In February and March 2025, our employees, Vyacheslav Arterchuk and Arkady Slyoza, made two trips to the east of Ukraine to support our military on the front lines. These trips were not only logistical operations and the aid delivery, but also important meetings for building relationships, communication, evangelism, and joint prayer that touched the hearts of soldiers and strengthened their faith in our Savior and victory.
The route of the trip in February passed through Pavlohrad, Kostyantynivka, Kramatorsk, Dobropillya, and other settlements in the Donetsk region, where the military, who fight in the hottest places, received gifts, homemade food, camouflage nets, letters from children, tactical medicine, and words of encouragement. Of particular value were not things, but sincere meetings, prayers, and conversations – specifically, they became a real source of inspiration for the soldiers, among whom more and more familiar faces, brothers in Christ, who are being called up for military service, are emerging.
The trip in March also included meetings with soldiers in the Pokrovsky direction, the delivery of aid from the Charity Fund With Heart and Hands, and churches in the Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Zhytomyr, and Kyiv regions. The stories of young girls who serve as UAV operators, the dedication of recruits, such as a 22-year-old combat medic from Lviv, as well as the selflessness of chaplains who remain in the epicenters of hostilities, despite the danger, were impressive.
A new journey lies ahead. Another trip is planned in April to congratulate our defenders on the holiday of the Resurrection, to preach the gospel, and to convey the sincere love and gratitude of the Church.
Let’s remember to pray for our soldiers and for the opportunity to support them!
