Author: Dal Stanton
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9/5/2022 – ‘You Are Russian Now’: A Ukrainian Family Recalls Deportation to Moscow

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: A family from Mariupol described going through a Russian filtration camp and then being taken to Moscow. The mother eventually got her children out via Belarus and Poland, while the husband chose to remain. Human Rights Watch calls the practice of forcibly moving Ukrainian citizens a war crime. Originally published…
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9/5/2022 – The work of the church continues to expand

From Lyuda (Day 193): Dear brothers and sisters, It’s a nice day the start of a new week and we are on the way to Odessa. Our center is gradually resuming the work in the office after mostly working online. Our plan now is to start the groups of refugees in Odessa and to move…
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9/4/2022 – L’viv and Crates for Ukraine
From Heero Hacquebord (L’viv Church pastor and MTW missionary): Our church has been honored to partner with many of you – with hundreds of churches in the U.S. from various denominations – through the Crates for Ukraine project which has recently drawn to a close. Over the summer 1,315 crates were packed and flown as…
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9/4/2022 – The uncertainty of life and war update

From Heero Hacquebord (L’viv Church pastor and MTW missionary): “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’ — yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a…
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9/4/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky – A baby shower and waiting in war

From Lxxx (Day 192): Dear brothers and sisters, Yesterday our day was full of positive emotions and we enjoyed the time with the group of our refugees. We had a baby shower for Nxxx, who is going to have a baby next month. Nxxx and Pxxxx have been married for a year. A week before…
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9/3/2022 – War update and commentary from Ukraine

From Jamie Peipon in L’viv: In the picture above, you can see some Russian equipment (a BUK-2, howitzer, etc.) that is on display in beautiful L’viv. Putting this on display in a city would normally seem like an odd choice. These are instruments of death, and judging by their condition, their crews were killed inside…
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9/3/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: Missing soldiers/sons

From Lxxx (Day 191): Dear brothers and sisters, I want to send you the greetings from the counselors of our center and many thanks for your prayers and support. Yesterday we had our weekly Zoom meeting where we share our news of the week, discuss some cases of our clients, support each other and pray.…
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9/2/2022 – Water Filters from Denver to Mycolaev

From Dal and Beth Stanton (MTW Ukraine Missionaries now in Golden, Colorado): This story started in July (See: Critically Needed Water Filters on the Way to Mycolaev) and now it’s September and the water filters that started here in Denver have arrived in Mycolaev. Beth and I are thankful that we’ve been able to help…
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9/2/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: A survivor

From Lxxx (Day 190): Dear brothers and sisters, We thank God for the new day and ask Him to bless it. Yesterday our refugee group met in the church for a Bible study class, our elder Vxxxx was leading it. The topic was “Bible – the Word of God”. We read Scripture and had some…
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9/1/2022 – Grandma finally greets our Warriors

From: Meanwhile in Ukraine FB post. Grandma finally greets our Warriors. Glory to Ukrainian Army! Photo: Denis Desiatnik