Thank you for your concern and for praying for Ukraine and the Ukrainian People
1. In our November 8th updates, we mentioned a serious need for volunteers to help BIEM sort and pack clothing for our upcoming container of war relief. Praise the Lord, we have enjoyed the assistance of a good number of volunteers who have processed a huge amount of clothing within the past few days. Even as I pen these words, two more volunteers are in our warehouse and sorting and folding clothing into boxes for shipment!
2. As the war drags on, Ukraine not only needs more soldiers, but they are also facing a shortage of medics. Therefore, Ukraine has been recruiting and training more medics. One of the places that has been established for a medic-training center is the local library in Smolyn, next to the Goncharovsk military base where brother Sasha Petrenko has planted a church. This turn of events created an opportunity for brother Sasha to get acquainted with this group of people. Through our war relief fund, he was able to provide them with medical supplies and equipment, including tourniquets, which are in high demand.
3. On a Sunday afternoon in Ukraine, our shipping company contacted Pastor Eugene Buyko. They were ready to deliver our long-awaited container. So, although a Sunday delivery was unusual, Brother Buyko wasn’t going to say, No. He and his family stayed to accept the delivery. Normally an arriving container remains on its trailer and is hauled away after unloading. But in this case, BIEM had purchased a used container for the church to keep as an outdoor storage unit. In the following video, the Buyko family shares with you the off-loading process and introduces just one of many refugee families who are benefiting from war relief shipment...
https://vimeo.com/user37287229/container-arrival
4. This week, Widow’s Jar Ministries in Indianapolis provided us with another trailer full of medical supplies and other relief goods to be distributed by our Ukrainian missionaries. These items, along with other donated goods, will be loaded onto our next container to Ukraine, which we plan to ship in early December. BIEM thanks and praises the Lord for opportunities to collaborate with fellow missions like Widow’s Jar Ministries, which has not only blessed our individual missionary families but provided literally tons of humanitarian aid supplies.
In Christ,
Sam Slobodian
President, BIEM