Ministry with pastors, youth, and sisters

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 protection throughout January and two weeks of February, even though we experienced missile and drone strikes, but they were shot down by air defense forces, thank God. These months were very cold, with heavy snowfalls and icy roads, making it difficult to navigate the churches I was supposed to attend. But glory to God for all He gives us. Glory to God for His mercy and protection.

1. Bible Institute

-This month I finished teaching the book of Psalms.

In studying this book, all the students learned very profound and useful truths.

-Next, all the students want us to study the book of Proverbs, because some students have many questions about truths they don't understand. May the Lord help us study the book of Proverbs. 2. Meeting of the PIE Ukraine Mission Brotherhood Council.

- Last week, a meeting of missionary brothers from the PIEI Ukraine Mission Committee took place. They planned how to organize the ministry of brothers and sisters from the USA who will be coming to Ukraine in the summer of 2026.

- Many proposals were made, and the final decision on how to conduct this ministry will be made at the next meeting.

3. Ministry with pastors, youth, and sisters

- Regional Pastors' Office of Chernivtsi Oblast I was instructed to write and send invitations to all the pastors of the Novoseletsky district, as well as to sisters from churches in the Novoseletsky district and youth, so that they could attend these three conferences: one with pastors, one with sisters, and one with youth, which will be held in Chernivtsi. There will be a conference with pastors on February 26th, a conference with youth on February 27th, and a conference with sisters from churches throughout the Chernivtsi region on Saturday, February 28th. We pray for God's blessing on these conferences.

4. Visiting the Sick

- A very sick baby named Nathanael was admitted to the regional hospital. This child belongs to a family from our Nesvoy church. My wife, Larisa, and I regularly visited this baby and his mother, Sorina, and we also organized a group of pastors to visit the boy in the hospital. They prayed for Nathanael, and we also prayed unceasingly for his healing. After these prayers, this boy improved—praise be to God. They have already been discharged home from the hospital, and we all praise God for this miraculous healing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

5. Thanksgiving

-We are very grateful to God for your prayers for us, dear brothers and sisters from the USA—our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine—that you pray for the long-awaited peace to come to Ukraine. We thank you for your support in helping us here, where there are so many in need of material assistance, and we help people in need.

-We are grateful to God for helping us in this difficult time to share the Word of God with people.

6. Prayer Requests

-Dear brothers and sisters, pray with us for this senseless war in Ukraine, where so many people are dying and everything is being destroyed, to end.

-Pray that the Word of God we have shared this month will bear fruit in repentance in the hearts of those who have heard it. Pray for our three conferences at the end of February, that the Lord will bless them.

Pray with us that the Lord will bless the summer program of our PIEI Ukraine mission, that the Christian camps for children will be well organized, and that the group from the USA coming to Ukraine will be blessed in their ministry here. May the skies be peaceful and that enemy missiles will not strike during the children's camp services and other God-given ministries in our churches.

Pray for me too, that the Lord will grant me health so that I can serve the Lord with diligence and zeal.

We also pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA. We pray that the Lord will bless you with health and peace. May you be blessed, and may God reward you a hundredfold with blessings from heaven.

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

Teaching at the Bible Institute

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.

We are very happy and grateful to God for January, the first month of this year, for it served as a catalyst for the success of evangelism here in Bukovina.

1. As we wrote in our previous report about evangelism among widows and orphans, we continued to make gifts from the remaining three dollars: candy, fruit, citrus fruits, and even made small bags for the widows of this war who live in a boarding school in Sadgora with their children. They were very happy that God's children have not forgotten them and are helping them in every way, with food and other aid. We prayed with them and encouraged them with the Word of God. Our church also promised to help them with food and other aid they need. We continue to pray for widows and orphans because the Lord God is the Father of widows and orphans. We are His children and must help those in need, glory to God for all things.

2. Bible Institute

-At the Bible Institute, I finished teaching the Book of Psalms. This book was of great interest to all the students, so after completing their studies, they could continue teaching it: in churches, to young people, to orphans, and to anyone interested.

3. Prayer for Sick Children

-Two pastors and I were invited to a children's hospital, where we prayed for sick children with anointing. After the prayer, the children's parents said they were getting better, glory to God. We pastors continue to pray for these children, and among them is a relative of ours who also needs healing and God's blessing.

4. Thanksgiving

-We thank the Lord for His mercy and protection from all evil this month, including missile strikes. Although there were missile strikes, thank God they were destroyed by air defense systems.

- We thank God for you, brothers and sisters from the United States, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, for your material support and for your prayerful support. We wish you abundant blessings from God.

- We thank the Lord for helping us visit the widows at the orphanage in Sadgora. We thank God for bringing them joy, and they praised Him for it.

5. Prayer Requests

- Pray with us for the war in Ukraine to end. We long for the Lord to bless Ukraine with long-awaited peace.

- Pray for such long blackouts in Ukraine to end. In our city, the power only lasts six hours a day. This is very inconvenient.

Pray for the spring meeting with orphans and widows planned for May this year. We want to gather them again at Kovelskaya 25, at the Bible Center, to feed them all day and share the Word of God with them. May God help us.

Pray for us missionaries and our families, that the Lord bless us all with health and that the Lord protect us from all evil. May the Lord bless our ministry here and in the future, so that the Lord's name will be glorified.

And we pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA. We pray for your health, for your families, for your churches, and for your country, the USA. May the Lord bless you greatly.

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

Mininstry for orphans and widows

Dear brothers and sisters from the United States, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are grateful to God for His mercy and protection during these troubling days of war in Ukraine, where this war has been raging for over 1,420 days. Things are difficult now in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, where the city has been without electricity for over seven days. There is no heat, and people are freezing. We pray for this situation and for these people. Our brothers and sisters in faith also live there, and they are facing a very difficult life in apartments without heat during this freezing winter. Thank God, although power outages are very frequent—eight hours a day or more—we have heating, and we do not freeze.

1. We thank God that we were not hit by missiles and that we were able to organize a celebration for widows and orphans at the beginning of this year, on January 10th, at 25 Kovelska Street in Chernivtsi. James 1:27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

- More than 200 orphans came, as well as widows from this war with children, and there were also several families who had adopted more than 10 orphans to raise. It was a blessed gathering where the children sang and glorified the name of the Lord Christ the Messiah, born on this earth to save the whole world from sin. These children were treated to a delicious breakfast, and after the festive program, they received bags of gifts from our church. These children glorified the Lord and thanked God for such delicious gifts, saying, "Thank you, Jesus Christ, and your church. We rejoice that the name of the Lord was glorified among the orphans and widows, and they had blessed fellowship that day." The next day, Sunday, we visited the shelter for underage orphans located on Central Street in Chernivtsi. These children were unable to meet with other orphans due to quarantine. So we brought them these gifts from our church, and they rejoiced and thanked God. They prayed the Lord's Prayer and sang Christmas carols, glory be to God. We are also grateful to God and to you for your prayers, because God has blessed us all—the Church of Christ—to serve orphans and widows on this day.

2. Bible Institute

- We continue our study of the Book of Psalms using the Inductive Bible. We have now reached Psalm 51. This study greatly encourages us and teaches us how to properly come before God with a contrite heart and a humble spirit. How to glorify the Lord our God with all our hearts. Glory to God for His Holy Word.

3. Thanksgiving:

- We are grateful to God and you for your prayers and for your financial support for our ministry here.

- We are grateful to God for our church in Nesvoy, where I serve, and for the young families from the church who prepared such wonderful gifts for these orphans.

- We are grateful to God that our 11th grandson, Theophilus, was born to our family. This is the family of our son Andrey, and our daughter-in-law, Rebeka, who gave birth to a third child, this beautiful boy, Theophilus. Praise be to God. We thank God for hearing our prayers and for Rebeka to have a safe birth. We pray that the Lord will continue to bless baby Theophilus, mother Rebeka, father Andrey, brother Mark, and sister Emima.

4. Prayer requests:

- Pray with us for the war in Ukraine to end and for the long-awaited peace to come. Only God can help us with this. Pray for those cities in Ukraine where there has been no electricity for over a week due to missiles striking the infrastructure, and therefore homes where people live are without heat. These cities include Kyiv and Kharkiv. It's freezing outside. May the Lord help them.

- Pray for all those who heard God's Word this month, that the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

- Pray for me too, that the Lord will help me recover from this difficult surgery. I really want to serve and go to ministry. I'm currently taking various medications for recovery, and thank God, I'm moving around much more easily, but full recovery still requires some time. We pray and believe that the Lord will help me with this.

We also pray 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 with His blessings.

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

Christmas Day

Dear brothers and sisters from the United States, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We wholeheartedly congratulate you on the New Year 2026 and wish you abundant blessings throughout this year.

We are grateful to God for 2025, for blessing us throughout the year and protecting us from all evil, even though this war has been going on for 1,406 days, and we all pray for the Lord to stop this senseless war. We believe that the Lord will hear our prayers and yours and grant us long-awaited peace in Ukraine.

1. We spent the last minutes of the old year glorifying Jesus Christ and, most importantly, welcoming the New Year 2026 in prayer, glory to God. We thanked Him for helping us preach Christ in 2025, and this year was a blessed one because many people and young people repented, and many young people were baptized.

2. Ministry with Orphans

- At the beginning of this year, we, missionaries of PIEI Ukraine, prepared gifts for 250 orphans. On January 10th, we will visit them and preach the Word of God about Jesus Christ the Messiah, and we will also present them with the gifts we prepared for them. The leadership of these orphanages has already conveyed to us that they are eagerly awaiting our arrival on January 10th, 2026. May the Lord help us in this.

3. At the end of the previous year, we met with the family of our translator, Alina Martsinyuk, where we prayed together and asked for a blessing for the PIEI Ukraine mission in 2026. Everyone prayed with love and faith for the PIEI Ukraine mission. My family also met with our missionary brother, Mykhailo Gortopan. We prayed together for the PIEI Ukraine mission in 2026. It was a blessed meeting, and we believe the Lord heard our prayers.

4. Christmas Day

- At our church, we held a festive gathering on Christmas Day, where every member had the opportunity to glorify Christ through hymns and poems. It was a blessed gathering.

5. We wrote greetings to the brothers and sisters from the USA, wrote Christmas and New Year 2026 greeting cards to all the missionaries and all our fellow brothers and sisters via email. Everyone was very pleased with these greetings and praised God for them.

6. Inductive Institute

- At the Inductive Institute, we began studying the book of Psalms. We have already reached Psalm 25. This study is very effective and has a blessed effect on our hearts. 7. Thanksgiving

-We are grateful to God for our brothers and sisters from the United States, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. For their support and help, both material and spiritual. Everyone thanks God when they receive such help, so necessary for their lives, glory be to God.

-We are grateful to God for helping us hold holiday services at Christmas and New Year's. Our youth had a special program where the name of the Lord was glorified through them.

8. Prayer requests:

-Continue to pray with us for peace in Ukraine.

-Pray for those unbelievers who attended our services this month and heard the Word of God. That the Lord will test their hearts for repentance.

-Pray for me, so that the Lord will grant me complete healing and restoration of health after this difficult surgery.

-Pray for my family. Our daughter-in-law, Rebekah, is due to give birth next week. May the Lord bless her childbirth, and may all be prosperous and blessed by God. And may the Lord bless Andrey, our son, and their children, Mark and Emim.

- Pray for the evangelization with gifts among orphans on January 10th, that all may be blessed by God.

- We also pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. May the Lord bless you all abundantly, may He meet all your needs, and may He return to you a hundredfold what you sacrifice for us. We love you, are grateful for everything, and are praying for you.

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

Meeting of missionaries from the PIEI 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.

The last month of 2025 has arrived. We are sincerely grateful to God for His protection and defense from all evil over the past year. For all our services, blessed by the Lord.

First, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026. We wish you much health, peace, joy in Christ, and God-blessed success in your ministry before the Lord. We wish you a happy Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026.

God blesses our lives in such a way that all circumstances serve for the success of the gospel.

1. Preparing gifts for orphans:

- My wife, Larisa, and I are buying everything we need for these 200 gifts for orphans because on January 10th, we want to gather these orphans, conduct Bible studies with them, and then congratulate them on this wonderful holiday of Christmas and give them Christmas gifts.

- We have some church members who donated 200 bags of popcorn and apples from their orchard, praise God.

- Our sisters who teach Bible studies at our church are preparing Bible studies related to the feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ, and we are praying for them.

2. Meeting of missionaries from the PIEI UKR mission.

- We, missionaries from the PIEI UKR mission, met together in mid-December to study the Bible and thank God for our brothers and sisters from the United States, who are our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. They helped us diligently in this difficult year of 2025. With the funds they donated, our missionaries delivered a large amount of humanitarian aid to those cities in Ukraine where almost everything was destroyed by the war. People were overjoyed at the food aid and packages they received from our missionaries, and they thanked and praised God.

There, our missionary brothers preached the Word of God to those people. The people listened attentively, and many of them accepted Christ as their Savior, glory be to God.

3. Ministry with the Sisters

-Once a month, our sisters from the church gather for prayer to pray for peace in Ukraine, for our children and teenagers. That they be protected from enemy missiles, that they remain alive and glorify our Lord.

Glory be to God for their prayers, and for other prayers for Ukraine, for the Lord blesses us and protects us from all evil. Our sisters pray for the sick and for the sisters from the United States, that they too may receive a blessing from God, and that those who are sick may receive healing from the Lord.

4. Ministry at the Bible Institute

-I, Pavel, am preparing lessons for the institute from the second part of the book of Isaiah. Starting in January, I will teach these lessons to the students. May God help me.

5. Thanksgiving:

-I am grateful to God for your prayers and for your financial support.

-I am grateful to God for a blessed 2025.

6. Prayer requests:

-Pray with us for peace in Ukraine.

-Pray that the Lord will protect us all from all evil.

-Continue to pray for me, so that the Lord will help me recover from this surgery, so that I can continue to serve God zealously. Pray for our ministry to orphans and widows on January 10th, that the Lord will bless this ministry.

May the skies be peaceful on Christmas Day, so that we can serve God in peace.

May the Lord bless you abundantly. We love you and pray for you.

Wishing you a happy Christmas.

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

Youth Ministry

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

We are very grateful to God for hearing all the prayers of our fellow missionaries from the PIEI mission, and this difficult operation for spinal stenosis was successfully completed. Glory to God! I am grateful to God that I was able to stay online before the surgery on November 1st and see the faces of our brothers and sisters, our evangelistic partners from the PIEI mission, a very blessed mission that serves in every corner of the earth, our globe. Glory to God.

As I wrote in my previous report and as I said at our anniversary online meeting, I was admitted to the hospital on November 4th for urgent spinal stenosis surgery. Before the surgery, I testified about Christ and asked the doctors to give me the opportunity to pray for them and for the upcoming surgery. There were doctors and medical students there, and they were surprised that I was praying for the upcoming surgery, for the doctors, and for the Lord to give me the strength to endure it. They were all surprised. I don't remember anything after that, because they put an anesthetic mask on me and I woke up in my room. Larisa, my wife, was caring for me in the hospital. The doctor, Alexander Karlichuk, came every day and said to us, "Good morning, may the peace of God be with you. Glory to God for the power of the Word of God." We understood from his conversation that he was reading the Word of God and that we were praying for him. The doctor told us that he felt someone was praying for him the entire time he was performing the surgery. When we thanked him, the doctor said, "Glory to the Almighty! And we praise our Lord for His wondrous and marvelous works, Amen!" 2. Sisters' Ministry

- My wife, Larisa, wrote to every church in the Novoseletsky district and sent invitations to the sisters to attend the regional conference in Chernivtsi at the Dom Mira Church on November 8th. The conference theme was "Pass the Faith on in the Fall." It was a very blessed conference attended by about 600 sisters from across the region. They prayed for peace in Ukraine and for the volunteer ministry. Our sisters were greatly encouraged by God's Word, glory be to God.

3. Youth Ministry

- Immediately after the surgery, when we returned home, we wrote and sent invitations to all the churches in the Novoseletsky district to attend the conference in Marshentsy on Saturday, November 15th. The theme of this conference was "I Believe in God and I Believe in God." We pray that this conference will also be blessed. 4. Funeral

- Our brother in Christ, Dima, our neighbor, has passed into eternity. He was disabled, and we often helped him. I couldn't attend the funeral, but my wife, Larisa, went and sent her condolences to the family. He had been in a wheelchair for over 30 years, and the Lord freed him from this disability. We believe he is already rejoicing with the Lord in heaven.

5. Thanksgiving:

- We are grateful to God and you for your prayers, as well as for your prayers when you prayed for me at the anniversary meeting on November 1st. We are grateful to God for hearing our prayers and yours, glory be to God.

- I am grateful to God that we are still peaceful now, without missile strikes.

- We are grateful to God for you because you support our ministry here in Ukraine. 6. Prayer requests:

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

- Pray with us for the medical personnel who heard God's Word and saw how He answers our prayers. May the Lord touch their hearts to repentance.

- That the Lord will restore me so that I can serve Him here on earth, if it be His will.

- For my wife, Larisa, that the Lord will grant her health.

We believe in the power of prayer. We believe that God will not abandon us.

And we pray for you, dear brothers and sisters, that the Lord will bless you abundantly. Please accept heartfelt greetings from our family. We love you and pray for you.

With love to you, the PETIKHACHNYY PAVEL & LARISA family.

Bible study at home

Greetings with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, dear brothers and sisters from the USA—our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. We are very grateful to God for His protection and guidance during this time of war in Ukraine. I am very glad to have had success in evangelism.

1. Over the past two weeks, I met with brothers who wanted to study the book of the prophet Isaiah, part 2, from chapter 41 to the end. I completed two lessons with them and have five more to go. I will complete these lessons after my surgery, if all goes well and the Lord wills it. They are praying for me and my surgery.

2. I visited the regional office of the Evangelical Christian Baptists, and the brothers there gave me some documents for pastors in churches in the Novoseletsky district. I took them with love, and with this opportunity, I visited several churches in the region and encouraged the ministers.

3. I am currently studying the Old Testament book of Exodus for teaching in two churches. I have one more lesson and am ready to teach it to church members and young families. But I will only begin teaching after my surgery, if it is God's will. The church is praying for me, and we believe in the power of prayer.

4. Thanksgiving:

-We thank God with all our hearts that our missionaries are all alive and well. For their dedication to working in God's field.

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

-5. Prayer requests:

-Continue to pray with us for peace in Ukraine.

-Our missionaries and I are praying for the Jubilee Meeting in Chicago, which will take place on November 30, 31, and 1 in Chicago. May the Lord richly bless this meeting of PIEI missionaries from many countries around the world, and may this meeting be for the edification of all our fellow missionaries of this blessed PIEI mission.

- As I wrote in my previous report, on November 4th I will be admitted to the neurology department of the hospital. There I will undergo surgery for spinal stenosis. Pray for me, for the upcoming surgery, for neurosurgeon Alexander Karlichuk, and for the other doctors who will perform this operation. May the Lord guide the doctors' hands, the Lord is our Physician and Healer. We believe in the power of prayer. If the Lord helps, I also want to share the Word of the Gospel with people. But may the Lord's will be done in all things. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

We love you very much, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, and we always pray for you. May the Lord abundantly bless you, your families, your churches, and your country, the USA.

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

Meeting of PIEI Ukraine missionaries

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. Half of autumn has already passed, where, with God's help and grace, we labored and served in God's Vineyard. Praise God for this favorable time, for the peace and tranquility in our region during this time of war in Ukraine, so we can safely serve God and share His Word with the people.

1. Meeting of PIEI Ukraine missionaries.

- On October 11th, we had a meeting of PIEI Ukraine missionaries in Novoselytsia at Emmanuel Church, hosted by missionary brother Valery Popov. It was a blessed meeting, where we all enjoyed the Word of God. Pastoral brothers and guests from England were also present at our meeting. They told us how the Lord had blessed them, and from four members, the church grew to 400. When we give the Holy Spirit room in our church ministries, the Lord manifests miracles—people's repentance. We also prayed for our missionary service in this turbulent time, where the war still rages. We also prayed for our sponsors from the United States and our partners in the gospel here in Ukraine. May the Lord bless everyone with health, success, peace, and joy in Christ Jesus. We prayed for the Lord to bless the PIEI Mission Jubilee, marking 40 years since the founding of this God-blessed PIEI Mission. Praise God for miraculously blessing our partners from the United States, as well as all international missionaries. During this time, the Lord has blessed His Seed, His Holy Word, and many souls have found the Lord Christ in their hearts.

2. Studying the Word of God at the Bible Institute

- From September 29th to October 10th, we held a session with students on the book of Isaiah, part 2, via Zoom. It was a very blessed session. The books of the prophet Isaiah are the Gospels of the Old Testament, because they speak so much about Jesus Christ, His suffering, His redemption, His deliverance, and His coming to this earth. He conquered the darkness and brought us the true light that enlightens every person living on this earth. Isaiah 9:1-2. This is a very interesting book that inspires us to be vigilant and pray, that we may be ready for the coming of our Lord.

3. Thanksgiving

- We are grateful to God for the peace in our area, so we can serve people here without any worries.

- We thank you for praying for Roman, a soldier from our village who was surrounded. Now these soldiers have managed to escape and are awaiting reinforcements to break out of this encirclement. We must continue to pray for them. Roman called us and asked us to pray for them.

- We always thank God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for your financial support and in your prayers for us.

4. Prayer requests:

- Pray for the war in Ukraine to end.

- We pray for all the soldiers from our village and neighboring villages, that the Lord will protect them from all evil.

- Pray for me. I have to go to the hospital on November 4th. I will undergo spinal stenosis surgery. The surgery is risky, but we believe the Lord will grant healing and bless the surgeons. I really wanted to come to the USA for the Jubilee Meeting of all our PIEI mission partners, but I was unable to do so due to my health. All is in the Lord's hands. We believe the Lord will hear our prayers and yours, and the surgery will be successful. He is our Healer and Miracle Doctor, glory to Him.

We always pray for you and will pray for your meeting in Chicago, that the Lord will bless this meeting. We will be with you heart and soul.

Please accept our heartfelt Christian greetings.

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

40th anniversary of the founding of PIEI.

Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism in Ukraine.

On behalf of our missionaries from PIEI Ukraine, we would like to congratulate you on the 40th anniversary of the founding of PIEI.

We are very grateful to God and you for creating such a mission, through which for 40 years now, the Word of God has been proclaimed in many countries of the world and in Ukraine. We remember with gratitude our joint labors in God's Field here in Ukraine. Through this joint work, we built houses of prayer, helped widows and orphans, organized Christian youth and children's camps every summer, and other ministries in God's vineyard, for which we praise and thank God.

We wish you and all of us, partners of PIEI, that the Lord will continue to bless your and our labors in serving the Lord God. May the Lord bless your Jubilee Meeting, may it be fruitful, and may your ministry in God's Field be blessed, bearing much fruit of people's repentance before God.

Once again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support, both in your prayers for us and for Ukraine, and in your financial support.

We wish you all abundant blessings from the Lord!

We love you and pray for you.

With respect, the missionaries of PIEI Ukraine.

Thanksgiving Day

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

By God's mercy and grace, we have been able to proclaim the Word of God this month, even though war is still raging in Ukraine and there is still unrest everywhere. But the Lord is always our protection and refuge. Glory to Him for all He does for us. I am very grateful to God for helping me preach the Word to people who do not know God throughout this month.

1. Praise God for favorable times and peace in our region. Therefore, our churches held prayers of thanksgiving for the God-blessed harvest this year. We gave thanks for bread, clean water, and the Word of God, which has touched many hearts this year through the power of the Holy Spirit. Our church also had a blessed program of praise at the end of September. Everyone thanked God for a good harvest through prayers, hymns, and beautiful poems. The youth lovingly decorated a beautiful pyramid with the fruits of our Lord's blessing, glory to God.

- Also, one brother was baptized. Praise God. He has been attending our congregation for a long time, and we prayed for him. When asked if he would agree to make a covenant with our Lord Jesus Christ, he replied that it was long overdue. We pray that the Lord blesses him and strengthens him in the faith.

2. We held the Lord's Supper at the church in the village of Nesvoi, and at the same time, we prepared to go to those brothers and sisters who were unable to come to church.

3. Evangelism at a Nursing Home

- I held a mini-evangelism outreach at a nursing home for the elderly in the neighboring village of Stalnivtsi. Three women attended this outreach and listened to the Word of God. They received the Word with love. A sister from our church was there and she wanted to participate in the Lord's Supper. My wife, Larisa, and I helped these needy people with money so they could maintain their hygiene and cleanliness.

4. Gratitude for an Answered Prayer

- We visited Brother Vasiliy Preutesa, our missionary, and together with his family, we thanked God for an answered prayer. For helping him through such difficulties. Now he is preparing to return to the Church for service, may the Lord help him.

- Over the past two weeks, I helped my wife, Larisa, walk during medical procedures. Her right knee had been very painful. I drove her to this clinic every day for her treatments, and now, thank God, she's a little better. We pray that the Lord grants Larisa a complete healing.

We also pray for missionary Vasily Preutes, that the Lord grant him a complete recovery.

5. Ministry at the Bible Institute

-I finished studying the first part of the Book of Isaiah with the students.

Now I'm preparing to study and teach the second part of the Book of Isaiah. I pray to God that He will help me in this study of God's Word as well.

6. Thanksgiving

-I thank God for protecting our area from enemy missiles this month.

-We thank God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for your support and help, and for your prayers for us.

-We thank God for helping us visit and evangelize at the Nursing Home. We are grateful to God for helping our brother, missionary Vasily Preutes, and for his return to ministry.

7. Prayer requests:

-Pray for peace in Ukraine, for this senseless war to end.

-Pray that the Lord will continue to protect us from all evil.

Pray for my health and the health of my wife, Larisa, so that we can continue to labor in God's field.

-We are praying for the soldiers from our regions. Right now, one of them is surrounded. His name is Roman. We pray for him to be well and to be able to escape this encirclement. His mother was a believer, and he attended our congregation as a child. Now his mother has died, and his father is an unbeliever. We pray for Roman and for all our young men from the village who are defending the country.

We are also praying for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in the evangelism here in Ukraine. We love you and always pray for you, that the Lord blesses you abundantly.

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