Category: Updates
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3/21/2023 – Down Syndrome in war
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 391): He who dwells in the shelter of the Most Highwill abide in the shadow of the Almighty.Psalm 91:1 March 21 is the World Down Syndrome Day. People with Down Syndrome are vulnerable in any nation, even during peaceful days. The Russian aggression has increased the challenges these people…
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3/22/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lyuda Betina: Yesterday our day was busy and full of different events. In the morning our refugees gathered in the café for breakfast and we had many talks and discussions. As usual some of them wanted to talk individually, it’s a good time to listen, to pray and to encourage them in their walk…
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3/21/2023 – Not just Putin’s war
From ‘Meanwhile in Ukraine’ – Not just Putin’s war: 77% of Russians support the invasion of Ukraine, according to the latest monthly data from the Levada Center, Russia’s only internationally respected independent pollster. This is the highest level of Russian public support for the war since March 2022
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3/21/2023 – Treating the invisible wounds
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 390): Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.Psalm 90:14 Sometimes I get overwhelmed when I think about the post-war consequences we will have to deal with. Dealing with trauma is one of them. Unfortunately, it is often overlooked…
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3/21/2023 – They decided it is better to die for freedom than to live in slavery
From George Kadian (pastor of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Odesa): Donald Trump has said recently that he knows how to stop the war in Ukraine. He said, that you just have to give to Russia all those territories of Ukraine where people mostly communicate in Russian language. According to that, Kherson is one the cities…
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3/21/2923 – A humanitarian aid trip to the East
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (389th day): While I was making my way from the States back to Ukraine a team from our church made another humanitarian aid trip to the east of Ukraine, to Lyman and village Zarichne, both very close to the front lines. Here are the photos and some stories from Valera:Before…
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3/20/2023 – One mother’s story
From Snezhana Kadian (Odesa): My husband and I take our dog for a walk. Usually we walk on the streets and sometimes we meet familiar people. Once we met our previous neighbor Vika. We asked if she needed help with food and she said yes. She’s raising two kids by herself. So she came for…
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3/20/2023 – Helping the medical community
From Snezhana Kadian (Covenant of Grace Church in Odesa): The iodine we got recently went to surgical department of a local children’s hospital.
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3/20/2023 – War criminal Putin visits
From ‘Meanwhile In Ukraine’: War criminal Putin visited Crimea and Mariupol for the first time since the full-scale invasion began.This visit looks hasty and unplanned. It seems like a pathetic response to the decision of International Criminal Court. Putin looks lost, uncertain, and weak.
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3/20/2023 – We are waiting on the Lord’s righteousness, justice, and healing
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 389): For you are the glory of their strength;by your favor our horn is exalted.For our shield belongs to the Lord,our king to the Holy One of Israel.Psalm 89:17-18 There are days when we don’t have any big reports about massive missile strikes, but it doesn’t mean that the…
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