Assistance to Gostomel

Greetings dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Writing for you, Grigory Kioresko.

I am very pleased to know that you are praying for us for all the ministry that is being conducted here in Ukraine. The war is on, it’s not clear what will happen? But we, the children of God, trust in our God, and thanks to your prayers and your help, we do everything possible so that more people learn about God.

Last week we again visited people in Gostomel. After the accident, this was the first meeting with them. I was afraid that they would run away, but they were really waiting, and we met, and they listened to the Word of God. There were about 240-250 people.

Two people received the Lord there and are preparing for baptism.

In the Church in the village of Rakitnoye, one sister received the Lord. The Church is very happy, and so is Heaven.

On Tuesday, I went to Moldova and preached at a funeral. There were a lot of people listening to the sermon.

We are preparing for baptism, we have not yet agreed on a date, but thank God for His mercy.

Please continue to pray for us, we need it.

For my family, for me, so that I never remain silent, but preach the Word.

Pray for me and the team. We want to go closer to the front line to feed the soldiers and officers, therefore, pray for us.

Once again I thank the Lord for you and finish writing.

Be blessed.

With love to you, the Kioresko family.

Visiting of Italy

I warmly greet you, brothers and sisters from the PIE mission. Minister Grigory Kioresko addresses you.

I am very grateful to our Father God for His grace to me, having so many relatives and close brothers and sisters who pray, support in prayer and financially. I thank God for you, dear ones.

By the grace of God, recently I have been able to preach in several churches in our region.

I had a meeting with ministers, shepherds of the Churches of the Kelmenetsky and Sokiryansky districts, preached and answered many questions from the ministers. We live in very difficult times, many ministers are under threat of mobilization.

I had the great grace to be with my children in Italy. I visited their churches where they all serve. I was very happy for my children, because, being far away, in a foreign country, they serve God and His Church. I haven't seen them for two years. There I preached in three churches where my children serve.

I also had a meeting with the ministers and pastors of the Baptist Association of Constanta (Romania) on Saturday the 24th, and on Sunday the 25th, I preached in three Churches. Thank God for His grace.

On January 17, I had an evangelization with the Mennonite brothers in our Church in the village of Rakitnoye. There were 18 unbelievers who heard the Word of God.

Prayer requests:

• Pray, brothers and sisters, for the people from Gostomel, due to the accident, I can’t go to them now, I want the Lord to keep them together so that they don’t fall apart.

• Pray for my family that we will remain faithful to God until the end.

• For the Church in the village Rakitnoe, there are friends who go to the meeting, but do not repent. Pray for them.

• Friends... The Lord put it on my heart to take another village where there are no believers, and go there and begin work to save these people. I don’t name the area, the village, but I pray, and I ask you too, pray, the Lord knows what kind of village this is.

• Pray for my health, after the accident, the pain in my chest does not go away.

Once again, thank you for helping, and praying, and for feeling constantly nearby.

Thank God for you.

With love to you, family Kioresko.

Christmas blessings

I greet you, dear brothers and sisters, co-workers with God and with us. We live blessedly, here in Bukovina, it is peaceful, quiet, no one bothers us to rest, and no one hinders us from serving the Church and God. Thank God for this time that He gives us, a very good time for preaching the Gospel.

With God's help, we still go to Gostomel, people gather there every Sunday, in the house of prayer. At the beginning of December, we visited them on Sunday, and everyone went into the house of prayer, and after that more people gathered in this house of prayer. On December 21, we were in Gostomel, and 230 people listened to the Word of God.

And also in the church of the village of Rakitnoye, one soul, my neighbor, repented. We were very happy to see how God works. I would never have believed that she would accept the Lord. I talked to her many times and everything seemed to be useless, but suddenly she came to our home, we prayed, and in the evening she came to Church and declared repentance.

On December 25, we celebrated the birth of Christ. The children served and rejoiced with us.

We continue to pray in Church every evening (since the beginning of the war, we have been in Church every day) and see how God answers our prayers. This year, 4 souls were added to the Church.

I thank the Lord for you, dear ones, for your prayers, for your open hearts for us, for your help. Thank God for what you exist, and together we are expanding the borders of the Kingdom of God.

Brothers and sisters continue to pray for us:

• For the people in Gostomel, who heard many sermons and the Word of God, and saw how God loves them, so that they decide to give their hearts to God by repenting.

• For our Church, we plan to hold a crusade in February, we will go from house to house and tell people about God.

• Pray for me that God will grant me wisdom in ministry and in the family.

• For my family, pray that each of the children will serve God to the end.

I thank God and you for everything. God bless you.

With love to you, the Kioresko family.

Baptism in Rokitne church

I greet you, brothers and sisters, with the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. I address you, servant of Jesus Christ, Gregory Kioresko.

Through the Lord's grace, we have a wonderful opportunity in Bukovina to preach, worship God, and proclaim to people about His love.

Today, more than ever, people feel God's love. There is a war in the country, but in our region it is calm, and no one is stopping us from working in His field.

I thank God for you, brothers, sisters, PIE USA missions, for being close to us in these difficult times for Ukraine, close in prayer, and financially. With your prayers, and resources, and God's help, we work to expand the Kingdom of God.

In the Church of Rakitnoe, we had great joy because of the baptism of three souls; it is very joyful for the Church when new souls join the Body of Christ.

A children's day camp was also held, where about 120 children were present, of which 80 were children of non-believers.

He also went to people in the city of Gostomel, and preached to 250 people; they also gather there every Sunday and hold services, worship, and pray together.

I also visited 12 area churches, where I ministered baptisms in two churches, and ordination services for diaconate or pastoral ministry.

Everything is fine in the family, the children praise the Lord, preach, and stand in the gap for Christ, and for the parents, for me as a father, this is very pleasant, thank God.

Once again, thank you for your prayers, and I ask you to continue to pray:

For me, so that the Lord gives wisdom and strength in ministry, for my family, so that they, together with me, remain faithful to Him to the end.

For the awakening of our Church. Rakitnoye, so that they can bring many more sinners to repentance.

Our prayer will be for you, so that God bless you, and so that you never get tired of His field.

Stay with God.

With love to you, the Kioresko family.

Preparing for baptism

I greet you dear brothers and sisters, with the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, Peace be with you! Writes for you, minister, Gregory Kioresko.

By the grace of God, we lived to see the summer, and we can say with confidence that God blessed us so much, the beautiful spring has passed, but so many blessings are remembered:

1. In our Church, 5 souls repented, of which 2 are young brothers, 17 years old. The Church joyfully, with tears of joy, received them.

2. Several times we went to Gostomel, Borodyanka. There, first of all, I preach the Word of God, the people who lived without God, now carefully listen to the sermon, and then we helped them with food, and they are happy to take spiritual and bodily food.

Among this people, in Gostomel, we organized meetings on Sundays, service, worship of God. With men, we organize a sauna, for communication, and fishing, and with women, all sorts of events are also held. We pray that there, God, will revive His Church, and I consider it a privilege from God to participate in this blessed project.

3. Three of these repentant souls, we are preparing for baptism. On September 3, we planned a baptism in the church of the village of Rakitnoe.

Prayer Needs:

- Pray for the opening of the Church in the city of Gostomel, and that we could support both spiritually and with physical food, that the Lord would give us the resources to get there and serve them.

- For baptism in the village of Rakitnoe (September 3)

- For me, for my family, to remain faithful to God to the end.

- For the church in the village of Rakitnoye, for its spiritual revival, and for helping many sinners to find Jesus Christ.

Thank you for your prayer and financial support. I praise the Lord for you.

With love to you, the Kioresko family.

God took him to Himself

Greetings brothers and sisters, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Grigory Kioresko is addressing you.

Glory to our Lord, for His grace that gives us, and our country, which goes through hard times, and at the same time, His hand is felt.

Lately, God has shown his mercy and grace in ministry:

Every 2 weeks, my brothers and sisters from our church cook food and go to Gostomel to people who need spiritual and physical food. Thanks to the brothers from PIE Mission Romania who brought food and we were able to complete the packages and go. We bought 3 tons of potatoes and 1 ton of carrots and also took them to Gostomel. There, with God's help, another point for evangelism was opened. 25-30 people gather every Sunday, and when we come, 220 people come and listen to the word of God.

In our Church, Rokitne, the brother of my wife accepted the Lord, we had great joy, and because he was sick, he asked for baptism, and, on February 19, he accepted baptism. There was great joy, his wife Valentina also repented, and last Sunday, the Lord took him to him, and on Monday there was a funeral. There were a lot of people there and listened to the sermons.

Pray for his wife Valentina, she only repented and remained on her own, it is very difficult for her. Pray that she will continue in her faith.

Pray for the people in Gostomel, and that God would give the Word for them, and repentance.

Pray for me that the Lord would give wisdom and strength, strength in the word, and for my family, so that everyone would remain faithful to God to the end.

I thank God for you, for your prayers and support, and for what you are doing to help our people of Ukraine. Be blessed.

With love to you, the Kioresko family.

Visiting military hospital

Greetings brothers and sisters, all PIE mission staff. Kioresko Gregory writes for you, about all the blessings, already this year.

God gave us a blessed time, and we were free to work in His field. There is a war in the country, and in many cities, villages, the occupiers have closed houses of prayer, and pastors and believers are accused of collaborating with the enemy if they pray for our country, Ukraine.

We celebrated Christmas on December 25, and on January 7, we also gathered at the House of Prayer, but basically the whole holiday was on 25.

This year, 9 Jan. we gathered the children in the house of prayer, made a Christmas party for them, sang songs, listened to stories about the born Savior, and at the end, distributed gifts. It was a very blessed time, there were about 60 children.

City of Gostomel. This month I was 2 times, I visited people there, poor, but who are looking for God. With God's help, we opened a group there, they gave us a room, in one house where there was a pharmacy. The first service was on December 25, and then every Sunday, people gather there, stay with us, and listen to the Word of God. We hope that a new Church will open there from such people, once godless, military, and now they believe in God.

Also, a week ago, our Church in the village of Rakitnoe, we raised money, as best we could, I announced that we needed to go to the wounded guys, the soldiers in the hospital, and I asked if they wanted to buy a kilogram of tangerine ... and everyone said yes, and they gave money is not only per kilogram. We made 100 sets of fruit, and a lot of sweets and carried the soldiers. I also invited brother Valera Popov, and together we, and three other brothers, visited these guys. In every chamber they preached about God and prayed with them. Each of these soldiers testified how God saved them. It was a wonderful time for us. God bless.

I also participated in the ordination of a pastor, in the church of the city of Novoselitsa, and in other Churches in the region, participated in the sermon, and the election of pastors and deacons.

Also in my village I help poor people with food and clothes.

Brothers, sisters, I thank you very much for your financial and prayer support, I believe that we are doing this work together. Every day I thank God for you, and for His grace given to me, for the privilege of being His worker in His field. God bless.

Prayer Needs:

• Pray for the children who heard the word of God at Christmas.

• For a new group, and for a new Church in Gostomel, for those people, so that they give their lives to God.

• For me, so that I can be near them, in prayer, in word and with food.

• For the fact that God helped, to get the products necessary for them.

• Pray for these soldiers, from the hospital, that they recover, and that they do not forget God, but that they trust in him.

• Pray for me that God would give me wisdom in everything, in work in the Churches, and with those in need, so that God would keep both on the road, on trips, and in the family, and for the family, so that all those whom the Lord gave me remained faithful Him to the end. "I and my whole house, we will serve the Lord."

• Pray that the war ends soon, that the bloodshed and the shedding of tears end.

I am very grateful to you, brothers and sisters, for the products that the brothers from Romania, Timofey, Mike, brought us. Next week, I will go to Gostomel.

Thank God for you, thank God for everything.

Be blessed.

With love to you: the Kioresko family.

Planting a church in Gostomel

Greetings brothers and sisters of the PIE mission. I am very grateful to my God, and my Lord, for His mercy and grace to me.

I thank God very much for you, brothers and sisters, USA, who help me with prayers and finances. With your prayers and resources, lately I have been able to preach the Word and help people in need of food and warmth.

Every two weeks I go with my brothers to the city of Gostomel, where 200 people are waiting for us to listen to the Word of God and receive a package of groceries. These people have never thought about God before, and now they tell me that we have brought God's love to them. In Gostomel, in a military camp, we plan to open a new missionary center, and later, the Church. This people is very attached to us, and we to them.

Last week, I, with my brother Valera Popov and some other brothers, visited a military hospital in the city of Chernivtsi, where we brought special resuscitation beds and fruit to the wounded soldiers. We visited each chamber, preached the word, and prayed for them as well. There are wounded, varying degrees of injury, and very open to God.

Recently, I preached at 2 funerals, the Word of God was preached to the people.

I visited 5 churches in our area and preached the Word to them.

At home, in our Church, we are preparing for the holiday of Christmas, the 25th, and for the new year.

I thank you for the $500 money that I received from you, I bought 1.5 tons of potatoes, we packed all this in bags, and took the borscht set to Gostomel. 3 carrots, 3 beets, 3 onions and potatoes, about 10 kg. People are very happy, it is worth seeing only their faces.

Prayer Needs:

- Pray for these people from Gostomel that they accept Jesus Christ, the salvation of the soul, not only of the body.

- Pray for me, for trips to them, the road is now hard winter, I need your support, both physical and spiritual.

- Pray that God will give me resources, that is, products, so that I can continue to help these people.

- Pray for my family that we remain faithful to God to the end, and ultimately in His Kingdom.

Be blessed for what you are doing for us.

With love to you: the Kioresko family.

Trips to the war cities

Peace be upon you, brothers and sisters of America, Romania and Ukraine, PIE missions... Glory to our Lord for this blessed time that God gives us.

And at this time, where our country is suffering at the hands of Russia, our God is taking exams from each of us. Namely, from us, from the Church, He waits and looks at how we will deal with those who are in great need. Thank God for his grace given to me to serve people, refugees here, with us, and people who returned home, in Irpin, Bucha, Borodyanka, and Gostomel.

Once every two weeks I go there, to these cities, where people have returned home, and they have nothing. In the city of Gostomel, I organized and conducted 4 evangelizations, where 120-150 hungry and cold people participated. They listen to the word of God, and receive the products that we buy, pack with the church of the village of Rokytne, and go to them. One Muslim woman started going to church in Irpin.

On the central square in Chernivtsi we bring food, preach the word, and feed, and one woman from Bucha, after several meetings, repented and was baptized. Glory to the Lord.

I preached the Word, and at the funeral, and this past Sunday, I preached in the village of Kotilevo, where our brother Igor Dzyadik invited me.

In Chernivtsi, there was a sisters' conference, where I had the honor, and the grace from the Lord, to preach at this meeting of sisters of the region. There were about 500 sisters.

In the family, we all serve the Lord, each one who has received from the Lord with his gift.

Pray for:

Our Church, for the Spiritual awakening of the Church and the village of Rakitnoe.

For the people from Borodyanka and Gostomel, to whom I preached the Word, so that they would accept the Lord.

For my filling with Power from God, so that He would give the word to preach to these needy people.

For my family to stay faithful to God forever.

For peace in our country, so that God stops the enemy and gives us peace.

For our army, soldiers and officers, so that they trust in God and ask for help from Him.

For the people of Ukraine to know and trust God.

All be blessed.

With love, the Kioresco family.

Social aid to refugees

Greetings dear brothers and sisters of the PIE mission. Writes for you, minister Gregory Kioresko.

I praise my God for His mercy and grace to me. Lately, I could once again and again be convinced that the Lord exists and remains faithful in everything.

Recently, the Lord helped to preach at 5 funeral services, where many people heard the word of God.

Together with br. Valery Popov, organized a meeting with families whose husbands or sons are at the front, and with servicemen who serve in Novoselitsa. It was a wonderful and blessed meeting. We preached the Word of God and prayed together and then gave them food bags.

Last week, my two brothers and I went to Gostomel, a city near Kyiv. There, the Russians bombed this city very heavily, and people are in great need of help, food and clothing. I preached to them, prayed for them, and distributed food packages, and walked with them from apartment to apartment, where they showed their destroyed apartments.

Yesterday, on September 29, the Church and I prepared food, cabbage rolls, buns, and fed 300 refugee people from different regions who arrived and live in Chernivtsi. I preached to them, prayed, and handed out dinner to them. They were very grateful to us.

I ask for prayer support for:

- These people who heard the word of God, in Borodyanka, Gostomel and Chernivtsi.

- So that the Lord gives strength to help more refugees and those people, in these cities where the war took place, they are at home, but there is nowhere to live, where everything is broken.

- For my family, for me, for wisdom in service.

I thank God for you, for your prayer and financial support. I pray for you, I love you.

The Kioresko family.