Gospel for atheist

A few highlights of missionary work led by pastor-evangelist Vasiliy Preutesa.

All the missionaries fight on the first front line preaching the Gospel to the nonbelievers. Why are they on the first line of the front? Because when going to people’s houses they can face different obstacles such as being told harmful words, being laughed at, expelling from the fence or to let the dogs run after them. Very few people are willing to ask questions or to accept you to tell them about Jesus.

In the picture I am with a former teacher of primary school from Vanchikauts, Vera Bordiian. She is 78 and has been a widow for a very long time. She is alone as she doesn’t have any children. In 1995 we used to visit her neighbor at Christmas sang carols and held evangelisms. She used to come to our evangelisms and listen to our songs. Later I started to visit her and told her about Jesus. She started to attend the church in Vanchikauts, is interested about what is written in the Bible, about God and eternal life. Last time when I visited her, I prayed for her and took a photo with her telling that the people who will see her photo will pray for her.

On the second picture is George Kelya, a former chief agronomist and atheist. For almost four years he can’t see or walk, as well as having other illnesses. I have been visiting him many times, read him the Bible and talked to him about creation, sin, God’s love, Jesus’ sacrifice and repentance. Because he was an atheist and communist before, it is complicated to talk to him. Nevertheless, I was pleased that George finally started to admit that without repentance he cannot see God. I prayed with him and told him that I will come and visit him more. On the next picture is George’s wife, Vera, the former family doctor in our village. She is 75 and in the picture is next to my wife. She also is very sick. I talked to her too about Jesus’s love, God’s forgiveness and repentance. She confessed us that she was sorry that her life has passed so quick and she didn’t understand a thing from it; that she is sorry of not serving the Lord from her youth as my wife Valentina and I did. She prays God for forgiveness and guidance to understand His path. I told her to read the bible and to continue to pray.

Prayer requests:

1 Pray for Bordiian Vera, the former teacher, Kelya George and his wife Vera, to be investigated by the Lord and accept Jesus as their personal Savior.

2 Pray for our church in Vanchikauts to grow spiritually and more people to join us. As a church we pray for the people in the village, we have bible study and serve God as we can.

3 May God bless you and all the partners of mission PIEI for prayer and financial support

 With love, pastor missionary, Vasily Preutesa

A teacher needs the right doctrine

Peace and grace to you all missionaries in the name of Jesus Christ. We live it a time of a big-scale war where a big country Russia attacked us. This war took place for 7 months already, but unfortunately, people don’t start to seek God. When I invite them to our communion and to prayer, that moves them very little. It is God’s guilt of everything that happens around them that He let a war, earthquake, illnesses, and other misfortunes.

In the first picture, I am with a teacher of geography, Roman in the bombproof under the store. He is a form master of my granddaughter, Julia. He invited me into the parent council of a class. Likewise, he often asks for my counsel and some issues from the Bible. I advised him to read the Bible and write a note about what is misunderstandable for him, and then ask me. He asked me immediately: Vasya, why there is written in Genesis that men born children? Why God chose Israel if it is disobedient, grumbling, and sinful like others? I answered many of his questions and asked him to read the Bible further.

In the second picture, I am with the Kalanch family, Eugeniy and Valia. I wondered about their material and spiritual life. Parents of Eugeniy are Christians, but his brothers and his family are not. He sold his house for the House of prayer in 2005. When we meet he is not against the Gospel, he attended church with his parents till 15. But then he had bad friends and went to the world. He has a second marriage. I encouraged them and invited them to come to the church.

Prayer needs:

For a teacher of geography, Roman and his family

For the Kalanch family, may God come into their hearts.

I am grateful to the brothers and sisters of the mission PIEI, for your financial and spiritual support.

Our church in Vovchanets and my family send to you a Christian greets.

With respect to you, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.



Everyone needs to know Christ

Peace and grace to you brothers missionaries. We use every possibility to tell people who are Jesus and what He was born for. We always seek such persons because God prepared them a forehand. I drove my car and stopped at the bus stop to pick up somebody. Nina got in a car and I turned on Christian music and preaches. Her husband died from cancer a year ago. I knew her husband, and I told him a lot about Christ. Nina attends an old traditional church. Our conversation was about the plan of God, salvation, about a passage Who believe and baptize will be saved. She told that she very little understand the Bible and salvation because they don't explain that at their church. And said: Vasia, I’d like to know the true God and trust Him. I replied: Nina, read the Bible attentively, especially the 4 Gospels because they show the love of Jesus Christ. Pray before reading, may God reveals Himself to you and your family. I don't get a charge for the trip because I use that for the Gospel. Then I stopped the car and prayed for her and her family.

In the second picture, I am at a private hospital in a dentist's room. They treat my teeth. Elena has eyeglasses, she is a doctor, and her assistant Varvara. I could talk with them about God and His love to humankind. About the fall of man and salvation through Jesus Christ. They told me that they keep the traditions that their parents taught them. I replied to them: Girls, read the Bible. This is a Word of God, it has been written by different people through the Holy Spirit. Trust the Bible and trust God because He wants to save us and bring us out from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. We need to know the true God because on the last judge He will judge us and will separate ones to the right and others to the left. God doesn't want the death of a sinner, but his salvation. I told them briefly my testimony and prayed for them.

We learn with our church about lives of different heroes of the Bible. Now we learn about Hedeon.

Prayer needs:

  • For Nina and her family.

  • For doctor Elena and Varvara.

Thank you for your prayers and love for us. God bless you!

With respect to you, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.


What is better: obey traditions or to Christ?

Dear brothers and sisters, God bless you all. At the very beginning of this month, I was at the gas station and fueled my car and I had the opportunity to talk with the assistant of the station Valery. He is 55 and he has a wife and two children. He is my old familiar. I told him many times: Valera, stop to smoke and drinking. Your wife is in Italy. We visited this family at Christmas and sang some carols to them. Then they visited the church and were interested in reading the Bible. I asked him: Do you read that Bible we gave to you at Christmas? He replied: Yes, I do. You know, when I read the New Testament I don't understand everything. Why I can't find there that we need to wear the cross on the neck, make a cross sign, and bow before Mary and the icons? I even did not find that we need to baptize little babies. I asked him: Do you admit the Holly Bible as God`s book? Yes, I do, he responded. The same book priests have but they read only what they want and what fits their beliefs. I encouraged him to pray and ask me when he doesn't understand the Scripture. I invited him to the church and to come to God while it is not late.

In the second picture, I took two women in my car. Behind me Innesa, who is 35 and she is a children's teacher in a kindergarten. She is a singer in the orthodox choir. I met her before and shared the Gospel that a man needs to rebirth from heaven.

Close to me is Vera, who is 62. She knows me since childhood, we went to school along with her. I always tell her about God and my repentance. It is hard to accept the truth for orthodox who believe in traditions and priests. I along with my son plastered their house in 2016 for three weeks. So we had a lot of conversations about God and His love for us.

They have been at some Christian funeral evangelizations. I told them that I would pray for them may God direct them on a path of true.

Prayer needs:

1. Pray for Valeriy and his family may they come to Christ

2. Pray for Vera and Innesa and their families may they have a desire to know God thruly.

My family is really grateful to you for your prayers and your support. We pray for you, love you, appreciate you, and bless you.

With respect to you, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.

He can't to forget that camp

Missionary activity on Bukovina along with the mission PIEI. God bless you all. We live in the very difficult days when we have a war in Ukraine.

It is bad that although there is so great religion freedom in Ukraine, people have not understood the truth. When the pandemic has come they did not come to God but they took masks and were afraid die. The same happened when God allowed this war but people don't come to Him even now.

In the first picture I met Alex from Vanchikauts village and he is 30. When he was 12 I took him and his friends on a bus to the camp in Boyan. When he met me he admitted that he cannot forget how it was good in that camp. I remember how they taught me to pray, I liked that songs and games, And I remember that sermons. That all are unforgettable moments of my life. Sometime I attend the church, I take my family with me. I feel how I'm drawn to God. I read the Bible and pray and I want to be closer to God. I hope God does nor forsake our family. We talked of repentance and I encouraged him to not late but hurry to come to Christ.

In the second picture I stopped on the way where they were selling grocery. I sat down close to them, Grisha abd Zhenia. We are old familiar, always when we meet they say you have your faith, but we have ours. We are not against your faith, so you don't be against ours. I told them that the Bible say There is only one God, one faith, and one baptism. Firstly a man have to learn that God exists, then to believe Him, and then accept the baptism. Then Grisha asked: Why our priests don't read this text from the Bible? Zhenia replied instead of me: They read only that the supervisor said them. It is theirs job. We talked about different unbiblical holidays, about cross and cross sign. I invited them to the church.

Prayer needs:

1. Please pray for Alex and his family may they come to Christ.

2. Pray for Grisha and Zhenia may they read the Bible and get to know Christ.

My family is really grateful to you for your prayers and your support. We pray for you, love you, appreciate you, and bless you.

With respect to you, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.

Get the last train

Peace and grace to all missionaries around the world. We live in a hard time in Ukraine. We have a full-scale war with Russia, they bomb our cities, and kill our nation. The Word of God is fulfilled that brother will fight with brother.

In the first picture, I am with women who sell vegetables and other stuff at the bus stop. They are Maria and Aurika. Maria is about 80 and her husband died about 25 years ago. But he repented 8 days before he died. His husband Alex stole often and he was prisoned a couple of times. He visited the church several times and reconciled with God. I told Maria on his buried that it is very rare such cases when somebody repents right before death. You need to do this in time. You worship icons, kiss them, and keep orthodox traditions. On the crosses close to Christ were two thieves and both of them had a chance to receive salvation. The thief on the left blamed Jesus but the other accept Him as a King. He was crucified with nails on the cross, he did not make a cross sign on his body, he did not kiss icons, but only appealed to Jesus: Remember me when you will come to Your kingdom. Then Jesus replied to him: Truly I say to you today you will be with me in paradise. Maria, it is so easy to repent and to get into paradise, you don't need to keep all orthodox traditions. Jesus accepts thieves like your husband and like that one on the cross.

Aurika is a member of the church and she told how she accept Jesus 28 years ago. And she doesn't regret it.

In the second picture, I am with Zhenia who is around 80. She can not walk for 6 years already. She attended the orthodox church for many years and she knows a lot of verses from the Bible. She was glad to meet me and to talk about the Bible again. I encouraged her to read the Bible and to pray before the reading may God open her His will and she could taste the kindness of God. We talked for an hour. She recognizes that members of the orthodox church don't know the Scripture. She sees the hypocrisy of the priests that they only keep the job and tradition with no soul. I am glad that she reads the Bible and she sees the difference and discrepancy between tradition and the Bible.

Please pray about these women and their families.

My family is really grateful to you for your prayers and your support. We pray for you, love you, appreciate you, and bless you.

With respect to you, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.

Ministry in the hospital

The brief notes about missionary activity in Ukraine along with the PIEI mission. People are scared in Ukraine caused of the bombing, people die, many are hurt, much destruction. They destroy everything houses, schools, kindergartens, maternity hospitals etc. It is still quite in Chernivtsi region, praise the Lord. Wonder, but people are ready to hear the Gospel and they ask many questions.

In the first picture, I attended one family of Antonina Geba in the Novoselisa hospital. She is our neighbor, she is 63, she is blind for 3 years already, and she is bedridden. Close to her is her daughter Natasha and she looks after mom. I dropped them to the hospital on my car and I will take them back to home. I talked with them about God's love, His wrath and His judgement etc. Natasha reads the Bible and believe in God's miracles. I showed them a couple verses about idols and unreal gods. Jesus told to Samaritan woman what is a true worship of God. She replies: Vasia pray for me please, I want to trust God completely and become His family, but I don't have boldness for that. I promised her to pray for her and ask her to call me any time she needs or have a question. Antonina was far from God when she was healthy but now she is opened to listen to the Bible. I prayed about Antonina and her family that come to her.

In the second picture I had a talk with the Shevchuk family from Donetsk, Iryna 38, and Katerina 18. We met at the polyclinic. While they waited for the surgeon, I asked them where do they live and do they believe in God and whom they worship? Their house is in Donetsk survived despite all houses around it were destroyed. I explained them how God loves them through such circumstances. You need to read the Bible and pray God, come to church and praise the Lord for that. Then I told them my brief testimony. I invited them to the church of Novoselitsa. We talked about 30 min while surgeon had come.

Please pray for these families, may God save them.

We parse the Bible with the church. Our church is small and everyone is involved in the research.

We praise the Lord for His love to us missionaries, and for brothers and sisters from the PIE mission, for their prayers and financial support.

With love to you my precious brothers in Christ, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.

He gives a new world

We send to you a brother's and Christian greetings from the church of Vovchanets village and Preutesa family.

Jesus had sent His disciples to preach with no doubt the Gospel among people. So we should fulfill his commandment.

In the first picture, I am with Elena. I saw her on the bench close to her house. She is about 80. She is alone, her husband had died long ago, and her daughter left her and forgot about her. I greeted her: Christ is risen! And she replied: Truly risen! I asked her: how is going? She told that it is very difficult for her, I am alone, nobody helps me, I need to cut grass and chop the firewood.

You replied to me: Christ is risen! So He is still alive and He wants to live in your heart. Our heavenly Father gave His Son on the cross to die for us. So by His holy blood, our sin might to be cleared and we are able to receive eternal life. Jesus wants to be a friend to every one of us, so we are not alone. He loves people and He loves you. Jesus is the closest friend for orphans, widows and alone ones like you. Seek and you will find - Bible says. You need to repent and come to God`s family.

In the second picture is Leonid, he is 52. Her wife is a massager. I came to them with my wife, and while his wife was making a massage for my wife, we talked. I asked him: Have you read the New Testament? He told that the Holy Scripture is so useful for his soul, and the Gospel of John rose him to another world.

When I was young, they proposed me to read the Bible. Then I read the New Testament and God revealed a new world for me. And I became a child of God. Read, pray and repent before God, my friend. I will pray for you.

Please pray for a lonely woman, Elena, and for Leonid and his family. May God gives them new hearts where Jesus will live.

Please pray for my Wife Valentina. She needs to have a surgery, may God bless her recovery.

Thank you all who prays for me and my wife, she is in a hospital and I look after her.

Thanks to the mission PIEI for your spiritual and finance help.

With love to you my precious brothers in Christ, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.

The blind need to see the Light of Christ

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.

The wrong choice makes wrong life

Dear brothers in Christ, we live in a difficult time when we have a full-scale war where the front is 1700km long. Our soldiers defend us from occupants.

I repented in 24 and my heart feels pain when I see how young people and young families live without God.

God gives me the boldness and the desire to stop people on the street and talk with them about God.

In the first picture is Sergey, he is around 35, he has a wife and two sons. I met him on the street and asked him how he is doing because we are old familiar. Before he got married he went with us to Chernivtsi for the evangelization on the stadium Bucovina. He recognized that he takes drugs and can not drop them. Five years ago he has started. He had divorced a couple of times. Then he told: When I saw you I remembered how you gave me the advice to marry a believer girl and come to church. But I looked at my friends and took hard life. Now I suffer and I can not drop drugs. Help me please to exit from these circumstances. So, we prayed together that God opens his eyes to see what is a sin and what is the court of God. Then I invited him to the church with his family and he promised to come.

In the second picture is Ania, she is 91 and she lives alone. Her husband died a long time ago. Her daughters married and left her. She stayed at the well and wait when somebody to take water and brings it to her house. I helped her and she asked me: what will be with us? I overcame the Second World War when Russians with Ukrainians fought against germans but now Russians fight with us. Why does it happen?

I explained to her that everything that happens around us shows that people don`t have a fear of God. They don't seek God and don't love Him. It is the beginning of wisdom. Do you believe in God? She replied: yes, I do. Do you see Him? She replied: Yes, I do. I see Him when I look at icons and at the mother of Jesus Christ. I kiss the icon and make a sign of a cross at me. I explained to her that God needs worship in the spirit and truth but not with icons. She replied: I don't know how to pray correctly, can you teach me? I told her and then asked: Would you like to get to heaven after life? Yes, she said. Please pray for me may I get to know more about Jesus Christ.

Prayer needs:

1. For Sergey and his family

2. For Ania and her daughters

We are grateful with my family for all your financial and spiritual support.

With love to you my precious brothers in Christ, missionary Vasiliy Preutesa.