God can take the darkest of experiences, and then bring new light and life to hurting people. We’re seeing Him do that today in the life of Tetiana, a widow who came to Pastor Oleg’s church in Ukraine seeking aid. “She is changing before our eyes with God’s grace,” Oleg says. Please pray with us that Tetiana will respond as she hears the Word of God taught in Sunday services and in Bible study—and will believe in Jesus Christ.

Praise God! Through one SGA-supported church in Ukraine, a 62-year-old widow named Galyna is receiving much-needed food aid and the hope of the Gospel. “Thank you for the hospitality, for the food package you provided for me,” she says. “It warms my heart and gives me hope that I am not alone and there are people who care about me.”

We are thankful to God for keeping everyone safe as the missile raids and shelling continue in Ukraine. Please continue to pray for Makariy, David, and all those involved in SGA-supported Summer Camps and other ministries.

Pastor Pavel’s church is ministering to many IDPs [internally displaced persons] who now live in their community. Olga is a single mother raising her daughter Sofia, who has autism spectrum disorder. Alexandra is a 62-year-old widow whose three sons are soldiers. Will you lift up Olga and Alexandra right now? Pray with us that the Lord will increase their spiritual growth and love for Him.

Praise God! He is growing a church that lost many of its members due to the war in Ukraine. “Before the war, there were about 400 church members in our church,” Pastor Pavel says. “And when I returned after the area was liberated, there were only 50 church members left.” Today, the congregation has about 110 members and is ministering to unbelieving children and teenagers in the community. They are learning from the Word and hearing the Gospel!

SGA-supported churches have become a safe place to calm the frantic hearts of displaced Ukrainians. And the Gospel has become the lifesaving faith that their hearts so desperately need. Many lives are being saved in the midst of this continuing war. Let’s thank God for His saving grace and pray for hurting Ukrainians to grow in their faith.

“Children should never have to experience war.” These are the words of Maksym, a leader at an SGA-supported Summer Bible Camp in Ukraine who sees how girls and boys have been forever changed. Please pray for believers like Maksym to be steadfast in sharing the hope of the Gospel with them, and pray that the hearts of these children won’t become hardened.

Pray with an SGA-supported pastor in Ukraine: “Our church is grateful to God for 115 children who participated in this year’s Summer Bible Camp activities. Such events are very meaningful for the children of Ukraine, as these days they need to escape from the ongoing stress caused by the war. We pray and believe that these children will continue seeking God and that the Lord will give our church opportunities and resources to continue reaching children and adults.”

Ukraine’s children are tragic victims as wartime continues, and their carefree childhood has been taken away. They shouldn’t have to know a life full of air raid sirens, missile strikes, destruction . . . and intense sorrow. But now they do. Please pray for the future of these young ones. May they find true hope in Christ when all hope seems lost.

Praise God! It’s wonderful to see how He blessed the three-day Summer Bible Camp an SGA-supported pastor and his wife held for children living around the Chernobyl zone. One camper named Tanya was so moved that she rode her bike for four miles each day just to get to the pick-up location for camp! We thank God for how He brought children to this camp so that they could hear the Gospel