From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 699):
The Lord reigns;
let the peoples tremble!
He sits enthroned upon the cherubim;
let the earth quake!
Psalm 99:1
Our morning started at 5:43 a.m. Our air defense forces sent out a warning of missiles being launched by the Russian strategic bombers. We moved into our apartment hallway and tried to go back to sleep.
It was around 7 a.m. when we woke up from a few loud explosions, coming one after another. It worked better than an alarm clock, getting me completely alert.
The air raid was over at 8:15, so I could finally leave for school. I noticed how busy the street was – you could see children going to schools or preschools, their parents going to work by car or public transportation, people walking their dogs, and young mothers taking their babies out for a stroll. It looked so serene and ordinary that it was hard to believe there were explosions an hour ago.
We all had a little extra grace ready for each other today, knowing the morning was tough. We also secretly hoped the morning attack meant no air raid during the day, but we were wrong. Between noon and 6 p.m., we had two more air raids for a total of three and a half hours.
However, everything I shared above can be described as an annoyance or inconvenience, maybe a scare. But there were those this morning for whom it meant the death of a loved one or the loss of home. Russia targeted the Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions with missiles of different types. 72 civilians were injured, eight more were killed, and hundreds became homeless. Residential buildings, non-residential premises, private cars, and a sports complex in Kyiv. The entire section of a high-rise building, multi-story residential buildings, a school, and other civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv. It feels like we are running out of even anger at this wickedness.
Voice of Ukraine 
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From Lyuda (Day 336): Dear brothers and sisters,
Our day yesterday was quiet but without electricity. The café where we have breakfast with our refugees was crowded. Many people come with their laptops to work there, many soldiers come to have a cup of coffee.
And our youth group meet them in the café and give them little gifts with a gospel booklets, they also tell them some short message. The soldiers are not talkative, they just listen and thank and we pray that the Holy Spirit would work through these short encounters.
It’s good that other visitors of the café can see and hear this, it’s a witness for them, too.
Yesterday while the people were having breakfast Tanya and I had some time individually with some of them. I talked to Nina, she came with her husband from Nikalayev and they have been living here for several months already. They love to be in the group and they made good friends here and feel well. The only thing that it’s hard for Nina is that her grandchildren are far away. This is what I can understand very well. Her daughter with two sons are in Europe, they often call and write. Nina is happy to talk to them , but still she misses them very much.
Tanya talked to Natasha and Vladimir. They are a very nice family that bring a lot of joy to our group. I wrote about them before, they are Christians and are always cheerful and encouraging. Vladimir became blind several years ago and Natasha is his eyes now. They are a good team. Vladimir is a warrior of prayer, he often spends time individually with people in our group and prays for them and with them. They wanted to talk to Tanya about their son, he is a teenager and became withdrawn and reserved lately.
Tanya says it’s so nice to work with people who understand you and are ready to cooperate and are open for changes…
Thank you for your prayers.
In Christ,
Lyuda
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