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Carelinks | Ukraine
P
lease, do continue praying for our
brothers and sisters in Ukraine. Ukraine
has announced the return of military
conscription and the call up of military aged
men, and this includes many of our brothers.
Please do pray for them and for us to have
wisdom as we try to do what we can for
them. We've mentioned before that
Slovyansk, the town which is currently central
to the conflict, is home to a small ecclesia
and we have previously reported visits to that
town and baptisms there. The town is right
now the scene of fighting and the young
family there are remaining indoors - although
this creates all manner of problems with not
being able to work, buy food etc. We have
spoken to sister Ira and also spoke to an older
brother or sister in another flashpoint in the
Here are the highlights from recent reports.
area, and made a movie featuring the conver-
sation. It's in Russian but they speak with
great emotion of how thrilled they are to
know we are praying for them and thinking of
them. They took the initiative in reminding us
that they continue reading daily from the
Bible Companion and breaking bread
together; they say that telephone contact
comes and goes, there are strict curfews and
movement is difficult. And seeing masked
gunmen patrolling your street, barricades and
check points everywhere is of course very
nerve wracking. Above is a photo taken in
happier days of the ecclesia in Slavyansk; in
fact this is the photo on the front cover of the
latest edition of Introducing Bible Basics.
Please pray for each of them.