Category: Updates
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3/18/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lyuda Betina (Day 386): It was a good week, we had so many things done. The highlight of the week was a seminar that was very helpful. Yesterday we had a zoom meeting with our counselors and they all looked so relieved and positive and shared stories about he conference. When Roman, Vika and…
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3/17/2023 – Instead of a thousand words
From: ‘Meanwhile in Ukraine’ – Instead of a thousand words. Machine gun operator Oksana Rubaniak fights at the frontlines in Donetsk region. Glory to Hero! 💙💛 📷: phil Caller
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3/17/2923 – Remembering the theater marked “Children”
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 386): Show me a sign of your favor,that those who hate me may see and be put to shamebecause you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.Psalm 86:17 I just spent a few hours searching for the news and words worth sharing, but my thoughts keep going back to…
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3/16/2023 – A boy named Vlad
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 385): Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,and grant us your salvation.Psalm 85:7 Kids who have to live through this war, deal with its ugliness, and will most likely have to deal with its long-term consequences. This is what breaks my heart and angers me the most. A few…
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3/15/2023 – I wish we didn’t need these heart-wrenching stories, but I pray none of them are wasted or forgotten
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 384): O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;give ear, O God of Jacob!Psalm 84:8 The situation in the Bakhmut area remains critical. Every day there are more and more reports about the wonderful people we lose to this horrible war. How do you keep your sanity? How do…
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3/15/2023 – International Court to Open War Crimes Cases Against Russia, officials say
From Meanwhile In Ukraine’: Breaking News: The International Criminal Court plans to open two war crimes cases over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and seek arrest warrants, officials said From NY Times – continue reading
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3/15/2023 – “It’s our home”
From Maia Mikhaluk (384th day of ruzzzian invazion): Amsterdam airport passport control.Customs officer: What is your final destination?Me: Kyiv.Officer: Is it safe there already?Me: Not really. There are missile strikes still happening regularly.Officer: Why are you going to Kyiv then?Me: It’s my home. My family is there.Officer: If there are missile strikes regularly why doesn’t…
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3/15/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lyuda Betina (Day 385): Yesterday was a special day in our church, we received guests who came to teach a seminar on helping people with war trauma. Dr. Jim Wilder, the chief neurotheologian of Life Model Works (USA) and Thomas Gerlach trauma therapist (Germany) made a trip visiting different cities in Ukraine with a…
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3/14/2023 – Good God governs gently
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 383): Fill their faces with shame,that they may seek your name, O Lord.Psalm 83:16 Russia fuels anti-Western protests in Moldova in an attempt to overthrow its government. The police have detained several people suspected of being Russian agents.“Anti-war” rallies led by pro-Russian activists are happening in several European countries.Poland…
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3/13/2023 – Children of war and “Bakhmut Syndrome”
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 382): Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.Rescue the weak and the needy;deliver them from the hand of the wicked.Psalm 82:3-4 Last week, the Ukrainian government approved the mandatory evacuation mechanism, which would allow the evacuation of children from the…
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