News from SGA / Ukraine
A prayer update from SGA, Ukraine
Times of blessing in Severodonetsk church
Notwithstanding the war raging around them, this church, which started in 2016 and comprises mainly former drug addicts and alcoholics, is still active and serving the people in the bombed area.
SGA’s Project70 missionary, Alex, is faithfully ministering and leading the work. When the war started and the shelling became constant, the church evacuated families with children to the western regions of Ukraine. The rest of the believers remained in the city.
Now they are hosting homeless people in their own homes. They supply them with food and pray with them. They distribute food packages to sick and elderly people in other locations in the city. These former alcoholics and drug addicts have become true heroes of the faith by preaching the Gospel and encouraging hope in the Lord.
News from Moldova
Our friends in Moldova deeply appreciate SGA standing with them in these difficult times. Peter Mihalchiuk, SGA’s Regional Representative in the country, expressed thanks for the faithful prayers of God’s people, and reports that they were able recently to help transport 41 poor children and a number of women from Ukraine, across Moldova, and to safety in Romania. In the days to come they plan to help 40 more children to escape Ukraine and reach France. We look forward to hearing further reports of these efforts.
Peter praises God for His miracle–working in his own family. His sister Lyudmila, her husband Leonid and 3 grandchildren left the devastated city of Mariupol some days ago. They had been sheltering in a basement, when neighbours told them that a ‘green corridor’ of escape had been opened. Their old Lada car had lain unused for several years, and their supply of fuel was very limited – only about 10 litres.
Peter writes:
Praise the Lord the car started, and they left the city in a large convoy of 2 thousand cars. They reached Urzef village, about 55 km from Mariupol. The village is controlled by Russian military. A family received them in their house. The Russian soldiers do not prevent them leaving Ukraine for Moldova, but they don’t have any fuel.
A further problem is that the road to Moldova must go through the front line of the war. So they will stay in Urzef and try to get to Moldova another way, possibly through Russia itself.
One big worry is that their children, Peter’s nephew and niece, Alexander and Elena, cannot leave Mariupol. They do not have any further information about them at this time. Peter and his family are so grateful to God for what He has done so far, and they continue to pray for God’s help in this difficult situation.