This year’s sowing campaign is very unusual: Ukrainian farmers risk their lives to sow crops in mined fields.Another brave Ukrainian farmer finished his course…Next time you have the temptation to complain about the rising food prices, remember that some Ukrainian farmers gave their lives so that millions of people around the world would not starve to death.War crimes of Russian tankmenJune 1st is International Children’s Day. Many Ukrainian children did not live to see it. Music: ‘Melody’ by M. Skoryk (Ukrainian composer).Children of the war…… living in ruined cities…… living in bomb shelters…… living at train stations…… leaving home… maybe forever…“Mom, will I have a childhood again?”Julia Grebneva is standing among the wreckage of a Russian military plane that crashed into her house where her family lived in the city of Chernihiv. Courtesy of David Guttenfelder20,000 New Testaments sponsored by Baptist Couriers for ChristNew Testaments from Polish Epaphras Publishers.4,000 camouflage New Testaments from Polish Epaphras Publishers.20,000 copies by The Reformed Bible Society of the NetherlandsNew Testaments from the German mission FriedensBotePassing out Ukrainian Scriptures in downtown Giessen, GermanyWith a pastor friend in GermanyVisited the Netherlands again and challanged The Reformed Bible Society to print more Ukrainian New TestamentsDistributing humanitarian aid in the liberated Sumy areaGiving the word of Life to needy peoplePreaching the Gosel
Helping people in the liberated Sumy areaDisplaced Ukrainians receiving New Testaments at a church in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk
Russia’s brazen attack as the UN head visits Kyiv, UkraineMariupol…Our life is now divided into “before” and “after”Interactive map of 65 days of war in UkraineStromae L’enfer as played by a Ukrainian soldierA pile of rockets shelled at civilians in the city of KharkivRuins of the city of KharkivRefugees living in Kyiv’s subwayGrandma is baking bread off of what’s left of her kitchen.Only in Ukraine: turning Russian bombs into barbecuesA rocket used as a sales counterA hospital train: cars turned into hospital roomsOur dream… How long, O Lord? First 8,000 New Testaments printed and distributedDistributing New Testaments in a liberated villageA Ukrainian chaplain receives a box of the New Testaments. Soon our chaplains will be receving thousands of boxes.My assistent Ira and her husband (on the sides) with the family they helped to evacuate. They and their church in the town of Zdolbuniv are heavily involved with helping refugees.Ladies making varenyky (Ukrainian traditional food) to be taken to the city of Kharkiv. My assistant Ira is on the left.Young people making varenyky to be taken to the city of Kharkiv.One of the vans loaded with food to be taken to Kharkiv. Overall, their church has made over a dozen trips to Kharkiv alone.The church’s care home to be turned to a shelter for refugeesOne of the refugee families that found shelter in the town of ZdolbunivRefugee children received treatsDistrubiting New Testaments among the refugees in the village of MizochA line of people (about 200) for humanitarian aid at a church in Kyiv consiting of refugees, disabled, and children. Before giving aid, preachers preach the gospel, give an invitation and invite to enroll in a Bible study group.Giving out food to the needy in KyivGiving out clothes the to needy in KyivElderly couple who fled Donbas is helpedThe fist Bible study group organized by this church in KyivThe second study Bible groupA church in the city of Dubno (western Ukraine) brought humanitarian aid to the city of Lisichansk (eastern Ukraine). On the way back, they evacuated people to safer areas.The same church brought humanitarian aid to the city of Mykolaiv. On the way back, they evacuated people to safer areas.A family from Donbas who lost evrything is happy to receive aid. They live in a Baptist church in Mykolaiv.Ukrainian chaplain delievers humanitarian aid to a village near the city of Chernigiv which really suffered from the war Happy people after receiving foodHumanitarian aid taken to the village of Zhmyivka in Kyiv regionYoung mothers and theri small children receive humanitarian aid
