April 2019 Newsletter

Above Photo: This is church of Christ in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine after the worship assembly on April 6, 2019.

Here is the April 2019 UKRAINE MISSIONS Newsletter!

The April 2019 newsletter highlights selected reports that I have received over the month of April. There are so many encouraging events occurring and I wish I had space to pass on all the reports to you. In April, in addition to the actions reported in this newsletter, we have been involved in these nations: Armenia, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Liberia, The Republic of Georgia, and Tanzania! Not all goes smoothly and at times we are in “war” and it is exhausting. But the encouragement received when we fulfil a mission is rewarding.

I asked Ivan Skoleba to give a brief history of the Lord’s Church in Ivano-Frankivsk. He did a good job in condensing a massive amount of history into a brief report. Here is a part of his report that I find very encouraging…

“(I)n 2008, the Lord brought a great flood in Ivano-Frankivsk region, people were destroyed at home, there was no food and clothing, seventeen people died fleeing. The government was not able to help people because the bureaucratic machine was so complicated that they could not get help from other countries…The Lord blessed us that our help came and many people received temporary shelter, clothing and shoes. We were able to clear twelve containers with humanitarian aid in three days and for two weeks from morning till evening we distributed it to people and said that it was from Christians from America from the Churches of Christ…People were surprised that the Churches of Christ provided so much help…The Church of Christ is known not only in Ivano-Frankivsk itself, but also in the Region and the neighboring villages. We have received many thanks for the work and have the reputation of being the most active Church in this area.”