Please rejoice in the salvation of Ukrainians like Igor who have turned to Jesus Christ and pray for their spiritual growth. After hearing that Pastor Gennady’s church was distributing food aid, he went there to receive help for his family. “When I came, I realized that I wanted to stay there and listen to everything that was being said in this church. So the Holy Spirit led me to repent of my sins and be baptized . . . This is also thanks to the food aid that was given to us, otherwise I don’t know how long I would have wandered in this sinful world.”

Please pray for the safety of team members as they minister the Gospel to those who are affected by the chaos of war in Ukraine. May they be filled with hope in this difficult time.

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is leaving men, women and children tired and weary. They have witnessed so many tragedies. Please lift them up in prayer. Pray for extra strength, energy, courage, and mostly peace for their hearts. We must not forget our brothers and sisters in Christ who so greatly need our support and encouragement. May the love of God bring them comfort and healing.

SGA-supported Pastor Vlad’s van was hit by a drone while he was evacuating the elderly in an embattled city in Ukraine. “As of now, after the first shock,  I feel much pain,” Vlad says. “I was always aware that sooner or later it could happen, but we have to do it, take risks,  because people’s lives are more important.” Please pray for our dear brother in Christ. We praise God for His protection and ask Him to guide the hands of the surgeon who will operate on Vlad’s badly-injured  leg.

Please lift up a displaced Ukrainian woman named Irina, her husband Ilya, and their young son Matthew and pray that they will continue to put their hope and trust in God. This young family has lost everything in the war. “Our plans to buy land, start a business, and plant a church . . . are all gone,” Irina says. But God continues to hold them through tremendous hardship! And today, He is using these faithful servants at an SGA-supported church where they preach the Gospel to people who have lived through similar circumstances.

Please pray for the salvation of Olena, Tamara, and other displaced Ukrainians ministered to by an SGA-supported church in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. “When we receive food from you,” Olena says, “we know that we will eat something delicious that we cannot afford for ourselves.” Tamara adds: “We are sincerely grateful to the kind people of SGA, sponsors, and all the people who buy and deliver wonderful products for us.” May God work through these gifts of humanitarian aid to soften the hearts of Olena and Tamara and draw them closer to Him.

Please lift up a church in Avdeevka, Ukraine. Only 1,100 people are left in this city which is 50 percent encircled by the invaders. Pastor Vlad and his ministry team take aid and also bring people out—when possible. Although badly damaged in the war, the church still meets in a small room with lights powered by a generator. We thank God that the hope of the Gospel remains, and ask Him to strengthen and protect this body of believers.

SGA-supported Pastor Peter recently shared that there is no “new normal” today for children in Ukraine . . . for there is no normal. Each day is filled with stress, unsettledness, and a longing for quiet and peace. There is a developing resignation that their young lives may never be the same. Peter conveyed his gratefulness for all that supporters of SGA do, and asked that you pray for peace in the hearts of many—especially the children.

Please pray for Ukraine as the war has reached the two-year mark. “These children don’t deserve their childhood to be stripped from them,” says SGA team member Angela whose husband is a missionary pastor. “It’s been another Christmas in a war-torn country, and we’re starting the new year in basements and bomb shelters . . . how much longer, Lord?”  May it be God’s will to bring an end to the raging war.

The war in Ukraine has taken away so much from the people. But as SGA-supported Pastor Olexander reminds us in a recent ministry report, “God, through SGA and kind, compassionate sponsors, does not leave our people without daily bread.” Please pray for all who receive bread through Olexander’s church outreach. May they respond to the Gospel and look to the Father each day for spiritual food as they open their hearts to Him.