{"id":33116,"date":"2025-09-02T20:58:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/a-summer-trip-to-the-military\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:28:14","slug":"a-summer-trip-to-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/a-summer-trip-to-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"A Summer Trip to the Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Our employees, Vyacheslav Arterchuk and Arkady Slyoza, during their next trip to the Donetsk direction of the front, in addition to traditional items (wet wipes, tea, coffee, sweets, etc.), at the request of the guys from the 24th brigade, brought tires for pickup trucks and remote antennas for walkie-talkies. Thank God that we managed to purchase and deliver these rather expensive items so that the soldiers at the front could feel the love and care for them from believers!<\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The brothers had the opportunity to meet with the commander of one of the units of the 109th brigade, who is being treated in Dnipro after being wounded; they had a good conversation and, of course, prayed. They were approached by their old friend from the 110th brigade, who is always looking for an opportunity to meet, chat, and hear something encouraging\u2026 Having passed Avdiivka, having received injuries and concussions, this soldier is now in a rather difficult moral state, because he is engaged in processing documents for the deceased and missing comrades of his brigade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">To get to Kramatorsk, we had to take a detour, since the usual route was already extremely dangerous. So, we looked for the most protected places to meet with representatives of different units. We managed to spend from 30 minutes to an hour with each one. Old acquaintances shared their experiences and pain\u2026 In soldiers who do not know God, general exhaustion, moral disorientation, and despair are mostly observed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">However, the state of the soldiers among our brothers in Christ is completely different. Although they live in the same conditions, they still have the strength, the spirit, and the courage to serve and be an example to others. The brothers were especially pleased with Oleksandr, who serves in the Azov unit. They spent a good time with him in Sloviansk, presented him with the Christian books he had requested, and some goodies and camouflage nets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A very pleasant and joyful meeting took place with Volodymyr from the 82nd brigade. Both of these brothers once studied at the School of Biblical Preaching, and now they are serving a difficult service in the army\u2026 We thank God for all the brave soldiers and pray for them!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">This time, the Lord gave us the opportunity to serve a family from Sloviansk, where it is becoming increasingly dangerous due to constant shelling, airstrikes, and drones. The brothers loaded their belongings and transported the family of three to their relatives in the Khmelnytskyi region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Thanks a lot to all who are involved in this ministry.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">May the Lord bless you abundantly and show mercy to our people,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">sending peace!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33082\" src=\"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/wp-content\/themes\/reco\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/26-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/26-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/26-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/26-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/26-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/26-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/26-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/26.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our employees, Vyacheslav Arterchuk and Arkady Slyoza, during their next trip to the Donetsk direction of the front, in addition to traditional items (wet wipes,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,353,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33116\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=33116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33116\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33119,"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33116\/revisions\/33119\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33087\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=33116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=33116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=33116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}