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Thank-you for your prayers for the people of Ukraine and our friends the ARK Singers.   God has protected the ARK Singers and their families. They are all safe.  

Your generosity has been unprecedented.  SMO has been able to concentrate our efforts on providing humanitarian aid for the Ukrainian people as well as continuing our ministry to the children. When the men left the US at the end of February they flew to Germany. The majority of the group and their families remain in Germany. Ghena and Roman are in the Ukraine with a network of workers ministering to their people. They have been able to evacuate many Ukrainians and have provided supplies to many as well. Of course, they continue to minister to the spiritual needs as well.

We are able to continue to get the support into Germany and then to Ghena and his team. Please continue to pray for their country and the dire situation they have to endure.  

God’s Blessings

SMO

 

 

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Dear Christian Friends,

Today SMO heard from our partners, Hope of East Ukraine, in Germany of the devastation Ukraine is facing. This is an urgent plea for help. The following is an excerpt from the email update we received:

We are trying to help people through different projects: 

Our employees give people something to eat, some have not eaten for 3 days already.  Some grocery stores open only one hour a day.

How do we do it? 

-     We buy, thanks to the good relations in the wholesale/warehouse remaining stocks and distribute to the people. 

-     We have our own small bread factory that bakes 1,700 loaves of bread daily, which are then distributed to hungry people by our staff. We don't know how much longer we can do this. We are trying to buy leftover flour stocks from large bread factories that have closed. 

- We are working to deliver relief goods clothing, food, and medical aid to Ukraine with large trucks.  

Millions of people are on the run. Many are fleeing to western Ukraine and then to the European Union.  But there are so many people that it is almost impossible to cope. Mothers with children often walk these 30 km with their children and wait at the border up to 3 days in the cold. We try to give these people something to eat. Of course, the tents that have been set up are not enough. The situation is very dramatic.

 Our employees are also affected. Our goal is first of all to help our employees and bring them to safety. We are working to bring their families to Germany. The first families have arrived. Alex Marchenko’s family is in Germany. Paul Velgus’ family is now in Hungary and is on their way to Germany. Gena Archypov is trying to get his family to the border. We are working to bring Roman Pivoschenko's children to Germany as well. Other families of our employees are also on the way. It is all very difficult to put into words to describe the suffering. 

Our staff works almost around the clock, with little sleep. Paul, Alexander and Sergjy have stayed in Germany and help us in the humanitarian aid area. Gena, Roman and many other 60 employees, with hundreds of volunteers are trying to rescue and help people.

 Please help us so that we can help people.  The expenses for help are very high and we need many donations.  This is the hour for Christian faith to be tangible and experienced. People are fleeing death and hunger.... Who if not we, Christians, should help?

 

If you would like to contribute to the humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, please send donations to:

SMO    255 Beulah Church Rd Quitman, GA 31643

Zelle – Slavic Missionary Outreach - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Thank-you for your prayers and your generosity, 

Phil and June Furney            David Paulk                  Charlotte Collins

 

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Cold weather has already come to Ukraine but many families cannot buy coal to spend the winter in a warm house. After returning from America, we bought and distributed 87 tons (191802 lb.) of coal and 13 tons (28660 lb.) of potatoes for poor families living in the military zone. All this became possible thank to the donations of brothers and sisters from different churches. Doing good together we show God's love and care.

 

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Probably, this year turned out to be one of the most eventful despite of the situation around: hostilities, quarantine. Meetings on preparation for the camps began in May. This year, there were much more children wishing to go to the children's camp than usual. Most places were booked several months before the start of the camp. There were so many people willing to go that we were not able to book all of them. It was decided to hold more camps. We tried to organize everything for as many children as possible, so they could relax, have a good time together, learn something and, the most important, hear about Christ.

   

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The time before the start of the camps in the Christian spiritual center "Hope" is always full of scurry and worries. This year, from June the 15th to June the 19th, the staff of "Hope for the East" mission, together with the youth from villages, where the "Hope for the East" mission conducts its spiritual work, hold a labor camp.

 

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Summer is the time for children's camps. Despite the quarantine, the government of Ukraine allows camps to be held. Initially, we planned 8 camps, but there were more willing children, and therefore, by the grace of God, this year we added one more camp.

   

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For each of us, this year was special, filled with experiences, expectations of change, uncertainty - what would tomorrow bring to us. I think many of you will agree that this year even the inhabitants of the most stable and wealthy countries felt the fear of being left without work, without providing for their families or felt the fear of losing someone of their very close friends or relatives. Horror and helplessness seized people lying in hospital beds and having absolutely no hope for the future.

 

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November 3, 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

This year the Ark Singers were able to make their bi-annual trip to the East Coast of the United States. We want to thank-you for your prayers and generosity. Their time here was a great success. 

However, things quickly changed and the group made it back to the Ukraine the day the borders were closed due to COVID 19. In the past the Ark Singers made a second trip to the US traveling through mid-west and west coast. The country remains closed making it impossible for the group to travel and raise support. 
 

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Quarantine left many without work and finances. Additionally new changes in the legislation of Ukraine on social assistance deprived many families of their only financial support. This year we could purchase and distribute 10 tons of potatoes for 550 families. These are families who cannot grow potatoes on their own; families who find themselves in difficult life circumstances: unemployed, large families, poor families.

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Quarantine in the country and in the world has only complicated the situation in poor and large families.

Thank God, we all are healthy and are able to visit families without obstacles. Each package of products for these families was like a God's gift! During quarantine, our service to people has not stopped!

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Quarantine is not an obstacle for construction work, but on the contrary, there is free time for this. God blessed to complete the building for the Sunday school and the canteen. We plan that in winter the church of Pokrovsk will hold services in its warm new building. We continue to pray and build!

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The Pokrovsk town is an hour drive from the war zone. Here gunshots and the fall of shells are no longer heard! The population of the town is about 80,000 people: during the war years, the population has increased due to refugees from Donetsk. So, the need and necessity for opening of a new church appeared.  At first, it was a place with a small group of people where refugees could receive grocery help, as well as spiritual support. Over time, the number of visitors increased from 20 to 70 people, and new people constantly come. Therefore, there was a need for their own building. God blessed us by the purchase of an old house in the city center.

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Quarantine made great changes in our lives and ministry. Summer was coming to it’s end, and we could not start holding children's camps. We prayed, and God blessed that our region became a green quarantine zone, which meant that we could hold a children's camp in compliance with sanitary standards - masks, disinfection of rooms and hands, constant temperature measurement, going home for spending a night… But it worth it all!

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The operation this year, called "Black Gold" is over! We are glad that we were able to buy and distribute 57 tons of coal to needy families! We are glad that we did it before frosts! Thank God for every dollar donated to this good deed!

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As soon as the quarantine restrictions were lifted up a little bit, we immediately used this opportunity to carry out evangelization on the street. Sermon, a lot of music, children's program, communication. At the end, there was a treat: pilaf, tea, coffee, sweets and free bread. People are tired of sitting at home and gladly accepted our invitation.

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine, 50,000 children were returned to their relatives from boarding schools. Some of them are children with disabilities. Many children returned to families where their parents did not expect them or were not ready to have them at home. Children from more or less comfortable boarding schools returned home where terrible conditions are: no light, no water, parents drink, no finances to buy the most necessary things. So, the idea came up to help such families not only with grocery sets but also with hot dinners for children. Due to the difficult financial conditions in the family and the irresponsibility of parents, many children do not eat normal hot food.

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