Twelve snapshots from Ukraine
Vitaliy Lakh and his wife— living in Kharkov
We didn’t hear from him for over a month, but he wasn’t sitting around; he was serving his people.
This is the “faulty” car that Vitaliy wrote about.
It brought supplies to many and deliverance and escape for others.
An elderly man who received food, delivered by Vitaliy.
Would he be open to the gospel without a minister of God there to speak to him? Perhaps, but for the last six weeks, God has had Vitaliy working in such a way with people.
Valeriy & Luba Kovalenko
(Valeriy wrote this in his report)
“I really want to hug you tightly and cry together and rejoice that the Lord Jesus has made us family and friends. I understand that this is impossible on earth, but in eternity it will definitely be. If I go first to the Lord, then I will wait for you there, and if you go first, then wait for me.”
Ivan Ribalka
Welcomed in Germany by loving, hospitable German Christians
Ivan (older than 60 years of age) was able to leave with two daughters and grandchildren.
“I never thought at this age I would preach the Word of God in Germany.”
Sergey Tahktaulov left Ukraine in a refugee caravan from two different churches with unbelievers included.
Sergei leading a Bible study with Ukrainians in Spain. “We are meeting regularly and praying for God’s hand in our country and for Him to direct us.”
Igor Seelenko
He and his wife fled Eastern Ukraine in March but a month later are serving at a House of Prayer in Western Ukraine.
A tent for coffee, tea, refreshments, and prayer in Krivoi Rog, Ukraine
Inside the tent
Another tent of refreshment, overseen by Pastor Stepan Bokoch. On the side of the tent there is the image of the cross and words describing God both as love and as righteous.
This billboard has been erected near Dniper, Ukraine by Sergei Chernitskiy proclaiming the truth of Psalm 50:15.“Call unto me in the day of trouble, and I will save you and you will glorify me.”
Nikolai Dyomin
“Sometimes people come in groups of threes. . .”
“. . . sometimes in fives, but they hear the Word of God and many have repented and trusted Christ.”
Irina Chub
Serving men in the Ukrainian army by making bulletproof vests — maybe not glamorous but much appreciated by somebody’s mother.
An underground bunker?
Normally used to store potatoes in the winter, this was the setting for Alexander Chub to find shelter during an air raid as well as to lead a thee hour discussion on God’s Word and spiritual topics.
Vadim Khlobass— Pastor in Uzhgorod, moonlighting as a truck driver in recent days.
Vadim Birikov
Serving the Lord and ending this episode with thanksgiving to the Christians who are praying for him and sacrificing for the church in Ukraine as they demonstrate God’s goodness in the face of war and evil.