Reflections from a border worker:
Taby: It’s Saturday night and we finished work a couple of hours ago. I am
thinking about this week and everything that happened: all the people that
come, all the shopping, all the moments when I wanted to cry, but didn’t
had the time or space to do it… I cry in between food delivery sometimes
.
One of those moments was while driving to the train station and saying
goodbye to this amazing family (a mother and her three children). They
were among the first people who arrived in Cluj, and even if we could not
understand each other, we connected from the first night. My heart was
touched every time I will go to bring them food: they were so grateful and
so happy for every little thing they will receive. I was hugged every time I
entered into their apartment, I was always invited for a cup of tea!
I was touched when I wanted to give them some clothes and they said that
they have everything they need (they only had a small backpack for the 4
of them). I was touched by the fact that they never asked for anything,
although they did not have much!
They will always be in my heart and I pray they will find peace and a home
in the new country where they are!
Report from the front:
This is why prayers work! This Russian soldier surrendered. What did the
Ukrainians do? They gave him food, hot tea and then a cell phone so he
could call his mother back in Russia to tell her he was alive, that he loved
her, and was being cared for by peace loving men and women!
Request from our staff: Rosen
Please pray for Mariupol right now. Ukrainians need a miracle from God to
continue to withstand attacks from the enemy. Please pass this prayer
request on. It is evening in Ukraine and will soon be night. Those who are
awake on this side of the world please continue to pray throughout the day
as God would lead.
Do not get weary in praying, thousands of Christians working around the clock in
the country and along the borders are so dependent upon them.
Al Akimoff and the Slavic Ministries Team