Author: Dal Stanton
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5/6/2022 – Song: The thing is that I don’t have a home

A well known Ukrainian group called, “One In A Canoe”, produced this heart-felt song capturing the tragedy of families pulled apart by the unprovoked Russian aggression. The song came out in 2019, and now with this gripping video is gaining again popularity: Справа в тому– The thing is– That I don’t have a home– And…
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5/6/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky – the treatment of Ukrainians in occupied cities
From Lxxx (Day 72): Dear brothers and sisters, Yesterday was a relatively calm day for us. There were several air alarms, but without serious consequences. We could work normally and move around the city. Now we have a problem with getting fuel. The cars stand in lines for a long time in gas stations. The…
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5/6/2022 – Do it again, Lord. A Prayer for Troubled Times
From Max Lucado: Dear Lord, We’re still hoping we’ll wake up. We’re still hoping we’ll open a sleepy eye and think, What a horrible dream. How could this have happened? We are sad, Father. And so we come to you. We don’t ask you forhelp; we beg you for it. We don’t request; we implore.…
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5/5/2020 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx ( Day 71): Dear brothers and sisters, Our days get warmer and warmer and it’s strange for me not to go to the beach. I am a beach person and I enjoy spending time near the water reading, praying, walking. People who usually watch me there probably think :” What a lazy person,…
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5/4/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx ( Day 70): Dear brothers and sisters, Yesterday was not a happy day for us. The entire territory of Ukraine was shelled – Odessa region, Western Ukraine, even Transcarpathian territory, several railway stations were destroyed. Artsiz, a city not far from Izmail, was attacked. The situation in Mariupol is still very difficult. But…
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5/3/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
Lxxx (Day 69): Dear brothers and sisters, We start a new day with a mixture of feelings. We thank God for His protection and at the same time we are saddened by what happened in Odessa yesterday. There was a rocket attack and the alarm system didn’t work. Probably, the rockets were sent on a…
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5/2/2022 – Making the Decision to Return to Ukraine

From Jamie Peipon: minister of music volunteering with the MTW Crisis Response Team. On the way to Ukraine: I drove a lady who had been in Poland for a while. She’s from Kharkiv. All of the luggage area of the van was filled with food to be taken there. Her return is just another one…
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5/2/2022 – Bringing an expecting mother and 4 daughters to safety
On the way into Poland [from L’viv], I drove a pregnant mother and her four daughters. They are from the area around the southern city of Kherson that has been heavily contested and at least partially occupied from very early on in the war. The mother described how…
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5/2/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx (Day 68): Dear brothers and sisters, I want to thank you again and again for your shield of prayers. Thank you for your replies to my letters, for sharing Scripture, for your words of encouragement. I wish I could answer each of you personally. Yesterday we had a good day full of blessings.…
