Evgeniy T.
SGA-Supported Missionary Pastor in Ukraine

You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good . . . (Acts 10:38). 

Greetings in the Lord! Despite the war that is still ongoing in Ukraine, we continue to serve other people in need. Thanks to your prayers and support, we have the opportunity and resources to continue God’s work. Our main activity of late has been aimed at helping people who have suffered from the war. I continue to do what I did before by volunteering, but with greater volume and power. The most difficult part of my ministry is to find funds for the many related programs. One example is purchasing modular houses for people whose homes have been destroyed by Russian missile attacks. Over the past two months, we have been able to build 10 such houses for people in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.

We purchase meat and prepare food for the people in the frontline zones of Donetsk, Zaporozhe, and Kherson. We visit hospitals, providing psychological, spiritual, and physical assistance to those who have sustained disabilities. We continue to provide volunteers and chaplains with resources to help the civilian population. In addition, I got acquainted with an organization that helps women who are going through stress or a difficult period after losing their husbands in the war. Last year, 98 women received assistance, and 22 children were born. I helped find funds to rent a room for the center, and I provide the center with baby diapers.

The situation of elderly people who are left alone by their children, who have either gone to war or gone abroad, is very difficult. Many elderly people who live alone have disabilities and cannot take care of themselves, some are bedridden and have no relatives who will take care of them. Many of them die in their closed apartments. A doctor told me that one woman had not left her apartment for a long time. When the doctor and police arrived, they broke down the door and found her lying on the bed. She was alive, but because of the wounds on her body, she was covered with worms. This is the reality of many of the lonely people with disabilities. We are currently installing five modular houses into which such people will be resettled. They will be cared for by social workers. 

Recently I met a man, a volunteer and a public figure. He has many influential friends in our government. He told me, “Evgeniy, in helping the civilian population and volunteering work, the Baptist Union churches have shown themselves to be the most active, the most courageous, the most selfless. Our government has noticed this and greatly appreciates the work of evangelical Christians.” It is very nice to hear this. I believe that the work that we are doing together today will glorify the Lord in His time.