Thank you for your concern and for praying for Ukraine and the Ukrainian People
Dear Friends of BIEM,
Our group of 9 Ukrainian refugees that were planning on getting to the United States through Mexico succeeded without major problems. They are now with family in the Seattle area. Thank you for praying.
Most of the families of our national missionaries that were in Krakow, Poland have since moved on to Germany, and other nearby European nations. Krakow is so overrun with Ukrainian refugees that housing is a huge problem. They are better off in the nearby nations which are just a few hours’ drive back to Krakow. They are still hoping for appointments for US visas from the Consulate in Krakow, Poland. Meanwhile, we have many in Western Ukraine that for now, do not want to leave Ukraine. We have a good number of churches in Western Ukraine that are assisting them.
Our folks continue to haul tons of aid from Western Ukraine, Romania, and Poland into the area of Kyiv and north of Kyiv which have been devastated by the Russian army (who are no longer in the city). We have many churches in those areas which were hit hard. Miraculously, none of the church buildings we’ve built have been hit and none of our missionaries or missionary families have been injured. Praise God for such a wonderful answer to prayer.
Today our national missionary in Lviv received a large group of refugees from Lugansk in Donbas that had been in hiding without electricity, gas, and running water for nearly two months until they were recently able to leave and head west. Yura said they were so glad to get showers and eat a normal meal. Please pray for these people to be saved as Yura shares the Gospel with these people.
Tim and Luda, an American BIEM missionary couple, have returned from Poland where they were assisting Ukrainian refugees, preparing shipments for aid for Ukraine, and helping other missionaries in the Warsaw area start Ukrainian language services. After being home for a few days they have now departed for Poland once again to do more of the same.
Sam Slobodian
President - BIEM
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