Thank you for your concern and for praying for Ukraine and the Ukrainian People

1. In a previous update we mentioned that Sergiy Koop had traveled to Latvia to pick up the car Vitaly Bilyak purchased. Along the way, Sergiy spent the night at a Ukrainian church, which is now interested in helping his ministry. The church got an idea of how to help when he showed them pictures of how he packs his little Toyota Yaris for war relief trips to the front as well as for other ministry needs. The church responded by obtaining a fairly recent model minivan worth around $20,000! But there is a condition—Sergiy needs to come up with the $10,000 required to pay customs duties when bringing it into Ukraine. Please pray that funds for this will come in as we share this need.

2. Last week, we explained how our Director for Ukraine, Eugene Buyko, was scheduled to come to the U.S. with his family. Here, they were scheduled to speak and sing in American churches, plus help extensively in the final stages of helping us prepare our next load of humanitarian aid for shipment. But we requested prayer, because in wartime Ukraine, crossing the border is not always an easy feat. Praise the Lord, He has answered our prayer for smooth travels. Not only did the Buykos cross the border, but they did so in the amazingly quick time of 45 minutes! As of today, they are in the BIEM office.

3. Because of the extensive amount of aid for heating that BIEM was able to provide, we have received Thank-You notes from over 90 different churches in Ukraine. In Kyiv, the large Temple of Salvation Baptist Church sent us not only a letter but also a video of thanks from Pastor Sergei Volosenko. In the video, which we have titled “A Warm Welcome, Thanks to You,” will let him explain how the aid you provided through BIEM has protected their church building and kept people warm during the brutally cold winter while Russia was blowing up Ukraine's power grid...

https://vimeo.com/user37287229/welcome

4. We are grateful for all of you who read these weekly updates and rejoice with us over God’s blessings and pray about the needs that we share. We would like to take this opportunity to let you know that these weekly updates are one of several publications we make available. You can subscribe to any of these by contacting us and requesting them. Here is a list:

- War Relief Updates (You’re reading one now. These include specific developments in our War Relief program, plus a link to a weekly Video Update)

- BIEMs of Light (A monthly list of Praises & Prayer Requests)

- Monthly Video Updates (Brief monthly videos of a general ministry nature)

Sam Slobodian
President, BIEM