J&M serving in Kyiv had to travel to Romania to update visas I did not think it would be different. But it is. Funny how the geographical border of Ukraine in the east is a joke, and the geographical boundary in the west feels like a safe haven. In Romania, you can sense freedom; I […]
from Ian Toone In 1 Kings 18, we read about a powerful prayer that Elijah prayed, calling down fire from heaven – and God was pleased to answer that prayer. However, soon after that, Elijah prayed another prayer which God chose not to answer – or, rather, the answer was a firm ‘No’. The request […]
This is Larissa. Before the war, she was a teacher. We met her as a cook at the military checkpoint. She cooks for the 140+ volunteers at the checkpoint to support her homeland. That means preparing meals on the open fire and under the open sky in the wind, weather, and snow. Most men at […]
From ‘Soups from a Monastery Kitchen’ by Brother Victor-Antoine. Arcadia publishing 1996 Ingredients 16 oz (450g) dried black beans 5 pints (2.8l) water 4 fl oz (120ml) olive oil 3 onions, chopped 1 bell pepper, chopped 6 garlic cloves, minced 1 tsp thyme 1/2 tsp oregano 1 bay leaf 3 tsp sugar 4 tsp vinegar […]
by Japhin John, YWAM Kyiv 10.04.22 When I try to recollect what happened on February 24th, everything blurs. I remember waking up to someone hammering on the door. “It has started. Kyiv is under bombing”. The next thing I remember is how we got on our knees. We prayed a desperate prayer. God, what will become […]
From Marie John and friends serving with YWAM Kyiv The sky has been silent for the last two days. But there is no relief. It is a scary silence. It’s a silence filled with images from the liberated villages north of Kyiv. Now the whole world knows Irpen, Bucha, Borodyanka. It’s a silence filled with […]
From Japhin & Marie John, serving with YWAM in Kyiv. As Christian Missionaries with Youth With A Mission, there is very little we can accomplish without a team of people praying for us. One a slave of fear. Another a timely Hero. We went to 15 apartments today to deliver groceries. It was all in […]
By Ian Toon Jesus, You are changing me: By Your Spirit You’re making me like You; Jesus, You’re transforming me, That Your loveliness may be seen in all I do; You are the Potter and I am the clay: Help me to be willing to let You have Your way; Jesus, You are changing me, […]
from Michael Acquah In Daniel 3, the tyrant king Nebuchadnezzar threatened to burn alive 3 Hebrew men who defied his order to worship his idol. He mocked, ‘And what god would be able to deliver you from my hand’? Well, he soon found out, because he himself witnessed a fourth Man, one like ‘the son […]
From Juanita Watkinson As I praised the Lord coming in to the New Year I saw a vision of God’s people going through a gate the Lord was holding open. People were coming with back packs and carrying things in bundles and the Lord said, ‘Let go of them, leave them here. Do not enter […]
