July 14, 2022
September 29th 2022
The following journal entry is from Pastor Andriy, a HART ministry partner who has had a front-row seat near this theatre of war and shares some extraordinary insights into the pain and suffering this conflict has inflicted on Ukrainians. It also demonstrates the incredible courage and compassion Ukrainian Christians display daily - to help refugees and those living in or near the war zones.
Dear Friends, let me share with you a few episodes from the war. Why? Because we must not forget what is happening in this war and become complacent about it. These 'episodes' are just small puzzle pieces of a larger picture of the tragedy that the "liberators" created in my country of Ukraine. -Pastor Andriy
July 14, 2022
All this is exhausting. The views of the cities and villages that are being destroyed. Ripe fields that burn. Conversations with the locals - they are scared and confused, but they don't want to leave and don't know where to go if they could leave. The whistle of missiles nearby is exhausting. The pot-holed blown-up roads are exhausting.
The scale of the trouble we see from the inside is exhausting. Fresh graves in the yards are exhausting. My own reflections about the logic of the "brothers-liberators" are exhausting. The enemy's logic is classical and diabolical: to steal, kill, and destroy. Today's tragedy in Vinnytsia is yet another confirmation of this (Russian strike killing 23 civilians, including three children).
However, we need to do our part. So, we do it. Bread, water, a generator and gasoline for it, candles, nails, medicines, and even cat food. Bringing all this to the people at the very frontline.
Dear Friends, let me share with you a few episodes from the war. Why? Because we must not forget what is happening in this war and become complacent about it. These 'episodes' are just small puzzle pieces of a larger picture of the tragedy that the "liberators" created in my country of Ukraine. -Pastor Andriy
July 14, 2022
All this is exhausting. The views of the cities and villages that are being destroyed. Ripe fields that burn. Conversations with the locals - they are scared and confused, but they don't want to leave and don't know where to go if they could leave. The whistle of missiles nearby is exhausting. The pot-holed blown-up roads are exhausting.
The scale of the trouble we see from the inside is exhausting. Fresh graves in the yards are exhausting. My own reflections about the logic of the "brothers-liberators" are exhausting. The enemy's logic is classical and diabolical: to steal, kill, and destroy. Today's tragedy in Vinnytsia is yet another confirmation of this (Russian strike killing 23 civilians, including three children).
However, we need to do our part. So, we do it. Bread, water, a generator and gasoline for it, candles, nails, medicines, and even cat food. Bringing all this to the people at the very frontline.
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