We send to you a Christian greeting to brothers of the PIEI mission and Stef family from my family and from our churches in Vovchanets and Vanchacauts. In the case of this war, people are more open to the Gospel, some of them came to the church and repented. I often meet different people on the street and visit at their homes.
In the first picture, I am with Andrew, who is 70, he has a wife Barbara and three kids. They love to listen to the Word of God, and they often invited me to home to talk with them. Andrew said: Vasia, it is hard to live holy and to be a believer in our time. I replied to him that I had been unchristian till 24, many atheists and communists laughed out of believers and of me. But I did not care, I wanted to be with God and now for 41 years as I serve God. Pray to God and seek Him, come to the church, you were for a couple of times but why stopped coming? Trust God and don't worship icons, because God hates them. God loves you and He has a family everywhere. Then we prayed together.
In the second picture is Antonina, she lives close to me. She is 64, and she is fully blind for 3 years. She experienced insult and her right arm and leg are paralyzed. She has two daughters and a son. Her husband passed away recently. We talked about many Bible topics. When her children came from Orthodox church and I just came from our baptist church, I asked them what have they hear there? Tell me and then I tell you about our program and what we heard. They told about saint Marry, saint Nickolay, traditions, etc. But I told them about Jesus as a Savior of the world, One who will judge all people, that only the Bible leads us to heaven. Then we prayed.
In the third picture are Diordiy (89) and his wife. They came here from Irpen, close to Kiyv, where was a hard war. They are living with their relatives while the war ended. They believed in God when they were young. We had good communication and encouraged each other.
Let's pray for all these people, may they come to Christ.
Thanks to the mission PIEI for your spiritual and finance help.
With love to you my precious brothers in Christ, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.