I just got home from South Central Ukraine. Here are brand new pictures from this week’s trips.
We drove a couple of loads of food and supplies to a church that is on the front lines of the refugee crisis. Supplies like blankets, pillows, First Aid supplies, Bibles, and stuffed animals for the kids.
The war and destruction are far from over, 11,000 people crossed just the Hungarian border on Saturday!
Remember … 90% of the refugees are moms and children! The refugees keep coming because the bombs keep falling.
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Katy and I leave on Wednesday to drive another load of food and supplies. This time we are going to refugees in Lviv, just south of the border of Belarus.
The internally displaced people flee westward and southward.
This war is doing long term damage to people and families that is going to take a long, long time to heal.
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In some cities in central and western Ukraine, the public utilities are so strained that the water comes out in a brown trickle. The church we resupplied this week, in South Central Ukraine makes regular trips into to the war areas. The food and supplies we bring feeds about 100 refugees they house and also goes on to be distributed in the East.
People hid from the Russians in their cellars. Now the church ‘food bank’ is here!
The church people unloading our van make really quick work of it. Rapidly our load is stacked in the back of the sanctuary beside the sound system.
In a converted restaurant behind the church, and apartments nearby, Pastor Sasha and his church house about 90 refugees. They will be pretty much living there for the foreseeable future. There is nothing left where they came from. Their towns and neighborhoods have been flattened.
There’s a sort of Hodge podge ‘playground’ behind the church where moms can take the children out to get some fresh air and play on a pair of trampolines the church has set up.
We are working with some others who want to put in some more playground equipment for them.
(We’ll keep you updated as this progresses)
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Please don’t tire of praying for Ukraine, people here need hope and prayer.
Your giving has allowed us to be Christ’s hands and feet to many people!
People are still dying and bombs are still falling but thanks to your generosity we have been able to reach them and assure them that they are not forgotten !
What you are giving is greatly appreciated !
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Blessings
Allen & Katy
I will contribute to your work to help these displaced and traumatized people. I do pray for you, Katy, your family and all those who aid in the distribution of goods and provide shelter for the Ukrainian people. Blessings
Thanks Laurel, you’re a blessing! We are lucky to be here and to get to serve together with you and all the folks like you who are committed to making a difference !!
Thanks for this information and the pictures. I would like to give something to help.
God bless you Katy and Allen for your hearts to help Ukraine during this genocide!
Hi Allen, it has been a long time since we lived in a teepee for three months at the Shiloh Study Center (the land) with Dan Tucci’s and the rest of the team. God has blessed us by the work you are doing in Ukraine. We are praying for a radical change in Mr. Putin’s heart to stop this war and start to rebuild Ukraine. The Lord can intervein in many ways and we pray for the safety of the refugees. God bless your every effort to help the people of Ukraine. We will continue to pray for you, your safety and for Ukraine.
Thanks, guys !!
You’re a blessing !!