Latest update from Ukraine
Teams are safe at the moment. Tonight couple places in Kyiv region were hit. Tomorrow part of the team are going to the East to see if they can make another humanitarian aid location. Please pray for their safety. 3 trucks of food heading their way, so all hands on deck to unload. Another volunteer is coming their way as well, driving a good reliable vehicle.
Please continue to pray for Mariupil –
Conditions of the remaining Ukrainian citizens in the Azovstal steel plant:
More than 500 people nursing injuries are still inside the vast industrial complex. Two hundred of them were in a critical condition. The health of the wounded was worsening due to a lack of medical assistance and unsanitary conditions. There was a “total lack of everything”, – whether food, water, or medication.
Thank you for praying with us. It means so much to our Y staff serving in Ukraine.
Japhin and Marie/Kyiv
Romania shares a border with Ukraine on the west side. From Day 1 of the war, Romania has responded to the needs of Ukraine and the Ukrainians.
Like us, they kept all their dreams, projects, and desires aside and jumped right into serving the people in need.
As the world is praying for Ukraine, we all should remember Romania and Poland as well. I picture these nations like the two men who held the hands of Moses to see victory. If not for Romania and Poland, we would have experienced many difficulties in maneuvering, aid, and refuge.
Marie and I got the privilege to go to Romania and see everything happening on the other end of the chain.
Our people in Kyiv drove to far north to evacuate people and sent them to YWAM Ternopil and they sent people on to Romania (and to the ends of the world). YWAM Cluj has been hosting people, helping them find homes, or find transportation further.
When I thought about what it would look like to host refugees, I thought of long rooms with beds next to each other. But I was wrong. They are hosting refugees in homes in which I would love to live. In homes, even their staff would love to live in.
The staff still live in rooms that can hardly fit their bed, but refugees live in 2 bedroom apartments with a big kitchen with a view—a beautiful symbol of selflessness.
I dont know what it is, but I sensed a different spirit among the people there. It was so refreshing to be around them. I felt they were genuine, and their words were filled with meaning and not just empty sounds.
We also got to meet a few of our friends there, all serving in Romania along with Ywam there.
If Romania’s helping hands fall, then Ukraine will suffer. So, remember Romania in your prayer. Minus the death, destruction, and violence, they are also heavily influenced by war
Al Akimoff and the Slavic Ministries Team