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A great funeral evangelization

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in the evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

I thank the Lord for His mercy and protection in this difficult time for Ukraine, when there is such a war and enemy missiles and drones are flying at us. Drones also flew in here in Chernivtsi twice this week, but thank God that the air defense shot them down. Except of drones, two missiles arrived to Chernivtsi, and we could not to intercept them so they hit residential buildings. Due to that, 4 people died and about 20 got injuries.

We continue to pray that the Lord will protect us here from this evil.

1. On Sunday, July 6, we had a meeting of leaders, where we are again preparing for the Christian camp in Boyany from July 21 to 26. We have prepared all the lists of children who will be in our camp. We have prepared a program for the camp as well as a program for a group from the USA who are coming to us from July 19.

We prayed that the Lord would bless this ministry and that the Lord would protect us all from all evil.

2. On Sunday, June 29, we had an evangelistic meeting where brother Florin from Romania preached. And we are glad that during this brother's stay, 10 souls prayed the prayer of repentance. Among them was our relative for whom we have been praying for a long time. We pray for these people that the Lord will dwell in their hearts and that they will truly accept Christ in their hearts.

3. Funeral.

- We buried one sister (Viorica), 65 years old. There was a large evangelization in their yard. There were about 50 unbelievers who listened to the Word of God. This sister's husband is an unbeliever and so are her sons. We pray for them. One son (Roman) is at war. He was released for his mother's funeral. We pray for all the people who attended this funeral so that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

- After the funeral, my wife and I visited the Preutes family, Vasily and Valentina. We prayed for them. Our brother missionary Vasily is sick and needs surgery again. We pray for him that the Lord will help him with this and heal him.

4. Thanksgiving:

- We thank the Lord for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine.

- We thank you for your support in your prayers for us and for our ministry here. We also thank you for the material assistance that helps us serve people here.

5. Prayer requests:

- Continue to pray, dear brothers and sisters, for the long-awaited peace to come to Ukraine. For the Lord to protect us and our families, and all people from Ukraine, from enemy missiles.

- Pray for that families who lost their beloved ones due to Russian missiles. May God comfort them.

- Pray for our camp in Boyany, for there to be a peaceful sky, and for the Lord to bless our ministry here.

- May the Lord bless the arrival of the team from the USA headed by brother Cornel Stef, president of the PIEI mission, their stay here in Ukraine and their departure from Ukraine to the USA.

- Pray that the Lord blesses all our missionaries with health so that we can continue to serve the Lord here in Ukraine. Pray for our brother missionary Vasily Preutes so that the Lord heals him.

And we pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA. We wish that the Lord blesses you abundantly, your families, your churches and your country USA!

Accept greetings from my family. May you be blessed, our dear ones!

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larysa family.

Preparation to the PIE camp

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in the evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

We are very grateful to God for His protection and defense in this difficult time for us in Ukraine. When enemy missiles are bombing residential buildings, hospitals, kindergartens and schools all over the country. So many victims every day and night, we only pray for those people who are going through this nightmare. "God save, God strengthen these people, protect them and protect us from this fate." All our hope is in the Lord. We all trust in Him. How can we not remember this Psalm of David every hour 90:7-8 "- A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you; Only with your eyes you will see and see the reward of the wicked. "How wonderful and merciful our Lord is to us, His children, Glory to Him forever and ever. Amen.

1. We are grateful to God that we were able to hold a meeting of the leaders of our Christian camp "Candela". We were a little worried that we would not be able to gather so many young leaders for our camp, but Glory to God that He always helps us and blesses this ministry.

- Together with the leaders, we worked out the entire camp program and I am very glad that the leaders understand the importance of this ministry. I had a Word of encouragement for them and we prayed together and asked God to bless this ministry in our camp. We will meet with the leaders again because there is still a lot of work. We pray that the Lord will help us and bless this ministry.

2. All week from June 22 to 29, we had an evangelistic crusade in our church and throughout our village. Brother Florin Pinzar came to us from Romania and we conduct such evangelism every day, where we gather people in the yard of one of our brothers and tell people about salvation. And whoever is ready to accept Christ in their hearts can pray the prayer of repentance. So we visited 10 sick women and men who prayed the prayer of repentance and 5 families where 10 or 15 neighbors gathered in the yards. Of these, 10 people prayed the prayer of repentance. We pray that these people come to our meeting and that their repentance be sincere.

- On Sunday, June 29, there will be an evangelistic service in our church, where we invited all these people. We pray that they come to our meeting.

- Such evangelism was held in 10 Romanian churches from our region. Because 10 preacher brothers from Romania came and worked all week. It was a great blessing, glory to God.

3. I visited the sick and helped one disabled brother. He is very happy that my family always helps him when he needs it. We pray for him because he has been in a wheelchair for more than 30 years. May the Lord strengthen his faith.

4. Thanksgiving

We are grateful to God and to you, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, for your prayers for us, for your material support that helps us to serve those in need here more.

5. Prayer requests:

- Pray with us for this terrible war in Ukraine to end. For the bombing of enemy missiles to stop. For the Lord to give wisdom to the presidents so that they stop this war. Only the Lord can bring us the long-awaited peace.

- Pray for our camp in Boyany so that the Lord blesses all the ministry that will be there.

- So that the Lord blesses the arrival of a group from the USA led by brother Cornel Stef, president of the PIEI mission. To protect them and guard them on their way to us, in the process of serving here and in the camp, and on the road to the villages where we will conduct evangelism with glasses. We believe that the Lord will bless us in this ministry.

-Pray for those people who heard the Word of God this week during home evangelism. Many of them prayed the prayer of repentance and we invited them to the house of prayer. We pray for them that this repentance was sincere.

-Pray that the Lord blesses us with health, so that we can serve God more and more zealously.

We always pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. May the Lord bless you abundantly, you and your families, your churches and your country USA. Please accept greetings in the Name of Jesus Christ from my family. We love you and pray for you.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.

Meeting of missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. We greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am grateful to God for His mercy and for His protection that we have in this difficult period of war in Ukraine. As always, Psalm of David #90 is relevant today. For he who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, under the shadow of the Almighty, abides and says to the Lord: - My refuge and my fortress is my God, in whom I trust, glory to Him forever and ever. Amen!

1. Meeting of missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission.

- June 4, we had a meeting of missionaries of our PIEI Ukraine mission in Novoselytsia in the Emmanuel Church. We had a blessed meeting and glory to God that He protected us and blessed us.

I preached the Word from John 15:12-14. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

Our missionary brothers gave reports on the service done in the mission for almost 3 months. We thanked God for His blessings during this period of service. We also prayed for the upcoming services of our missionaries, for the summer, that the Lord would bless them. We planned the service of our Christian camp, which will be in Boyany from July 21 to 26. We planned how best to organize evangelism with glasses when a group from the USA, led by brother Cornel Stef, arrives.

We prayed for our sponsors from the USA, for our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. That the Lord would bless them with health and all His blessings. All our missionaries conveyed heartfelt greetings in the Name of Jesus Christ to all our brothers and sisters from the USA.

2. Breaking Bread

- On the first Sunday of this month, we held Breaking Bread in our church, where we remembered the suffering and death of our Savior Jesus Christ. I also visited the sick sisters at home on this day and they also had the opportunity to receive communion, together with the church. They rejoiced and praised God for this grace.

3. On the second Sunday, our church celebrated the Feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Church of Christ. We also had good evangelism two days in a row. On Sunday and on the second day, Monday. We are glad that people from the world come to our worship. This time there were five people and we pray for them that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

4. Thanksgiving:

- We are very grateful to God for His protection and safety, for His blessings in our service here on the missionary field.

- We are grateful to you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for your support, both material and prayerful, which helps us greatly in serving God here.

5. Prayer requests:

- Pray with us that this war in Ukraine will stop.

- That enemy missiles will not fly to us.

- That we can calmly hold Christian children's camps this summer.

- That the Lord will bless our camp in Boyany from June 21 to 26. That the Lord will bless the arrival of the group from the USA. That the Lord will bless the children, and the teachers, and the leaders, and the administration of the camp. That the Lord will bless the Holy Word that will be taught to the children, so that the Word will bring much fruit of repentance among teenagers and children.

We believe in the power of prayer. We believe that the Lord will be with all of us here and with all of you there in the USA, Glory to Him forever!

We also pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA. May the Lord bless you abundantly.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy family Pavel and Larysa.

Pastoral Regional Conference

Dear brothers and sisters from PIEI USA, We greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am grateful to God for protecting and helping us this month in the ministry of the gospel here on our mission field.

1. Pastoral Regional Conference

- On May 23 and 24, a pastoral regional conference was held in Boyany for pastors, preachers and leaders. The theme of this conference was: "Discipleship". How to make real fishers of men out of all members of our churches. This is what Jesus said to his disciples.

The speakers of this conference were pastors from Romania. Sorin Bădrăgan (president of the Baptist Union of Romania), Cătălin Croitoru (president of the Suceava Baptist Union), Daniel Fedorean (president of the Bucharest Baptist Union). Translators into Ukrainian were our brother missionary Chioresco Grigoriy and young brother Kozachuk Mihai, Glory to God!

It was a blessed conference where all the minister brothers, more than 100 brothers from all over the Chernivtsi region, rejoiced and glorified the Lord for the True and Holy Word.

2. Visit

- We visited, together with my wife, the church "Emmanuel" in Novoselytsia, where our brother missionary Popov Valery serves. There were many people from the settlers who listened attentively to the Word of God. There were prayers of the church for the wounded soldiers, for the families of fallen soldiers, and for those who defend Ukraine in the combat zone.

There was also a glorification where the children of brother Valera and Sr. Alla glorified God through singing. Also, my wife Larisa glorified God through a song about the Mercy of God - Glory to God.

I preached on the topic - The Road to Emmaus. When after the resurrection of Christ, two of Jesus' disciples met Christ, but they did not recognize Him. A very interesting topic and if you study it to the extent possible, you can always see yourself in these two disciples. Glory to God for the true Word of God that opens our hearts and our minds so that we know more about our Jesus Christ.

We pray for these people, the displaced people who come to the service and to the analysis of the Word every Wednesday. Among them, there are those who have repented and want to be baptized this summer, Glory to God.

3. Thanksgiving

-We thank the Lord for His mercy and protection during this difficult period for us in Ukraine.

-We also thank you, brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. Thank you for your prayers and for your material support, through which we can serve here the needy people and the displaced persons who live near us.

-We thank God for giving us such wonderful opportunities this month to evangelize widows and orphans, through evangelism for displaced persons and through studying the Word of God.

4. Prayer requests:

-Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, pray with us that the Lord will help us and that this war in Ukraine will end, so that the long-awaited peace will finally come.

-Pray that there will be no enemy missiles on our territory, so that we can peacefully serve God here.

- Pray for those people, orphans, widows, displaced persons to whom we preached the Word this month. That the Lord would touch these hearts for repentance.

- Pray for our Christian camp from July 21 to 26, this summer. That the Lord would bless this entire ministry. That the Lord would bless the children who will come to the camp, and the leaders, and the teachers, and the administration of the camp. That the Lord would bless and protect the group from the USA who will come to Ukraine to serve God. We believe that the Lord will help us and He will bless this ministry - Glory to Him!

- Continue to pray that the Lord will protect our missionaries so that we can serve God here calmly and peacefully.

And we pray with love for you, brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. May the Lord bless you abundantly and reward you a hundredfold for your love for us and understanding. Be blessed, our dear ones! Please accept warm greetings from my family.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel and Larisa family.

Orphans ministry

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1. I am grateful to the Lord God for His mercy to us and for His protection during this difficult period of war in Ukraine. We are grateful to you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for your prayers for us and with God's help we organized this act of mercy for orphans on May 17.

- Glory to God, for the fact that the Lord gave us a blessed day where more than 200 orphans spent the whole day in sports games, in children's Bible lessons, and also our church prepared breakfast and a delicious lunch for these children.

I and Larisa, my wife, prepared sandwiches and tea for these orphans in the morning for breakfast. Then these children had children's Bible lessons and sports games. At 12:00 the children received fruits, and at lunch the children ate delicious food where our church prepared cabbage rolls, cutlets, pie and compote. After lunch, the children again had different games and competitions. These children were very happy for such a busy and God-blessed day. The orphans thanked God and us saying: "Thank you, Jesus and you." We answered them: "Glory to God for everything!" Indeed, we thank God and you for everything, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, for your prayers, for your material support, through which we can serve those in need here.

- Also, on the same day, after lunch, we visited the soldiers who are in the psychiatric hospital after being wounded and concussed. We gave them sandwiches and food. We put food from our lunch that our church brought for them in separate containers. They were very happy that people do not forget about them. We pray for them. The most important thing is for these sick people to trust in the Lord. In Him there is peace and rest of soul.

2. Visit

- Glory to God that I can visit the sick. I visited one disabled person and helped him as much as I could. Helped him get a haircut and had a spiritual conversation with him. Prayed for him. He lives alone in an apartment and is having a very hard time. We live not far from him and help him often when he needs it.

-Also visited the sick from our church with bread donation. The sick are very happy about these visits. They all thank God for having such an opportunity, together with the church, to receive Holy Communion. Read the Word of God, prayed for them that the Lord would strengthen them and that the Lord would heal them.

3. Preparation for the Christian camp

-We are already starting to prepare for the Christian teenage camp, which will be from July 21 to 26, this summer. We are preparing invitations for teenagers and children, we are also looking for new leaders and will hold meetings with all the leaders. We will fast and pray that the Lord blesses this ministry, so that we have a peaceful sky during this time of war in Ukraine. We hope in the Lord and believe that He will help us in this important ministry.

4. Thanksgiving

-We are grateful to God for protecting us and for helping us serve Him in this difficult time for us in Ukraine.

-We thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. For your support and for your help in our ministry here.

5. Prayer requests:

-Pray with us for the war in Ukraine to end. For the long-awaited peace to come.

-Pray that the Lord would give wisdom from above to the leadership of our country and the leadership of other countries, so that they would find agreements on a stable peace in this difficult war.

-Pray for them to stop bombing Ukraine with enemy missiles.

-Pray for the sick and wounded soldiers, who fill our hospitals and mental hospitals. So that the Lord would heal their souls and bodies. And so that they would find comfort in the Lord.

- Let us also pray together for those orphans whom we visited and spent the whole day together, May 17. That they may know the Lord and accept Him in their hearts.

- Pray for us, missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission, that the Lord may give us health and strength for service and that God may continue to protect us and our families from all evil.

And we pray for you, our dear partners in evangelism from the USA. May the Lord bless you abundantly.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.

Happy Easter

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

On behalf of all our nine missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission, we congratulate you all on the feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ! We wish you all abundant blessings from the Lord and that all your churches grow more and more in the love of Christ, in the Holy Truth, so that your churches continue to bear blessed fruits in God's Vineyard. The Lord expects this from all of us.

We are always glad to hear such wonderful news about you about your ministry with the youth, with teenagers and with children. We pray that these Easter evangelisms will be blessed by God both in your churches, where you are members, and in our churches in Ukraine.

We thank your churches for supporting our missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission in your prayers and financially. This helps us a lot to serve here in Ukraine. Although we do not yet know when this war in Ukraine will end, we believe that with God's help this terrible war in Ukraine will end. Thank God that in the Chernivtsi region, where we live, enemy missiles do not fly to us, as in other regions of Ukraine. And we can serve here peacefully in our churches, to the needy displaced people who live near us. We organize meetings for them where we preach the Gospel to them, and also help with food. The displaced people are very happy that the children of God are helping them. They are having a very hard time. They left their homes and came to us to seek refuge. Therefore, we help them. And they praise God Almighty. Many of these people have repented and have already been baptized during these 3 years of war - Glory to God.

2. Weddings

- We thank God for the opportunity to be with my wife at the wedding of Gloria and Daniil. Gloria is the youngest daughter of our missionary Grigory Kioresko. The wedding was in Romania, in Radauti. I also preached at this wedding and gave the young people wise advice from the Holy Scripture. We also had the joy of meeting our children at this wedding with Andrei and Rebeka, and grandchildren Mark and Emima. We had not seen Andrei for almost 4 years. Therefore, we were very happy that the Lord provided us with such a pleasant meeting - Glory to God.

3. Preparations for Easter

- Our youth, children and choir were preparing to conduct evangelism for the Easter holiday, which was on April 20. These evangelisms took place both in our church and in neighboring churches, where there are few church members. But our church always helps neighboring churches from Balkovtsy and Podvirnoye. We pray that the Lord blesses the Holy Word that was preached, so that the people who heard the Word will know our Lord. 4. Visiting other churches

4. Visiting other churches

- I also visited the church from Dolzhok. There were 7 rehabilitants there, whom brother Alex Paskar brings every Sunday in his van. He holds a service in Dinautsy and an hour later goes to Dolzhok. It is difficult for us now, because the young minister brothers are afraid to go to other places, so that the military does not catch them on the road. Therefore, we, those brothers over 60, have to serve in other villages. May the Lord help us in this.

5. Prayer requests:

-We would like to offer you several prayer requests so that you continue to pray for us:

-Pray with us for this war in Ukraine to end.

-Pray that enemy missiles do not land in our region or in any region of Ukraine. There are many fatal victims among the peaceful inhabitants of Ukraine.

-Pray for the leaders of all countries and our country, that the Lord would give all presidents wisdom to lead, that true and stable peace would come to Ukraine.

-Continue to pray for the ministry of our missionaries here where we serve:

a). among the displaced, that more of them would know the love of Christ and repent.

b). We will hold an event for widows and orphans on May 17. We invited 200 orphans on this day so that we could feed them delicious food all day long and also preach the Gospel to them. Our leaders have prepared various games with prizes for them. Pray for a peaceful sky, without enemy missiles, so that we can calmly spend this day serving these orphans.

c). From July 21 to July 26, we will hold a Christian teenage camp Non Stop in Boyany. Many of the children of displaced persons will rest there. Pray for this camp, for the leaders, for the teachers, and for a peaceful sky again, without enemy missiles. Pray also for a group of teachers from the USA who will come to serve us in this camp, together with brother Cornel Stef, president of misiunii PIEI. May the Lord protect everyone from all evil.

- Pray for our volunteer brothers who go to the front line and bring the soldiers who defend Ukraine, prepared food, drinking water and everything else they need. May the Lord save the lives of the volunteers, because it is dangerous to go there because of frequent bombings.

- Pray also for the day children's camps that our churches will hold this summer. May the Lord bless these ministries.

We also pray for you brothers and sisters, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, and we love you.

We bless you and once again congratulate you on the holiday of the Resurrection of Christ!

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel and Larisa family.

Meeting of missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ! We are grateful to God for the protection and preservation of the Lord, the children of God, in this difficult period of war in Ukraine. And now the entire Church of Christ hopes only in the Lord. Only He has our help and protection. Only in the Lord do we trust and believe that the Lord will give us the long-awaited peace. Psalm 19:8 - Some in chariots, and some in horses, but we in the name of the Lord our God will boast.

This psalm encourages us all the time and we believe that the Lord will come to help and deliverance from enemies. May the name of the Lord be glorified forever and ever!

1. Church visits:

- We are very glad that the Lord helped me to visit three churches during this period.

- Preached the Gospel in a church from the village of Nesvoya. I am very glad that 4 listeners from among unbelievers regularly attend our church and listen attentively to the Word. We pray for them that they will repent.

- I visited the church from Marshenz and preached the Word of God, and my wife Larisa glorified God with singing and poetry. Also, in this church there are young people and a group of children who glorified God with singing and poetry. And we were also happy for the young preacher who preached at the beginning of the meeting. This brother David was with us in the camp in Boyany. Glory to God that our young brothers serve God through preaching. We are very grateful to God for the Christian camp, for the blessing through the repentance of many young people and our hearts rejoice when we see these young people who serve God.

- After lunch I visited the church from Kotilevo.

- I preached on the topic: Signs of the rapture of the church from the Gospel of Matthew with chapter 24.

The whole church was encouraged and everyone prayed that they would be ready for the rapture of the Church of Christ.

2. Meeting of missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission.

- On Friday, March 28, our missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission had a meeting in Novoselytsia in the Emmanuel Church. There they thanked God, prayed for the needs of our churches and the needs of our country, prayed for our sponsors from the USA so that the Lord would bless them with health, and also gave reports on the work done in their missionary service. They had ministry projects for the summer of 2025. They prayed for them so that the Lord would bless the ministry for the whole summer, and also prayed for the war to end in Ukraine.

3. Thanksgiving:

- We always thank God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in the evangelism here in Ukraine. Thank you for your support in prayers, for your material help that helps us serve God here in this difficult time.

- We thank God for blessing this past month of March and for allowing us to serve God by evangelizing the Gospel to people. 4. Prayer requests:

- Pray with us for the war in Ukraine to end. For the long-awaited peace to come.

- Pray for those unbelievers who heard the Word of the Gospel this month, so that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

- Pray for our missionaries so that the Lord will give everyone health, the strength of the Holy Spirit for the evangelism of the Gospel in our missionary ministry.

- Pray for our summer projects with Christian children's camps, as well as for our Non Stop camp in Boyany from July 21 to 26. So that there are no enemy missiles, so that we can gather leaders for the ministry in the camp. Pray that the Lord will bless the arrival of a group of teachers from the USA, led by brother Cornel Stef. The Lord has blessed us every year since we started doing Christian camps, back in 2004, and we believe that this summer God will abundantly bless this ministry - Glory to God for everything!

- Pray for the ministry for widows and orphans that we will do in the middle of May. We only trust in God and believe that God will bless us in this ministry.

And we pray for you brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism. May the Lord bless you abundantly and reward you a hundredfold for your sacrifice and for your love for us. And we love you and always pray for you.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.

Evangelism and distribution of packages of spring seeds

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, We greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Glory to God for His protection and His guard this month, although we are still in a difficult time of war, but our hope and our support is our Lord God. Now all our brothers and sisters trust in God and wait for help from God. Psalm 19:8-9 - Some boast in chariots, and some in horses, but we boast in the name of the Lord our God; they have faltered and fallen, but we have risen and stand upright.

Glory to God for everything, for His mercy to us, for helping us in serving in His Field.

1. Evangelism and distribution of packages of spring seeds

- We held a large evangelism in our church in the village of Nesvoya. Many people attended this evangelism, even from other neighboring villages. There were visiting brothers from the Khotyn district. The Word of God was preached in the Power of the Holy Spirit. After this evangelism, our visiting brothers distributed to each person present a package of different spring seeds for sowing the land. Everyone was very happy and praised God. We pray for those people who came for the first time to evangelism and heard the Word of God.

- I also distributed packages of seeds throughout the Novoselitsky district and simultaneously conducted evangelism in these churches. Many people gathered and they were grateful to God for the seeds and for preaching the Word of God.

2. Bible Institute

- At the Institute, we studied the book of the prophet Isaiah together with the students. 60 students studied this book. They all studied this book with love. They studied the first part of the book of the prophet Isaiah, chapters 1 through 36. At the end of these classes, all the students passed the exam.

After these lessons, I took the book of the prophet Isaiah to the church where I serve as a pastor, thank God that everyone enjoyed studying this book.

3. Visiting other churches

- I visited 2 more churches: the Church from the village of Stanivtsi and the church from the village of Mamalygi. I preached to them from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 24. After these lessons, they all invited me to visit them again and teach them from other textbooks.

4. Thanksgiving:

- We are very grateful to God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, who pray for us and support us with help, so that we can help those in need here.

- We thank God that there are no enemy missiles in our region and we can serve God here in peace.

- We thank God for the blessed and favorable time to preach the Gospel to people this month.

5. Prayer requests:

-Dear brothers and sisters, do not stop praying to God for us and for Ukraine, so that this senseless war in Ukraine ends. We believe that only God can help us to restore the long-awaited peace in Ukraine.

-Pray for those people who listened to the Word of God this month, so that the Lord, through the Holy Spirit, would speak to their hearts. And test them for repentance.

-Pray also for our missionary brothers, so that the Lord would continue to protect us from all evil.

And we pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. We pray for all our sponsors of our PIEI Ukraine mission, so that the Lord would give everyone health and strength and strengthen you all in faith, hope and love. Please accept heartfelt greetings from my family. We love you and pray for you.

With love to you, the Petkhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.

Fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in the gospel here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

- I am grateful to the Lord God for His protection and preservation in this month of February, this first year. I am grateful to God for His blessings in our ministry on the mission field in our area.

1. Fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine:

- As we wrote in the previous report, on February 24 we had the All-Ukrainian day of fasting and prayer, where all believers and almost all confessions fasted and prayed before the Lord God for peace in Ukraine, for the wisdom of the president and those who lead the country, for the wisdom of other leaders of the countries of this world. Proverbs 21:1 - The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, like the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he wishes.

- All the children of God asked for mercy from our Lord and we all hope in the Lord that He would deliver us from this war.

- Also on March 1st there was a sisterly international day of fasting and prayer, where all the sisters from our churches gathered for prayer. The theme of the meeting was "Unity of Christians - hope and strength" John 7:23 - That they may be one as we are one. I in them and you in me, that they may be perfect in one, and that the world may know that you sent me and loved them as you loved me.

Also our sisters prayed for peace in Ukraine, that the Lord would give wisdom from above to all the presidents of countries, as well as to the president of Ukraine. May the children of God live in peace and quiet, and serve the Lord.

2. Breaking Bread

- We glorified the Lord for His sufferings, remembering the sufferings and death of Christ on the cross of Calvary in the first resurrection, through the Holy Communion - Breaking Bread. Our whole church thanked God the Father for His only begotten Son for all the people of this world, that everyone who believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

3. Visit

- Also on this day I visited 8 brothers and sisters who were sick at home, so that they could also receive Holy Communion. They were very happy that they had this opportunity, together with the church, to remember the death and suffering of Jesus Christ. I prayed for each of them that the Lord would heal them.

- I also visited the church from Podvirnoye with the Breaking of Bread. There the minister brother fell ill and we were forced to go to them. These brothers and sisters were also very happy that we visited them. We pray for those people who visit this church, so that they repent. There are two people from this village.

4. Analysis of the Word

- I am finishing analyzing the Book of Spiritual Gifts. We will then conduct this analysis of the book with the students of the Bible Institute. This is a very interesting and instructive book, as are all the Bible books. The Holy Scriptures contain the source of God's wisdom, so it is so important and necessary for everyone to study the Scriptures.

5. Thanksgiving:

-We are very grateful to God for His protection and security in our region where we live and serve Him.

-We thank the Lord for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, for your support in prayer and for all the help you give us.

-We thank the Lord for His blessing in our ministry here.

6. Prayer requests:

-Pray with us that the Lord will help us and liberate Ukraine, and that the long-awaited peace will come. That the Lord will give wisdom to the president and all those in leadership positions. Psalm 19:8-Some in chariots, and some in horses, but we in the name of the Lord our God will boast.

- We pray for those people who heard the Word of God this month, which we preached to them. We pray for those two people who come to church from Podvirnoye. Three people from Nesvoy come to our church regularly. We pray for them too, that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

- We pray that the Lord will continue to bless us in the evangelism of the Gospel, that we will not have enemy missiles flying in, so that we can serve peacefully here where we live.

- So that we can hold a Christian children's and youth camp this summer. The Lord knows our needs in this ministry. We hope in the Lord and believe that He will help us in everything.

We thank you again, brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. We know and feel that you are praying for us. May the Lord bless you abundantly. And we love you and pray for you.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.

PIE meeting

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, we greet you with the love and peace of Jesus Christ.

We are grateful to God for His protection and guardianship every day and every hour. It will be 3 years since February 24th began this full-scale war in Ukraine. This day, February 24th, is recognized as a day of fasting and prayer throughout our country. Only the Lord can help us and the people of God trust in our Lord, where does deliverance come from.

1. Meeting of missionaries from the PIEI Ukraine mission.

- This Saturday, our missionaries from the PIEI Ukraine mission met in Novoselytsia in the Emmanuel Church, where all the missionaries reported on their service. We rejoice that the Lord blesses the service of our missionary brothers. Although we have different difficulties, in connection with this war, our brothers work with full dedication. 8 people repented, glory to God. They also served the poor and displaced people. They served widows and orphans. We praise God that through such services people can hear about the love of the Lord God for humanity. And of course they praise and thank God for everything that He gives them through God's children.

- We prayed together with the missionary brothers that the Lord would continue to protect us from all evil and that He would bring us the long-awaited peace, God's Peace. Without lies and deceit. That the Lord would give wisdom from Above to the presidents of Ukraine and other countries, so that they would solve these problems of war with wisdom and justice. For the Lord is always just, God is thrice Holy and is the God of Truth and Justice. We all hope in the Lord.

- We also thanked the Lord for all the brothers and sisters from the USA who helped us all these years, so that we would help all the people who were in need.

2. Visits:

- I visited the church from the village of Shcherbintsi, with the brothers from the regional office, where we preached the word of God. We were pleased that there are many teenagers and children in this church. And there is also a sister who constantly studies the Bible with them.

- Also, one woman repented at this service, her name is Alexandra, thank God.

- And there are also three families of immigrants who live in this village in this church. They are very happy that they found refuge here with us, after wandering when they lost their homes because of this war.

- We also visited the church from the village of Podvirne. We preached the Word of God and sang psalms with them, glorifying our Lord. This is a small church, but they were still very happy that we visited them and encouraged them. Two men from the village visit this church and we pray for them to repent.

3. Bible Institute

- At the Bible Institute, we finished studying, together with all the students, the book of the prophet Isaiah, the first part. While studying this book we were greatly encouraged and are waiting for the time when we will study the second part of the book of the prophet Isaiah. May the Lord help us.

4. Thanksgiving:

- We are grateful to God and to you dear brothers and sisters from the PIEI America mission, for your support in prayers and for material support.

- We thank God for His protection and guardianship all these 3 years of war that are going on in Ukraine.

- We thank God for His blessings in our ministry. We sow the Word of God and the Lord blesses the hearts and souls of people to accept the Word inside their hearts, glory to God.

- We are grateful to God that all the churches of Ukraine will pray together to God on February 24, so that the Lord blesses Ukraine. And this day will be a national day of prayer in Ukraine every year. May the Lord hear our prayers and accept our worship to Him forever and ever. Amen.

5. Prayer requests:

- Pray with us that the Lord would give us His Peace and that the war in Ukraine would end. Everything is according to the will of the Lord.

- Pray for the health of all our missionaries, so that they could continue to work in the power of the Holy Spirit.

- Pray for those people who heard the Word of God this month, so that the Holy Spirit would work in their hearts to repent.

- Pray for our young brothers who were taken to war. Even young pastors and preachers were taken and they are now at the training ground. So that the Lord would protect them from all evil.

- Pray for our camp in July-August, so that the Lord would help us with leaders, because now is a very difficult time.

We are very grateful to God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, for your support in your prayers and for your help in our ministry here. May the Lord bless you abundantly. We also pray for you and wish you that the Lord will give you all health, peace and success spiritual and earthly in your churches, in your families and in your country USA. Please accept heartfelt greetings from our family.

With love to you, the Petikhachnyy Pavel and Larisa family.