Testimonies from Candela

Greetings with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, dear brothers and sisters from the United States—our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine.

I. We are grateful to God for the protection and security of our camp in Boyany, and for the safety of our guests from the United States—a team of eight led by PIEI mission president, Brother Pastor Cornel Stef. Thank you to all the brothers and sisters from the United States for their participation in the ministry in Ukraine: Brother David Beckwith, a teacher with the first group at our camp, and the second team that visited our churches in the villages: Debbie Conry, a good eye doctor; the Philbrook family, Stan and Cristin; the Stef family, Ben and Laura; Pastor Cornel Stef; and Sister Melodee Battenschlag. These brothers and sisters were excellent counselors for people who had their eyes examined and received glasses. Many of these people said the prayer of repentance, praise be to God. Thank you very much to those who donated money for this ministry. Thus, the Kingdom of Heaven is multiplied, glory to God, and may God's blessing always be upon you.

As we promised in the last report about our camp, we will soon write you testimonies of children who repented and accepted Jesus Christ in their hearts. As we wrote, 40 teenagers and children repented. We won't be able to write all the testimonies, but we will gladly share some of the most interesting ones with you. We have already received information from our camp leaders and are ready to share this joy with you, which strengthens our hearts in faith.

1. Anna, 14, Vanchikauts

- I am very grateful to everyone for this wonderful camp in Boyany. Everything was well organized here. I attended classes with teacher Pavlo Petikhachny. He taught us very well. I had never read the book of Job from the Old Testament, but here at camp I studied the entire book. I remember it very well. This is an amazing book. It contains so much of God's wisdom that it takes your breath away. And how Job endured so many trials and didn't break is also a miracle of God. It's no wonder God admired that there was no one as righteous as Job on earth. How we must treasure faith and the Word of God in our hearts so that we too can live as truly faithful men of God. God, forgive me, for I, too, was indifferent to Your Word. I'm glad that on the last day of camp I gave my heart to the Lord. I also pray for my unbelieving parents who don't yet know about Christ and His love. May the Lord help me to be light and salt, to be faithful to the Lord like Job. Pray for me.

2. Maya Pivovarova, 16, Novoselitsa

- I am very grateful to God that I was able to attend this blessed camp. I also attended lectures with Brother David from the USA. I really enjoyed it. Every day at camp was very busy and interesting, from games to worship services in the evening. I made good friends. But most importantly, I realized that without Jesus Christ, I am nothing. And that only when I come to Him in repentance will He enter my heart and I will become His Child, glory be to God. That's why I went out on Friday evening to the call to repentance. I am very happy that I accepted Christ into my heart. Although my parents are unbelievers, I will pray for them too, that they too will come to know Jesus Christ the Savior. Pray for me, that the Lord will strengthen me in my faith. Thank you again for such a wonderful camp.

3. Paskar Nadya, 14, from Dinivtsi.

- Thank you very much for such a wonderful camp. I attended Brother Pavel Petihachny's classes, and we studied the Book of Job. It's a very good and edifying book. Brother Pavel showed us how to share God's Word with people through suffering and trials. Like righteous Job, he suffered! Especially from his friends. And in the end, he said, "God gave, and God took away everything. May the name of the Lord be glorified." I realized that the main purpose of our lives is to share the good news of Christ in both blessings and trials, just like righteous Job. And when the call to repentance came, I immediately gave my heart to our Lord Jesus Christ, glory be to God. I now belong to the Lord and will serve Him. Thank you all for such a wonderful camp.

4. Inessa, 14, Tarasovtsy

- I also want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, all of you who organized such a wonderful camp in Boyany.

The lessons, the games, and the leaders were fantastic. But the best thing in my life happened when I accepted the pastor's call to repentance on the last evening of this camp and accepted Jesus Christ in my heart, glory be to God! My parents were very happy with my decision and also thank everyone for such a wonderful camp. May God bless you all who helped us attend this camp!

5. Agnesa, 14, Tarasovtsy

- Like my sister, Inessa, I want to thank everyone for the camp. Thank God for the lessons and the interesting games. Thank God that it was quiet and peaceful. My parents were worried about missiles landing at the camp, but thank God I returned home safe and sound, and at the end of the camp, I answered the call to repentance and repented. This is a great joy for me, for my sister, who also repented, and for my family. Our parents also thank you very much to everyone who participated in organizing this wonderful camp. Praise God, and may the Lord bless you all abundantly.

6. Elena Kovaleva, 16, a displaced person, lives in the village of Mamalyga.

- I am very grateful to God that I was able to vacation at this camp. It's hard for me to live here because my mother and I lost our home in Kharkiv, and here we were given a house where a kindergarten is located. But thank God that we have a roof over our heads. I am very grateful for the invitation to the "Candela" camp, which in Russian sounds like "Svetilnik" (lamp). These days are unforgettable for me during this entire war. I attended a lecture by Brother David, and I found his lecture very interesting. He taught us about God's love. At first, I couldn't understand why Christ, the Son of God, left all the radiance of heaven for the sake of the people of this filthy world and came to die for us all, so that people would be saved from destruction by faith in Him. This was beyond me. But I realized throughout these lessons that God is not a man. A man cannot forgive and love the way God does for us all. I am grateful to God and Brother David for these wonderful lessons, and I realized that I can be a child of God if I believe and accept Christ into my heart. Thank God, thank everyone who helped me attend this camp. Pray for me, so that the Lord will strengthen my little faith. Pray for my mother and brother, so that they too will come to know Christ. This is a great blessing.

7. Denis, 15, Novoselitsa

- I'm very glad I came to this camp. I come from an unbelieving family and this is my first time at such a Christian camp. At first, I was unsure how to behave and other behaviors were unfamiliar to me. But I liked everything. Everything was well-organized and well-organized from morning until evening. I didn't know you could enjoy reading the Bible. At first, I really got a taste for reading the Holy Word, but the Lord touched my heart specifically through God's Word. That's why I repented on the last day of camp. Now I am God's Child, as it is written in John 1:12. We studied this in the mornings with our leaders. Glory to God for everything, and thank you all for a wonderful camp. I really enjoyed David's lessons. He's a wonderful teacher. Thank him for such helpful lessons about God's love and grace. Glory to God for everything, and thank you again for the camp.

8. Emmanuela Paskar, 13, Dinivtsi

- I am very grateful to God for being able to attend this camp. I had a wonderful time at this camp. Thank you for the wonderful lessons. We studied the book The Life of Jesus Christ with Tanya, the teacher. It was very interesting to re-learn the life of Jesus Christ when He lived among people on this earth more than 2,000 years ago. There were various questions and competitions about the book. I enjoyed both the sports and the pool. I'm also glad that I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. My parents were happy for me and support me. Praise God and thank you for this wonderful camp.

9. Daniil Parpauts, 15, Nesvoya

- I wholeheartedly thank all the organizers of this wonderful camp. Also, to all the sponsors from the USA who helped pay for such a camp with their donations. This was my first time at such a camp, and I must say, I really liked it! And the leaders were great. My leader, Valera, was especially wonderful. We even became friends with him and all the kids. Everything was very well organized from morning until night. We weren't bored at all. Everyone forgot about their phones, their iPhones, it was truly wonderful. And the lessons with teacher Pavel Petikhachny were interesting. We studied the Book of Job. I never thought this book was even educational. It contains so much of God's wisdom. And Job...how he humbled himself before God. I saw how God doubly blesses those who humble themselves before Him. Because God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Over the past five days, I enjoyed making new friends, playing various games, and swimming in the pool. We performed and sang songs, and participated in skits during worship. And at the end of the camp, when there was a call to repentance, I consciously stepped forward to reconcile with the Lord Jesus Christ. Now I am God's child. God help me serve You for the rest of my life. Thank you again for the camp. Blessings to everyone from the Lord God.

10. Mirela, 14, Tarasovtsi.

- This was my first time at a Christian camp. I come from an unbelieving family. But I really liked it here. The camp leader, the teachers, and the kids were great. The camp program was also well organized. And for the first time, I enjoyed Bible study so much. It's so wonderful to learn and understand the Scriptures. And of course, God's Word touched my sinful heart. And I accepted Christ as Savior in my heart. Pray for me that I may be steadfast on the path of faith. Thank you so much for such a wonderful camp.

11. Sebastian, 15, Novoselitsa

- I'm so grateful for such a great camp. This was my first time at a Christian camp like this. I loved everything. David's lessons and the entire camp program. The leaders were fantastic. Everything was well-organized. The worship evenings were fantastic. I made great friends at camp. It's just a shame that this camp ended so quickly. Only five days isn't enough, but thank you for these five days of wonderful camp. Yes, I'm also very glad that I understood the call of Christ the Savior, and on the last evening of camp, I repented, glory be to God.

12. Slavik, 19, Pripruttya

- I'm so grateful to God for this blessed camp. I have no words to thank everyone for such a wonderful camp. I loved everything. The entire camp program was well-organized. And God's Word was very clearly explained and even engaging. I didn't know that the book of Job would cover such interesting topics, even ones that are relevant to our time. Thank God that I understood the state of my soul at the end of the camp. I realized that I was a sinner and that without God, I would be lost. Therefore, I came forward to repent before God. Once again, thank you so much to everyone for Camp Candela. I wish you all God's abundant blessings.

These and many more testimonies come from the 40 teenagers who repented at our camp. Words of gratitude to God and to everyone who sponsored this camp and to everyone who organized these five days of camp, which was so much enjoyed by all the teenagers who attended the Christian camp of the PIEI Ukraine mission, "Candela."

The parents of these teenagers also thanked us all for these five days of camp, where their children had such a wonderful time.

We are also grateful to the team from the USA, led by PIEI mission president Cornel Stef, and to teacher David Beckwith for his ministry at our camp. The children loved him very much. Praise be to God for His protection over the team from the USA. We were very worried because rockets landed in Ukrainian cities during our week at the camp, but thank God that nothing landed in Chernivtsi or our region. Thank God that our brothers and sisters from the United States have already returned to their homes, and all worries about them are behind us. May the Lord continue to protect us all from all evil.

II. Prayer Requests:

- Dear brothers and sisters, we have written to you several testimonies of our teenagers who repented at our camp. There are many more. Pray for these 40 teenagers who repented. Another displaced person from Ukraine who worked at the camp also repented. She lived there all summer with her two children, cleaning the buildings. We are glad that she also repented. May God grant her the opportunity to find a church where she will live with her children and that she may come to know God more. For the more we experience God, the more we fall in love with Him, with His love, and know His grace. Pray also for those who watched with tears in their eyes that evening but have not yet decided to repent. The Lord works wondrous things through our weaknesses. We are only His weak vessels, but He is Almighty, Merciful, and Almighty. And we are happy that the Lord, through us, the weak, does great things, Glory to Him! And the most wondrous thing is when a sinner repents before God and accepts Christ in their hearts. Let us pray together for all these children.

- Pray for the war in Ukraine to end and for the long-awaited peace to come to Ukraine.

And we pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the United States—our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. Thank you for all you have done for us, for your support and for sponsoring our camp. May the Lord richly bless you, your families, your churches, and your country, the United States!

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

Blessed Camp Candela is completed

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

We are very grateful to God and to you, our partners from the USA, for your prayers for us and for your sponsorship, which greatly helped us in our ministry at the Christian youth camp in Boyany from July 20th to 25th this year.

1. We had 10 days of intense ministry with a team from the USA, led by Pastor Brother Cornel Stef. The team consisted of nine people, but it's a shame that Sister Carolina from Mexico was not allowed into Ukraine. She really wanted to come to us, but something didn't work out at the Ukrainian border.

-We met a team of eight people at the Romanian border and assigned them to our missionary partners: Pastor Vasily Preutes and Pastor Alex Pascari. We were thrilled to welcome this team from the USA: Cornel Steph (president of the PIEI mission), David Beckwith (teacher), Debbie Conry (doctor), Melodee Battenschlag, the Philbrook family, Stan and Kristen, and the Steph family, Benjamin and Laura.

- Praise be to God for His protection and guidance throughout all and every place this team has ministered, both to churches and to our camp grounds.

Teacher David remained with us at camp, and the rest of the American team left on the morning of July 20th for the church in Nesvoye, where missionary Pastor Pavel Petihachny serves. This team served in the glasses ministry, where Sister Debbie checked people's eyesight, and then these people went to counselors (the Philbrook family, Stan and Kristen, Laura and Ben Stef, Cornel Stef, and Sister Melody). We also had excellent translators, Alina Martsinyuk and Irina Kushnir.

Teacher David from the USA taught the first group of teenagers on the topic of God's Love. Missionary Brother Alex Pastushak translated it into Ukrainian. He taught about God's love, and the group really enjoyed these wonderful lessons.

Teacher and missionary Brother Pavel Petyhachny also stayed at the camp to teach the second group of teenagers about the Righteousness of Job. He taught in Romanian. So our camp was very international. And everyone understood each other, glory to God. Brother Pavel taught the book of Job, a very relevant topic for our time—the time of war in Ukraine. How to endure suffering while glorifying God, as righteous Job did. Tatyana Nagrudnaya taught the third group. Sister Melodee from the USA, Laura, and Ben Stef stayed on other days. The topic was about the life of Jesus Christ. The children really enjoyed it. There was a smaller group here, aged 10 to 12.

Praise God that about 110 teenagers and children came to the camp and had a wonderful time for the entire week. We also praise God for the wonderful leaders who ministered to these children. Thank God for the teachers, whom the children loved for the Word of God, which was so clearly conveyed to them through these teachers. Indeed, the Word of God that the children studied is the Seed of Truth. And it did not return without the Fruit of Repentance. During the call to repentance on Friday evening, after Brother Pastor Cornel Stef's sermon, the children came forward to offer a prayer of repentance before God with tears in their eyes. There were 40 children—praise God. We pray that the Lord blesses these children so that this repentance will be genuine and wholehearted. We'll later write a testimony from these children, because many of them were from non-Christian families.

All the children and teenagers at this camp were very grateful for such a wonderful camp, for the rich program: games, competitions, sports, socializing, swimming in the pool, and an evening of praise and worship every evening. Everything was fantastic. Therefore, they are grateful to our evangelistic partners from the USA for helping organize such a wonderful camp. Praise God!

2. Glasses Service:

- From Monday through Friday, the team that went to minister with glasses visited and ministered in five churches of our PIEI Ukraine mission: Nesvoy, Dolzhok, Kerstentsi, Tarasovtsi, and Novoselytsia. And on Saturday, at the end of the camp, Sister Debbie examined the eyes of the staff who work at this camp. And the entire staff of the Dzherelo Zhittya camp is very grateful for these glasses, praise God.

Over the course of five days, more than 200 people received eyeglasses. They are very grateful to God and the US team for such a gift, which is so necessary in our lives on earth every day. Praise God and for those souls who, after receiving the eyeglasses, said a prayer of repentance. Spiritual counselors were present: the Philbrook family, Stan and Kristen, Melodee, Cornel Stef, Laura, and Ben Stef. These counselors gave these people spiritual advice and answered their questions with Scripture. We pray for those who said a prayer of repentance. May God grant that this repentance be from the heart. Praise God for this wonderful ministry.

3. Meeting with missionaries:

- On Saturday, we met with missionaries from the PIEI Ukraine mission. It was a blessed meeting where our missionaries thanked the US team for their ministry here in Ukraine.

- On Sunday we visited two more churches in Kerstenci and Dinivci, where we had a blessed service, praise God.

- On July 27th, early in the morning, we escorted the US team to the Romanian border. The team crossed the border and arrived in the evening at the Alba Iulia Bible Center. We are glad that the US team has arrived home safely. We thank God for them and pray for their continued blessing.

4. Thanksgiving:

- We are grateful to God for His support and guidance both at the camp and in the glasses ministry. So many people heard about God, His love, and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for us sinners.

- We thank God for protecting and defending us all from missile strikes. Today, July 30th, almost every city in Ukraine suffered fatal missile strikes. Even in Lviv, a multi-story building was bombed. And in Dnipropetrovsk, an entire family with many children was killed. Kyiv is constantly under missile strikes. It's terrifying. We were very concerned about our guests from the USA. Praise God for His protection and safety!

5. Prayer requests:

- Pray with us for this war in Ukraine to end. Only God can help us.

- Pray for the children who repented in our camp, that the Lord will search their hearts and strengthen their faith.

- Pray for those who have gone through prayer and repentance into service with glasses, that their repentance will be wholehearted.

- Pray also for our missionaries, that the Lord will protect them and give them health to serve God here where we are.

And we pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. Thank you for all you do for us. Thank you for your prayers for us. Please accept our heartfelt greetings to your families and your churches. May the Lord bless you abundantly.

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

Camp Candela has already started

Greetings to you dear brothers and sisters from USA with love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are grateful to God and you who are partners in evangelism here in Ukraine for your support of our camp Candela that has already started today on July 20 and it will last till the end of the week.

Praise the Lord that the team from the USA has come to Ukraine successfully. Brother David has a group of teenagers and he started his first lesson about God`s love. Brother Alex Pastushak translates him.

Brother Pavel Petikhachniy lead the others group of teenagers with subject Godly Job.

The third group is led by Tatiana with the subject Life of Christ.

We pray that God touch the hearts of children so that the seeds could bring the good result.

2. The second part of the team went to villages with the glasses ministry. We visited two churches yesterday in Novoselitsa and Kotilevo. 4 people repented in Novoselitsa, praise the Lord.

On July 20, the group of Cornel Stef, Debbi Conri, Laura and Ben Stef, Stenly and Kriss went to the church of Nesvoya where the brother Pavel Petikhachniy is a pastor. Praise the Lord that several people prayed with a prayer of repentance. We have 4 days more and 4 different churches that we planned to visit and to share the Gospel there.

Thanksgiving:

We are so grateful to God and to you for your support of this camp. We have a terrible time, we are still in a war, prices extremely increased, and the price of camp raised up as well. So we are thankful for the support and the possibility to have this camp.

Prayer requests:

1.  For the camp and 110 children who are here.

2.  For the seed of truth will bring many fruits of repentance.

3.  For the second group of the glasses ministry so that God bless them and many people come to Christ.

4.  For peace and calm sky over our head during the week, without drones and missiles.

5.  For Carolina whom did not let go in Ukraine. We hope that she will come in a day and will join to our team.

We pray about you our partners in the USA may God bless all of you.

With love and a prayer, Petikhachniy Pavel and Larisa.

Bible Institute session

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.

I am grateful to our Lord for His protection and preservation to this day. I am grateful to God for His help and support in our ministry here in Ukraine. Although we are still at war and no one knows what awaits us next, we live only by the mercy and grace of our Lord. Glory to God that we have not yet been bombed by rockets, but in Kyiv, Sumy, and other cities of Ukraine, there have been rockets and drone strikes. In Kyiv on July 2, nearly 30 people and six children died, and in Sumy on the afternoon of July 3, three people and one child were killed. There are also casualties in other cities of Ukraine. We only hope in the Lord that He will protect us from this evil and misfortune.

1. Bible Institute

-Praise God that my students and I finished the book of Daniel. A very interesting and instructive book. At the end, we combined the books of Daniel, Ezekiel, and the Revelation of John and received very interesting facts and revelations from the Lord. The students were very pleased with this study. Next, we want to study the minor prophets after Daniel. May the Lord help us in this.

-We are also currently holding an online meeting of all the leaders of the Precept Euro-Asian Institute and studying the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters 5-7. It's a very interesting book, thank God.

2. Meeting of leaders from the "Candela" camp

-We meet with leaders both in person and online to plan our ministry at the "Candela" youth camp in Boyany. Our leaders have a lot of work ahead of them, so we pray for both the leaders and our teachers, Brother David Beckwith and Brother Pavel Petikhachny. We praise God for giving us good leaders for our camp this year.

3. Thanksgiving

-We thank God for the peaceful sky in our region, so we can serve God peacefully during this time of war in Ukraine.

-We thank God for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for your support in prayer for us and for your financial support, which helps us serve those in need here.

4. Prayer requests:

-Pray with us for this war in Ukraine to end and for the Lord to protect us from all evil here in our region. That we may have peaceful sky, free from missile strikes. We have begun ministry in the churches where we hold day camps, as well as our camp in Boyany. May the Lord protect the children, our leaders, and our teachers from all evil.

-Pray that the Lord will protect and watch over the team from the USA, who will come to us in Ukraine from July 17th to 27th for evangelistic services both at the camp and in our churches. Pray that the Lord will bless the Word of the Gospel, which will be sown among children and among people, that it will bear much fruit of repentance.

Pray that the Lord will grant us all health and the strength of the Holy Spirit for this ministry.

We also pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. We are very grateful for your prayers for us. For helping us sponsor this youth camp in Boyany each year. And each year, the Lord has awakened so many young people to repentance, glory to God. And this year, we hope in God that the Word of the Lord sown among children will not return without fruit of repentance. We are weak and feeble, but the Lord God is omnipotent, and may our Great and Almighty God help us in this ministry. Glory to God for everything! Amen!

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

Meeting with Brother Missionaries

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 protection and defence this month, from all evil and misfortune during this difficult period of war for us in Ukraine. We are grateful to God for being able to organize a charity event for orphans and widows last month, and the Lord's name was glorified among the orphans—glory to God.

1. Seminars

- Last month, with God's help, I was able to organize two seminars on the book of Ezekiel. In this seminar, we studied the book of Ezekiel with the students. The students loved this book and wanted to continue studying the book of Daniel. The students are diligently studying the book of Daniel, and if the Lord helps us, we will complete it within a month.

One student expressed his gratitude to God for the book of Daniel because the Lord reveals very important truths to us in this book. We didn't yet know how to understand such truths.

2. Camp Leaders' Meeting in Boyany.

- Twenty leaders attended this meeting, where they are preparing to organize this camp, preparing the camp program, and other important topics. Together, they also studied lessons from the Gospel of John.

3. Meeting with Brother Missionaries

- Together with the brother missionaries, we are preparing a program for evangelism during the stay of a group of brothers and sisters from the USA. We are praying for our camp in Boyany. We have also organized how best to welcome our guests from the USA. We have organized the churches where we will conduct these outreaches from July 20th to 24th. We have also decided which of our churches will host outreaches with a group of brothers and sisters from the USA on two Sundays: July 19th and July 26th.

4. Thanksgiving

- We thank the Lord for His mercy and protection to this day. Thank you for the peace and quiet here, free of missile strikes. Therefore, we can work more here in the Lord's Field.

-We always thank the Lord for you, brothers and sisters from the USA—our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. Thank you for your prayers for us and for the financial support that helps us serve here in our mission field.

5. Prayer requests:

-Pray with us for this war, which has brought so much evil and misfortune, to end.

-Pray for peace and quiet here in Bukovina, free of missile strikes, so that we can safely hold our youth camp in Boyany.

-We pray for the group from the USA that will arrive from July 18th to July 27th to evangelize Bukovina, both at the camp and in our churches. May the Lord protect them from all evil on their journey to us, during their stay with us, and also on their return to their homes. - May the Lord's hand be upon us and protect the children who will be vacationing at our camp.

- May the Lord bless both our leaders and the teachers who will minister the Word to these children. May the Lord, by His Holy Spirit, awaken everyone to repentance.

- May the Lord grant us all health and strengthen us with zeal for this ministry.

And we pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, that the Lord bless you with health and peace from our Lord Jesus Christ. May the Lord bless you abundantly.

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

Ministry for widows and orphans

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 grateful to God for another month given to us by our Lord, for He has protected us and kept us safe from all evil. During these four years and three months of war in Ukraine, we have learned to rely more on the Lord and to trust Him more deeply. We have learned how to serve God in difficult times and how to understand and help our brothers in great need. Praise God for His Word, which teaches us to constantly abide in prayer and study the Word of God. We find the source of wisdom only in Scripture.

1. Bible Institute

-Praise God, we finished studying the Book of Jeremiah with our students. A very interesting and instructive book. In it, the Lord reveals to us how to obey His Word and how to fulfill only the will of the Lord God. Only in this way does the Lord bless us, our families, and our country. 2. Meeting of missionaries from the PIEI Ukraine Mission.

- On May 16, our PIEI Ukraine missionaries met in Novoselytsia at Emmanuel Church, where they had a blessed meeting and each missionary shared stories about their ministry in their churches. Our volunteer missionaries shared stories of their trips to Hostomel and Kherson, where they ministered to those people, preaching the Word of God and distributing humanitarian aid. We thanked God for giving us this opportunity, during this difficult period of war in Ukraine, to proclaim the Gospel to people and help them financially. We are very happy to hear that people in both Hostomel and Kherson are coming to repentance before God, and we are praying for them here.

- At this meeting, we prayed for our brothers and sisters from the United States—our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. We prayed that the Lord would heal those who are sick and rehabilitate those who have undergone surgery. May the Lord bless all your churches and your country, the United States.

3. Ministry for widows and orphans.

- On May 23rd, as we wrote in previous reports, we organized this day for widows and orphans. Praise God, more than 250 orphans and widows came. There were also families who adopted more than 10 children from orphanages and are raising these children in the holiness and love of the Lord God. They all had a blessed day where we fed them a delicious breakfast, then gave them fruit before lunch. Our church prepared lunch. A very delicious lunch. There were meatballs and delicious Olivier salad, cabbage rolls, and pies with compote. We were happy to serve them and see how these orphans glorified God, saying, "Thank you, Jesus, and you."

- These children also had a blessed worship program, games, and Bible competitions. Our leaders worked with these children. My wife and I spoke with families who had adopted orphans from an orphanage. We learned about their problems and prayed with them that the Lord would strengthen their faith and grant them much health and wisdom in this ministry. We also prayed for widows and their problems. During this time of war in Ukraine, the number of widows and orphans has increased. This is a great tragedy for us. And we must help and pray for them constantly. We follow James 1:27: "Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unspotted from the world."

Lord, help us in this ministry, Amen.

4. Thanksgiving:

-We are very grateful to you, brothers and sisters from the USA, for praying for us, and we were able to carry out this campaign for widows and orphans so blessedly, glory to God. We thank God that these children and widows heard the Good Word and were able to rejoice on this day. We thank God for the peaceful skies and good weather.

5. Prayer requests:

Pray with us for long-awaited peace in Ukraine. We long to hear, "The war is over. Peace has come to our Ukraine."

We pray that enemy missiles and drones will not bomb us.

- We pray for all who heard the Word of God this month, that the Lord will bless their hearts for repentance.

- We pray for the orphans and widows who heard the Word of God, that they too will come to God and give their hearts to the Lord. That they will understand in their hearts that God is their Heavenly Father, who always cares for them.

- Pray for our PIEI Ukraine Non Stop mission camp in Boyany from July 20th to 25th. May the Lord bless this camp, may we be able to assemble a strong team of leaders for the ministry, and may the Lord send teenagers who need salvation and repentance to this camp.

- May the Lord bless the teachers who will teach at this camp.

- May the Lord bless the team of brothers and sisters from the USA, led by Brother Cornel Stef, who will come to us in Ukraine. May the Lord bless the eyeglass outreach that will be conducted by medical professional Debbie Conry and her team. We trust in the Lord and His blessing.

- Pray also for the day camps for children that our churches from our PIEI Ukraine mission will conduct. May the Lord bless these ministries of ours and may the Lord grant us health and His protection in these ministries.

We pray for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. May the Lord bless you abundantly and grant you all health, peace, and joy in Christ.

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

Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 grateful to God for His mercy and protection, and we always say, "The Lord has helped us thus far, glory to Him for all things." Indeed, we now live only for today, which the Lord grants us in His mercy, because we are at war, and we none of us know what tomorrow holds. Tomorrow is in the Lord's hands, and today we must labor for God and sow the Word of God in the hearts of people who have not yet come to know Jesus Christ and have not yet received the Lord in their hearts. May the Lord help us in this ministry.

1. Study at the Bible Institute

-I finished teaching the students the book of Isaiah. The students really enjoyed this book because it is closely connected to the history of the people of Israel. The students are preparing to take exams on this book of Isaiah.

2. We, along with the students of the Bible Institute, began studying the book of Jeremiah. Today we studied the first chapter of Jeremiah. The students really enjoy studying this book. Pray for me that I may, in the power of the Holy Spirit, teach this blessed book.

3. Evangelism in connection with the Feasts of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and the Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

- At these feasts, the Word of God was preached in the power of the Holy Spirit. Our youth and our choir prepared a worship program for these two evangelisms. We are glad that many unbelievers came to our church for these evangelisms and listened attentively to the Word of God. We pray for them that the Lord will test their hearts to repentance.

4. Thanksgiving

- We are grateful to God for His protection and preservation of our lives this month. We always thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism. We thank you for your prayers and for your support of our ministry here in Ukraine.

5. Prayer requests:

-Pray for the war in Ukraine to end and for the Lord to bring us long-awaited peace.

-Pray for our ministry among widows and orphans. On May 23rd, we will have a service where we will spend the entire day with widows and 250 orphans. We will feed them delicious breakfasts and lunches, conduct Bible lessons in groups with them, and hold games and Bible competitions. We pray that the Lord will bless us with good weather, peaceful skies free from bombings, and good leaders for this ministry.

-We pray for all those who have heard God's Word this month, that the Lord will bless their hearts to repentance. Pray for our PIEI Ukraine mission camp, Non Stop, in Boyany from July 20th to 25th. May the Lord bless this camp, so that we can assemble a strong team of leaders for ministry, and may the Lord send teenagers who need salvation and repentance to this camp.

- May the Lord bless the teachers who will teach at this camp.

- May the Lord bless the team of brothers and sisters from the USA, led by Brother Cornel Stef, who will come to us in Ukraine. May the Lord bless the eyeglass outreach that will be conducted by medical professional Debbie Conry and her team. We trust in the Lord and His blessing.

- Pray also for the children's day camps that our churches from our PIEI Ukraine mission will conduct. May the Lord bless these ministries and grant us health and His protection in these ministries. We pray for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. May the Lord bless you abundantly and grant you all health, peace, and joy in Christ.

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

PIEI Ukraine Mission Report for the First Half of 2026

We, the missionaries of PIEI Ukraine, are grateful to God for His protection and preservation during this first half of 2026. In this difficult time of war, when enemy bombs and missiles are flying all over Ukraine, our Lord protects us from missile strikes, even though missiles and drones are also landing in our region. But glory be to God for His protection. In Him is our salvation and preservation (1 Peter 1:3-9). And despite these difficult circumstances, our PIEI Ukraine missionaries have had great success in evangelizing among the people, glory be to God.

 1. Repentance and Baptism

God has blessed our missionary service, and 20 people have repented. Eleven people have also been baptized during this period, glory be to God.

 2. Ministry with Children and Teens

Our missionaries conduct ministry with children and teens twice a month. We are delighted that children and teens regularly come to these blessed meetings. These are primarily the same teens who attended camp in Boyany last summer. We pray for these children.

  3. Ministry at the Bible Institute

We taught lessons from two books of the Bible with the Institute students: the Book of Psalms and the Song of Solomon. The students were delighted to study these wonderful books of Scripture.

 4. Youth Ministry

We are delighted with the youth ministry that our young youth leaders conduct twice a year. They also study the book of Philippians together. The youth are also planning all the services for Christian day camps for children this summer.

5. Ministry on Radio Bukovina

Radio Bukovina. The Word of God is preached through this radio station, and listeners who hear it can receive Christ in their hearts. Many people have also repented through these radio broadcasts.

6. Conference with Pastors and Ministers

We held two conferences for pastors and ministers in our region. These conferences addressed very relevant topics relevant to our times, such as guardianship of souls and ministry in difficult life circumstances.

7. Ministry with Sisters

Our sisters also held two sisters' conferences this past six months, where they prayed fervently for an end to the war in Ukraine and discussed how best to help those in need who are suffering from this war.

8. Ministry with Refugees

Our missionaries deliver humanitarian aid and food twice a month to frontline cities, especially Gostomel (Kyiv region) and Kherson, for the people living there. They also preach the Word of God to these people. A Church of God was formed in Gostomel. And in Kherson, 250-300 people attend each service. Eight people repented during the last evangelism campaign—praise God!

Our other missionary brothers minister to refugees living in our region, holding evangelistic meetings with them, studying the Word of God together, and helping them with food and other necessities.

9. Ministry to widows and orphans

During this six-month period, we held two evangelism campaigns with widows and orphans. We are grateful to God that we were able to feed 250 orphans, and there were also widows from this war. We taught them Bible lessons, games, and competitions. We gave them gifts, which they were very happy to receive. They praised and thanked God for being the Father of widows and orphans—praise God for everything.

10. Thanksgiving

-We thank God for His help and support in our ministry here in His Field.

-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 prayers and for your support in our ministry here where we serve the Lord.

 Prayer requests

-Pray with us for this war in Ukraine to end and for the Lord to continue to protect us from enemy missile attacks.

-Pray that we can successfully organize this Christian youth camp this summer, from July 20th to 25th, in Boyany.

-That we can raise enough funds to hold this camp for 130 teenagers.

-That we can assemble a good team of leaders and teachers.

- That there will be peaceful skies without enemy missile attacks. May the Seed of Truth sown in the hearts of these teenagers bear much fruit of repentance.

- Pray for the 250 orphans to whom we will speak about Christ during the orphanage event on May 23rd. May these orphans accept Christ in their hearts. May this day be a blessed one for them.

- And we pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. May the Lord bless you abundantly!

With love and gratitude to you, all 9 brothers, pastors, missionaries from the PIEI Ukraine mission.

Study 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 grateful to God for His mercy and protection, and we always say, "The Lord has helped us thus far, glory to Him for all things." Indeed, we now live only for today, which the Lord grants us in His mercy, because we are at war, and we none of us know what tomorrow holds. Tomorrow is in the Lord's hands, and today we must labor for God and sow the Word of God in the hearts of people who have not yet come to know Jesus Christ and have not yet received the Lord in their hearts. May the Lord help us in this ministry.

1. Study at the Bible Institute

-I finished teaching the students the book of Isaiah. The students really enjoyed this book because it is closely connected to the history of the people of Israel. The students are preparing to take exams on this book of Isaiah.

2. We, along with the students of the Bible Institute, began studying the book of Jeremiah. Today we studied the first chapter of Jeremiah. The students really enjoy studying this book. Pray for me that I may, in the power of the Holy Spirit, teach this blessed book.

3. Evangelism in connection with the Feasts of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and the Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

- At these feasts, the Word of God was preached in the power of the Holy Spirit. Our youth and our choir prepared a worship program for these two evangelisms. We are glad that many unbelievers came to our church for these evangelisms and listened attentively to the Word of God. We pray for them that the Lord will test their hearts to repentance.

4. Thanksgiving

- We are grateful to God for His protection and preservation of our lives this month. We always thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism. We thank you for your prayers and for your support of our ministry here in Ukraine.

5. Prayer requests:

-Pray for the war in Ukraine to end and for the Lord to bring us long-awaited peace.

-Pray for our ministry among widows and orphans. On May 23rd, we will have a service where we will spend the entire day with widows and 250 orphans. We will feed them delicious breakfasts and lunches, conduct Bible lessons in groups with them, and hold games and Bible competitions. We pray that the Lord will bless us with good weather, peaceful skies free from bombings, and good leaders for this ministry.

-We pray for all those who have heard God's Word this month, that the Lord will bless their hearts to repentance. Pray for our PIEI Ukraine mission camp, Non Stop, in Boyany from July 20th to 25th. May the Lord bless this camp, so that we can assemble a strong team of leaders for ministry, and may the Lord send teenagers who need salvation and repentance to this camp.

- May the Lord bless the teachers who will teach at this camp.

- May the Lord bless the team of brothers and sisters from the USA, led by Brother Cornel Stef, who will come to us in Ukraine. May the Lord bless the eyeglass outreach that will be conducted by medical professional Debbie Conry and her team. We trust in the Lord and His blessing.

- Pray also for the day camps for children that our churches from our PIEI Ukraine mission will conduct. May the Lord bless these ministries and grant us health and His protection in these ministries. We pray for you, brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. May the Lord bless you abundantly and grant you all health, peace, and joy in Christ.

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

Blessing of Children

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 grateful to God for His mercy and protection during this difficult period of war in Ukraine. I am also grateful to God for helping me succeed in His ministry through evangelism. Over the course of these two weeks, I conducted the following services.

1. Bible Institute

- I taught the book "Song of Songs" at the Bible Institute. The students loved this book and studied it with great enthusiasm. At the beginning of the study, they didn't understand who it was about, but then the students realized it was about the Church's love for Jesus Christ.

2. Blessing of Children

- A young family brought their newborn baby, Nathanael, for a blessing, and I led the service in the power of the Holy Spirit. It was preached that parents, grandparents, young parents, and church pastors should pray for the blessing of children, so that this child would not be punished for three or four generations, but that the Lord's mercy would be shown to him and blessing would be extended to a thousand generations, as written in Exodus 20:5-6. This baby is Nathanael, who became seriously ill immediately after birth. When my fellow pastors and I prayed over him, the Lord healed him—praise be to God!

3. Participated in distributing invitations to the pastors' conference from March 27th to 28th. I sent these invitations to ministers of churches in the Novoselitsky district so that they could attend this conference. I think I will participate in this conference with my wife, Larisa.

4. Evangelism

- After the evangelism that took place in our church, a young woman named Milena repented. She attended our camp in Boyany last year and was in my group where we studied the Epistle to the Philippians. We are very grateful to God for Milena and pray that she will continue to walk in faith in Christ and that she will make a covenant with the Lord through water baptism. We also pray for all the young people who attended our camp, that they will repent and accept Christ in their hearts.

5. Thanksgiving

-We are grateful to God for protecting our Bukovina region from enemy missiles.

-We are grateful to God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. We thank you for your prayers and for your financial support. Thank you for supporting us here in Ukraine during this difficult time of war.

6. Prayer requests:

-Pray with us for peace to finally come to Ukraine. May God help us!

Pray for our Christian camp from July 20th to July 25th. May the Lord grant us a peaceful sky above us and bless the Holy Word that will be sown among the children and teenagers at this camp. May we gather the necessary number of leaders to minister to the teenagers. May the Lord bless the teachers with the Power of the Holy Spirit and the health for this ministry. May the Lord bless the hearts of the teenagers and give them good soil, so that the Seed of the Lord will bear much fruit of repentance.

Pray for the group of brothers and sisters from the United States who will come to minister with us in Ukraine this summer, led by Brother Cornel Stef. May the Lord protect them from all evil and bless their ministry here in Ukraine.

Pray for the orphan and widow outreach that our church will be holding on May 23rd. May the Lord bless this entire ministry, and may all glory be to God. Amen.

We pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA—our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. We pray for the health of each of you. We know that America also faces various illnesses, but we pray for you that the Lord will heal you all and that we will all serve the Lord with joy, so that the Lord's name will be glorified through our lips and through our good deeds—Glory to the Lord for all things. Blessed be our dear brothers and sisters from the USA.

Soon we will celebrate Easter, and on behalf of our entire family, we wish to congratulate you on the Resurrection of Christ: Christ is risen! Christ is truly risen!

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