Thank you for your concern and for praying for Ukraine and the Ukrainian People

1. Bogdan is a young soldier connected with BIEM through our church planters in Western Ukraine. He’s a strong believer with an excellent testimony. He has a leadership role in his division, which is stationed along the war front in the vicinity of Slavyanskova in the Donetsk area. The commander there has developed a strong confidence in Bogdan, to whom he has given significant responsibilities. Through Bogdan, our Ukrainian missionaries who minister along the front lines have been able to access soldiers to give aid and share the Gospel. This week Bogdan asked for a specific electric station (basically a large power bank), which we were able to provide. Please pray that God would keep Bogdan safe and continue to use him in evangelizing his fellow soldiers.

2. This week Vitaly Bilyak will be leaving on his 22nd trip to the war front. Igor, one of his deacons, will go with him. This trip will once again take Vitaly and Igor to Kherson in the south and then east towards Zaporizhia in the Donbas region. As usual, they will minister to both civilians and soldiers. Please pray for their safety and that God will use them as they demonstrate the love of God, both by preaching the Gospel and supplying food parcels.

3. Here are some words of appreciation from overseas. Many of you donated to help Ukrainian churches in their outreaches to their military. Here, we present a sampling of videos and photos from grateful recipients. BIEM passes their thanks to all of you, who gave to make this ministry outreach possible. May God use this effort to draw souls to Himself!

https://vimeo.com/user37287229/morethanks

4. BIEM received a letter from Ukraine, which we have translated for you: “Greetings, dear American brothers and sisters! I want to thank you for the wheelchair that we received from the container that came to Bilogorodka. I phoned the pastor of the Bilogorodka church, Eugene Buyko. He is my childhood friend; we lived on the same street and attended the same church. I called him, and he said there was an opportunity to help because a container had arrived. We have a man who was hit by a car. He’s 42 years old. He was hospitalized. His spine was broken, and it’s difficult for him to walk. It’s hard for him to move in general.

“We also want to thank you for the clothes, shoes, and all the aid. We sense the concern and love that we receive from you in the form of containers. Thank you very much for sending containers with humanitarian aid to Ukraine.” —Igor Romanovych, pastor at Velyka Snitinka

In Christ,

Sam Slobodian
President, BIEM