Author: Dal Stanton
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2/12/2023 – There’s no turning back
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 353): God looks down from heavenon the children of manto see if there are any who understand,who seek after God.Psalm 53:2 Sometimes, when you read the news, you feel like the whole world is in turmoil. We read about rumors of war, famines, and earthquakes and cannot help but…
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2/12/2023 – A visit to the Front

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (352nd day of ruzzian invasion): As ruzzians keep pushing hard on front lines close to Lyman, being in that town is more dangerous compared to what it was during our trip there a month ago. The sounds of artillery explosions are non-stop. Our team was asked to not stay too…
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2/12/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky – Love language and a church’s birthday

From Lyuda Betina (Day 354): After massive attack on Friday, the day without alarms yesterday was a blessing. And there was one more reason why the day was special. February 11 is our church birthday, twenty seven years ago we had our first worship as a church. So our worship today will be full of…
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2/11/2023 – “We’d rather be sheltering than embracing what they have to offer”

From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 352): Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?The steadfast love of God endures all the day.Psalm 52:1 It would be accurate to say that this day was one long air raid. The first kamikaze drones came in the middle of the night. Then a couple of waves…
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2/11/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: The rocket flying to destroy our life

From Lyuda Betina (Day 353): Dear brothers and sisters, Yesterday we had a hard day, the day when we could not relax. Around 100 rockets were launched to our territory. The rockets were sent to all regions from east to west, 61 of them were destroyed by the forces of our air defense. There were…
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2/10/2023 – Major attacks continue

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (351st day of ruzzian invasion): Air raid sirens all around Ukraine. In the night there was a drone attack, in the morning missile attack started. There are explosions in Kyiv and many other cities. Update at 1:50pm. 10 ruzzian missiles have been shot by our air defense over Kyiv so…
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2/10/2023 – Friends for Dinner: Two heroes
From Snezhana Kadian in Odesa: We invited a mother with two sons, T and D, for dinner. I have known the boys since childhood. T was a part of the teenagers ministry in our church. Now T is 19, and D is 22 years old. Both are in the army, although they are too young…
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2/10/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: Another massive attack

From Lyuda Betina (Day 352): Dear brothers and sisters, This morning is not quiet. There is a large-scale alarm throughout Ukraine. The enemy strikes our territory with rockets doing another massive attack. There is a warning of more power outages. We pray for protection. Yesterday our day was good and busy. Sergey went to the…
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2/9/2923 – As we approach the 1-year mark, every day, I ask myself, “What was I doing on this day a year ago?
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 350): The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”Psalm 50:23 As a child, I never understood why my grandma thought it was important to remember the date when the Soviet Union was invaded…
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2/9/2023 – Remembering words of putin

From Doug Shepherd in L’viv: The source is the Kremlin itself. Putin is a liar and therefore there will be no agreement with him. Can’t have a healthy relationship with an abusive liar who is strangling you to death. We await the post Putin leader of the Muscovites.