A missile strike at a high-rise apartment building in KyivA missile strike at a mall in the city of KremenchukA missile strike at a high-rise apartment building in the Odesa regionA resort in the Odesa region before and after the missile strikeA 2-year girl sitting near the ruins of her house in the Odesa regionA building engulfed in flames as a result of a missile strikeCourageous Ukrainian fire-fightersAt the ruins of their house…“Here used to be my home”Many beautiful old buildings have been ruined Current Ukrainian realitiesAs of today, 22 million tons of grain are blocked at Ukrainian portsSome Ukrainian farmers die while harvesting crops. Crops in Ukraine are harvested with a high price this year! Imagine the chain of work: from preparation of seeds and sowing, harvesting, transfer of grain to elevators and mills, production of flour, transfer of flour to stores/warehouses/bakeries, baking of bread, transfer to stores…Two Ukrainian pastors (on the right and on the left) with refugees with whom they have Bible studyNew Testament given to refugees at a church in the city of TernopilFirst Baptist Church of Irpin giving food and New Testaments to the needyMany people in this city need help.Evangelism in a village of the Ivano-Frankivsk regionGiving food and New Testaments to the needy in Kyiv“What does it say?”People received New Testaments in the city of OdesaHaving a Bible study with refugeesYoung lady in the city of Truskavets reading the New TestamentEvangelism in a park of the city of Chernivtsi: giving tea and New TestamentsMedical ministry: caring for peoples’ bodies and soulsA happy girl, town of Bikivka, Zhytomir region
Evangelism in Sumy region: bringing physical and spiritual food to the needy
Evangelism in the village of Yuryeve, Sumy regionStreet evangelism in the city of SumyStreet evangelism in the town of Velika Berezovitsa, Ternopil regionStreet evangelism by Hope Christian EnsembleGiving our food and New Testaments after the preachingPreaching the Gospel and giving out New Testaments in the villages of Demydiv and Lisovychi, Kyiv regionImmediate interestPreaching the Gospel in the village of Korolivka, Kyiv region Witnessing to wounded soldiers in a hospitalA wounded slodier receiving a camouflaged New Testament at a hospitalGiving spiritual weapons to our soldiersIt’s finally happening!Time to say, “I do”!“I now pronounce you, husband and wife!”Yurko and another young man are joined by Yura’s nephew and 4 nieces to sing to the happy coupleMr. & Mrs. Alexander (Sashko) PopchenkoHappy parents with our son and new daughterThe Popchenko FamilyEvenlina’s oldest brother (far left) with his wife and 5 children, Evelina’s youngest brother (next to Yurko)Let the wedding feast begin!There is always a lot of music at Ukrainian weddings!We chimed in, singing, “Where there is harmony in the family, there is peace and quiet”
This year’s sowing campaign is very unusual: Ukrainian farmers risk their lives to sow crops in mined fields.Another brave Ukrainian farmer finished his course…Next time you have the temptation to complain about the rising food prices, remember that some Ukrainian farmers gave their lives so that millions of people around the world would not starve to death.War crimes of Russian tankmenJune 1st is International Children’s Day. Many Ukrainian children did not live to see it. Music: ‘Melody’ by M. Skoryk (Ukrainian composer).Children of the war…… living in ruined cities…… living in bomb shelters…… living at train stations…… leaving home… maybe forever…“Mom, will I have a childhood again?”Julia Grebneva is standing among the wreckage of a Russian military plane that crashed into her house where her family lived in the city of Chernihiv. Courtesy of David Guttenfelder20,000 New Testaments sponsored by Baptist Couriers for ChristNew Testaments from Polish Epaphras Publishers.4,000 camouflage New Testaments from Polish Epaphras Publishers.20,000 copies by The Reformed Bible Society of the NetherlandsNew Testaments from the German mission FriedensBotePassing out Ukrainian Scriptures in downtown Giessen, GermanyWith a pastor friend in GermanyVisited the Netherlands again and challanged The Reformed Bible Society to print more Ukrainian New TestamentsDistributing humanitarian aid in the liberated Sumy areaGiving the word of Life to needy peoplePreaching the Gosel
Helping people in the liberated Sumy areaDisplaced Ukrainians receiving New Testaments at a church in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk
