Peace to you brothers and sisters who pray for our missionaries, our ministry, and spiritual and financial support for extending the Good News in Ukraine. Greetings to the mission PIEI and Stef family, thank you for your deposit in our ministry.
At the beginning of 2021 days are short and people stay at home and they afraid to talk with others due to the virus. Thanks, Lord that I could go on streets and homes and found people who want to learn out about God. This is Voronin's family grandma Valia and grandson Dmitriy, they know that I am a missionary, I asked them how was their 2020? And how they are in general? Did you thank God for everything that He had given to you in 2020? And then I asked do they know what does mean Christmas and who was born on this day? Then I explained to them in their yard who is God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit, and why he calls us to repentance. Why he was born in the barn and manger, why he died on the cross giving his life for us sinners. After this conversation, the questions were started. As a consequence of the pandemic people afraid to go to the orthodox church because they don't want to get infected with the virus. But when you go from home to home you can find open people who thirsty for the Word of God. Valia and Dima asked me: If God is love so why He permit the virus, disease, wars, dies, earthquakes, thunderstorms, hurricanes, droughts? Why God permits so many injustices when people steal, kill and become millionaires but others are poor, don't have money to pay the bills? How does God look at this? I replied that is very good when they ask the questions because it means that they want to know more about God. I explained to them that what you sow you will reap. People don`t have fear of God and the beginning of wisdom is a fear of God. People don't want to meet God and to know personally who he is in reality. Read the Bible and you will find out why we suffer and die. The Bible is the compass that shows the way to heaven. Once I did so and I found God and now I am happy with Him. Come to the church, don`t afraid of the virus, God loves us and protects us.
Please, pray for this family, they are close to God. Bear them to God in your prayers.
Pray that I can go to different homes and sing with my two granddaughters Julia and Valery.
We are thankful for all God's blessings, for brothers of mission PIEI for everything they are doing for us.
With love to you my precious brothers in Christ, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.
