Author: Dal Stanton
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4/30/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx (Day 66): Dear brothers and sisters, Another week is coming to an end and we are looking forward to worship on Sunday. The first of May is a Labor Day holiday that we inherited from the Soviet Union time. On this day people usually had picnics and spent time outdoors. We always spent…
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4/29/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky – Odesa under attack
From Lxxx (Day 65): Dear brothers and sisters, A new day has come and we do not know what changes it will bring to us. Yesterday, Russian news again talked about the “liberation” of Nikolayev and Odessa. They even mentioned the names of some Odessa Streets. Russian ships approached the coast and shelled Odessa and…
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4/28/2022 – Update on progress of placing Ukrainians in Europe & North America

From administrator: This information was originally sent to update those who have expressed a desire to host displaced Ukrainians and signed up on the placement database on the ‘Needed!’ tab. This report gives a sense of the general movement of people in relationship to the fluid nature of the war. Also on the ‘Needed!’ tab…
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4/28/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx (Day 64): Dear brothers and sisters, Thank you for your prayers. For a long time, the territory of Ukraine from the Dniester to the Danube was an oasis of peaceful life. Despite the bombing of the coastal zone and attempts to land troops from the sea, our life was relatively calm and comfortable…
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5/27/2022 – Easter interview with Pastor Sergey

Pastor Sergey Nakul is a pastor in the Reformed Church and teacher at the Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine.
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4/27/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: Bridge attacked connecting to Odesa
From Lxxx (Day 63): Dear brothers and sisters, It is very unusual to live with an uncertain future. You make plans, expect one thing, but something completely different happens. It has always been like this, but war makes life even more unpredictable. Yesterday the enemy hit with the rockets the bridge over the bay that…
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4/26/2022 – Song ‘Zombie’: A lesson in ignoring the past

The genocidal atrocities perpetrated by the designs of Vladimir Putin are killing thousands and displacing millions. We ask with bewilderment, do not normal Russians see what is being perpetuated by their country? We also must ask, will the West pretend that it is not what it is – but, what IS ‘it’?
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4/26/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky – 36 Years since Chernobyl
From Lxxx (Day 62): Dear brothers and sister, Our weather became warmer and the spring is so beautiful! There are a lot of flowers, everything is green and it’s such a contrast with what is happening right now. After a tragic act in Odessa last Saturday, I suggested our counselors Rxxx and Vxxx to bring…
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4/25/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx (Day 61): Dear brothers and sisters, We thank you for your love and care. Thank you for many congratulations and wishes. It’s such a joy to be one God’s church. We had a good worship. We were happy to have our Dr. Axxx and Ixxxx with us who came in their military uniforms…
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4/24/2022 – Oi u luzi chervona kalyna – Ukrainian Folk Song 🇺🇦 ARMY REMIX | Andriy Khlyvnyuk x The Kiffness

Since the beginning of the war, there has been no song that has raised the passion and patriotism of the Ukrainian people as the song, Oi u luzi chervona kalyna – translated: Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow. Mentioned several times in the song are the red viburnum (kalyna in Ukrainian)—a deciduous shrub that…