January 30 ( Day 341)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Today is the start of the new week and we wake up with the sound of the alarm. I'm trying to imagine the missiles and drones that fly to our cities and the people who launch them, then I start praying and soon the message comes that the alarm is...
January 29 (Day 340)
Dear brothers and sisters,
We woke up in a beautiful morning. It was snowing all night and everything is white. Snow has always brought joy, but this time all thoughts are about the soldiers, about those who sleep in the trenches, who are in the open air. Dear God, warm them,...
January 28 (Day 339)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Sergey and I were discussing the passage about putting on the whole armor of God. We talked about spiritual war which is constantly going on. And this war is not the war for the territories, it’s the war in which Russia tries to impose the philosophy...
January 27 (Day 338)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Thank you for your prayers. Ukraine survived another day of massive attack yesterday. When the sound of siren appears we feel more irritation than fear and it’s hard to bear the expectation that something terrible can happen again. But on the other...
January 25 (Day 336)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Our day yesterday was quiet but without electricity. The café where we have breakfast with our refugees was crowded. Many people come with their laptops to work there, many soldiers come to have a cup of coffee. And our youth group meet them in the...
January 24 (Day 335)
Dear brothers and sisters,
There was no internet connection in the morning and I went from one place to another looking for connection. It’s good that I can always come to the café where we meet for breakfast and do some studies there.
Yesterday we had a working meeting with...
January 23 (Day 334)
Dear brothers and sisters,
We had a good day yesterday. It was so nice to be in the church and worship together. Sergey preached about the baptism of Jesus. Last week was an orthodox holiday that is widely celebrated here – the day of Baptism of Jesus. In orthodox culture...
January 22 (Day 333)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Our day yesterday was sunny and warm. The sun was so bright that I put on my sunglasses. After cloudy days it was so nice to be outside and have a walk.
We had a group meeting yesterday and the emotional load of the week was vivid. People were down...
January 21 (Day 332)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Our day was quiet yesterday. There were two air alarms and there was a warning of possible launches of ballistic rockets from the Black sea. Thanks God nothing happened.
Electricity outages are often now. Yesterday we had our Zoom meeting of the...
January, (Day 331)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Every day is full of news and it is impossible not to react to them. When the helicopter crashed on the kindergarten building two days ago, all my senses went numb and I couldn't even write about it yesterday. It was another terrible tragedy where many...