This week we helped one mother whose two sons were taken to the front. She does not have water in the house and we, as a church, helped her in this need. They also brought special shoes and food for her sons so that she could send them to the front.
Together with Grigory Kioresko, we sent two humanitarian aid beads to Kyiv for the needs of soldiers and people who are in the war zone.
Thank you all for staying with us. May God bless you all richly. Pray with us for peace in Ukraine and for the peace of people with God.
With love to you, the Popov family.
