A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
Psalm 68:5
Praise God we were able to make it to the Ukrainian border for the second time and bring humanitarian aid such as medication and food. Shortly after we dropped off the supplies, we met with various pastors in Warsaw, Poland. These local leaders are assisting refugees crossing into Poland but are facing challenges due to the high number of people that have come over the border in the past 30 days. We also had Pastors visiting from the state of Washington, who came to see the situation and are looking at ways they can help the pastors and churches across Europe.
After our visit to Poland, we headed to Germany to visit with the many refugees who have made are living there. Germany has more resources available to help refugees but are still met with many challenges. We met many volunteers there to observe and learn how they are helping many Ukrainian refugees. As more information begins to come out from Ukraine, many Refugees are distraught of receiving terrible news from their loved ones who stayed behind. We met many mothers and children who shared that their fathers and/or sons were killed fighting on the front lines. The mental and emotional health of the refugees is a big concern and prayer of ours. Just as Psalm 147:3 says, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds“, we pray that God would provide peace and healing and use the church to be the hands, feet and heart of God to the many families in Europe
In addition, we were able to purchase another van in Germany. The Lord provided with the funds from your donations to buy a Ford Transit. This van is large and will enable us to do more frequent trips to bring humanitarian aid to Ukraine and drive refugees from eastern Europe to western parts.
Please pray for:
- The safety of partners who are taking supplies and aid from the Poland border into Ukraine. Some of the volunteers that have been delivering have been shot and wounded.
- For more safety corridors to open so our humanitarian aid can reach those in dire need.
- For our safety on trips between Italy and Ukraine and for our vehicles to tolerate long distance trips without breaking down.
- Volunteers – as many have grown weary from this war and are feeling spent helping with this crisis, the amount of work in Europe/Ukraine is more than anyone expected. There is more work and need for assistance than volunteers and those that are serving are tired both physically and mentally.
- Donations have decreased, but the amount of work has not. Pray for more people to consider supporting our ministry.
