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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.

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Service in the church of Forosna

Greetings to you 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 His protection and defense in this difficult time for us in Ukraine. Despite all the difficult circumstances, the Lord helped us to have success in evangelism. Over the course of two weeks, the Lord helped me to serve in three churches, Glory to Him.

1. Service in the church of Forosna

- In this church, we organized a mini-evangelism. The sisters sang psalms and I preached on the topic: "How the Lord heals a believer from unbelief and doubt" Luke 24:25-27; 44-45.

2. Service in the church of Zhilovka

- In this church, the Lord put it on my heart to speak on the topic of Romans 3:23-24. All have sinned and no one can say that he is without sin. Only saints will enter the Kingdom of God and showed how a sinful person can become a saint. - To become a saint, you must accept Christ in your heart and then a person becomes a saint and can enter the Kingdom of Christ. God looks at him through the prism of Jesus Christ, Who takes upon Himself the sin of man. One woman, Valentina, has been going to this church for a long time. She really likes our meeting, but her husband is not a believer. We realized that she is waiting for him to come to the meeting. Although he has already been to this meeting a couple of times. We pray for her so that she understands that repentance cannot be delayed, because tomorrow is not ours. We pray for this family.

3. Service to the church from Nesvoy

- I held two evangelisms in this church. At one I preached about the grace of Christ, and at the other about the love of Christ.

After these evangelisms, one person repented and now wants to be baptized, glory to God. This brother is the grandson of the first presbyter in the church in Nesvoy, which was founded in 1918. He said that he wants to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, who brought the Gospel to Nesvoy after the First World War, brother Vasily Marandyuk. And this brother is Valery Marandyuk. He has been since 1956. Thank God that even in these years he realized that he needed to repent before God.

4. Visiting the Sick

- My wife and I visited our brother, missionary Vasily Preutes, before his second prostate surgery. I prayed for him and asked that the Lord God help him get out of this difficult situation. Thank God that He heard the prayers of the church and ours, and brother Vasily came out of this operation safely. God heard our prayers, glory to Him for everything.

- In his car, he brought a lot of help from the village to the sick and poor people in the form of food, so that they would not be in need. 5. Thanksgiving

-We are very grateful to God for your prayers for us, and for your help in our ministry here. With this help we can help the sick and needy here. If it were not for you, I would not be able to serve in the church from Nesvoy, which is located 65 km from the city of Chernivtsi, where we live.

6. Prayer needs

-Pray for brother Valery Marandyuk, who recently repented and wants to be baptized.

-Pray for a ceasefire and for the long-awaited peace to come to Ukraine.

-Pray for the family of Valentina from Zhilovka, so that the Lord will give them repentance.

-Pray for missionary Vasily Preutes, so that he can safely recover, according to his health, in preaching the Gospel.

-Pray that we can continue to collect humanitarian aid for the soldiers on the front lines.

- Pray that the church established in Gostomel, Kyiv region, could grow in the number of church members and in preaching the Gospel.

- Pray for our volunteer brothers who always go to bring humanitarian aid there on the front lines, so that the Lord would protect them from all evil.

- Pray for me too, so that the Lord would give me health and strength in this ministry that I do here in the Field of God.

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, your families, your churches and your country USA.

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

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PIEI meeting

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 protection and defense in this difficult time for us, the time of war in Ukraine. And glory to God for everything, because despite the difficult time, despite the fact that rockets and bombs are still flying all over Ukraine, but the seed of the Word of God was sown and this Seed of Truth brought much fruit of repentance of sinful people.

- We have organized many Christian children's camps in Bukovina, including our camp of the PIEI Ukraine Candela mission, where many children and teenagers accepted Christ in their hearts. Glory to God for His blessing in this difficult, but blessed ministry.

1. Meeting of missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission.

- On August 22, 2025, our missionaries had a meeting that was organized after all our Christian camps. This meeting was in Novoselytsia, in the Emmanuel church, with the missionary brother Popov Valery. All our missionaries very animatedly told in their reports about the blessings of the Lord for the July-August months in their services in Christian camps, baptismal holidays in their churches and evangelism among the settlers. They also said that thanks to our camp in Boyany, held last year and this year, among the teenagers they received water baptism: in Rokytna 3 young girls (Karina, Vitalina Ruth), in Dinivtsi 2 girls (Yulia Paskar and Kristina Chupak) and in Novoselytsia one girl (Stasya). Stasya's parents are unbelievers and she had to endure a lot of suffering from her parents, but thank God she endured everything, was baptized and this year she was a leader in our day children's camp in Novoselytsia, and in Boyany in the Kandela camp. The youth is also preparing to be baptized in other churches - Glory to God. May our Lord God strengthen and confirm in faith all the hearts of those being baptized!

- Also blessed was the ministry of the brothers from the USA. The ministry of evangelism with glasses, where the brothers and sisters from the USA, led by brother Cornel Stef, president of misiunii PIEI, sister Debie Conry doctor, held these evangelisms in our churches, where all those who wanted to come to the church for help received glasses, and also prayed a prayer of repentance with a group of pastoral brothers for spiritual care. In our church from Nesvoy, one brother repented last week and we thank God for him and pray for him. Also in other churches, these people come to our churches to listen to the Word of Truth. We pray for all these people so that they sincerely repent and accept Christ in their hearts. Our missionary brothers expressed great gratitude to sister Debbie Conry for the glasses that she gave to people. These people came to our church and thanked this team that came to us from the USA and Romania. May the Lord bless you all with health and well-being in your lives.

-Thank God that a group of brothers led by our missionary Kioresko Grigoriy safely arrived from Kherson (a city in the south of Ukraine), where they had a meeting with the migrants who live there. He himself will write to you about his trip, but we know that it is very dangerous to live there. These people are constantly in danger of missiles and martyrs. At this meeting, they received food packages from our brothers, as well as New Testament books and heard the Word of God. Our brothers prayed and thanked God for the protection and safety of these people. We continue to pray for these people, so that they would know the love of our Lord and that they would repent. So that they would be protected by God from all evil.

-Then we had more blessed fellowship with our missionaries, prayed and studied the Word of God. We also prayed for our sponsors, our brothers and sisters from the USA, that the Lord would bless everyone with health and protect everyone from all evil. We are grateful to God for our brothers and sisters from the USA, who are our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. Who sacrifice so much and will support us in our missionary service here in Ukraine.

2. Inductive study of the Word of God

- Conducted inductive Bible study lessons with youth leaders on the Book of John.

- At the Theological Institute, we will soon be taking exams for admission to the Institute from young ministers of the churches of our region. We pray that those students who God chooses to serve Him come.

- Also conducted the book of the Epistle to the Philippians with the youth.

3. We had 2 more funerals where the Word of God was preached and there were also unbelieving relatives. We buried the oldest brother from our church. He was 103 years old. His unbelieving daughters and relatives listened attentively to the Word of God. We pray for them.

4. Thanksgiving:

-We thank you with all our hearts, brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine, for your support in our ministry here. For your prayers for us. For your financial help to our Christian camp in Boyany, without which we would not be able to make this camp, because everything has become more expensive here. Glory to God for you, dear brothers and sisters. May the Lord return your blessings a hundredfold.

5. Prayer requests:

-Pray, together stand with us so that this senseless war in Ukraine ends. So that the Lord helps us and brings Peace.

- So that there are no enemy missiles and bombs in Ukraine.

- Pray for those people, children and teenagers who listened to the Word of God in these months: July and August. So that the Lord blesses the Holy Seed sown among people, so that this Seed brings much fruit of repentance.

- Pray also for those children who repented in our camp. So that the Lord strengthens them in faith.

- Pray for our missionaries who serve people here on our mission field. So that the Lord blesses us and protects us from all evil.

- Pray for our volunteer missionaries who go to frontline cities to help those people who live there. So that the Lord protects them from all evil.

And we pray for you, brothers and sisters, our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. May God bless you with health and peace. We love you and pray for you.

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

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Testimonies from Candela camp

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

I. We are grateful to God for the protection and security of our camp in Boyany, for the protection of our guests from the USA, although in the city of Chernivtsi there was another rocket during our stay in the camp, but thank God that it was shot down by the air defense system somewhere in the fields near the city. The Lord is our Good Shepherd, Glory to Him for everything. We are very glad that the group from Romania and the USA have already left for their homes and they are already safe. Glory to God for their ministry here in Ukraine, thank you to all the brothers and sisters from the USA for their participation in the ministry in Ukraine. Who sponsored money for this ministry, thank you very much too. 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 that we will soon write you testimonies of those children who repented and accepted Jesus Christ in their hearts. As we wrote, 35 teenagers and children repented. We will not be able to write all the testimonies, but we will gladly share with you some of the most interesting ones. We have already received information from our camp leaders and are ready to share with you this joy that strengthens our hearts in faith.

1. Kovaleva Elena, 16 years old, a displaced person, lives in the village of Mamalyga.

- I am very grateful to God that I was able to rest in this camp. It is difficult for me to live here, because my mother and I lost our home in Kharkov, and here we were given a house to live in where a kindergarten is located. But thank God that there is a roof over our heads. I am very grateful for the invitation to the camp "Candela", which in Russian sounds like Svetilnik. These days are unforgettable for me during this 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 in heaven for the sake of the people of this dirty world and came to die for us all so that people could be saved from destruction by faith in Him. It was closed to me. But I understood during these lessons that God is not a man. It is a man who does not know how to forgive and love as God does for all of us. I am grateful to God and brother David for these wonderful lessons, and I understood that I can be a Child of God if I believe and accept Christ into my heart. Thank God, thank you to everyone who helped me be in this camp. Pray for me so that the Lord strengthens my little faith. Pray for my mother and brother. So that they too can know Christ. This is great happiness.

2. Lera Zalizko, 11 years old, Kotilevo

- I am very grateful to God that I was able to be in this blessed camp. I also attended lectures by brother David from the USA. I really liked it there. All the days at the camp were very eventful and interesting. Whether it was games or worship in the evening. I found good friends. But the most important thing is that I realized that without Jesus Christ I am nobody. And that only when I come to Him with repentance, He will enter my heart and I will become His Child, glory to God. That is why I went out on Friday evening to the call to repentance. I am very happy that I accepted Christ in my heart. Although my parents are unbelievers, I will pray for them too, so that they too will know Jesus Christ the Savior. Pray for me, so that the Lord will strengthen me in faith. Thank you again for such a wonderful camp.

3. Maxim Payu, 13 years old, Tarasovtsy.

- Thank you very much for such a wonderful camp. I was at the lessons of brother Pavel Petihachny, and we studied the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Philippians. A very good message. Brother Pavel showed us how to preach the Word of God to people through suffering, trials, and persecution. Apostle Paul experienced this too. And in the end he said that I know how to live in need and in abundance. The main goal of our life is evangelism. And when there was a call to repentance, I immediately went out to give my heart to our Lord Jesus Christ, glory to God. Now I belong to the Lord and will serve Him. Thank you all for such a great camp.

4. David Rusu, 13 years old, Malinovka.

- I also want to thank, from the bottom of my heart, all of you who organized such a great camp in Boyany. It was great both in the lessons and the games and the leaders were great. But the best thing in my life happened to me when I accepted the call to repentance of my brother pastor on the last evening of this camp and I accepted Jesus Christ in my heart, glory to God! My parents were very happy about my decision and also thank everyone for such a wonderful camp. May God bless you all who helped us to be in this camp!

5. Arina Dulyak - 12 years old, Marshinci

- Thank you all for the camp. Thank God for the lessons, for the interesting games. Thank God that it was quiet and peaceful. My parents were afraid that there would be rockets flying into the camp, but thank God I returned home alive and well, and at the end of the camp I answered the call to repentance and repented. This is a great joy for me and my family.

6. Yonatan Bukatovich - 13 years old, Tarasovci

- I am very grateful to everyone for this wonderful camp in Boyany. Everything was well organized here. I was in the lessons of teacher Pavlo Petihachny. He taught us very well. I had never read the Epistle to the Philippians, but here in the camp I read this epistle several times. And I remembered it very well. How the Apostle Paul went through so many trials, but his main goal was the gospel. How we should value the Word of the Gospel! This Gospel has survived to us after two thousand years, and we sometimes are so indifferent to the Holy Word. God forgive me because I was one of those indifferent to Your Word. I am glad that on the last day of the camp I gave my heart to the Lord. And my parents also rejoiced with me, glory to God. 7. Vataman Gabriel - 16 years old, Mamaliga

- I am very glad that I got to this camp. I am from an unbelieving family and this is my first time in such a Christian camp. At first, I did not understand how to behave and other behaviors that were incomprehensible to me. But I liked everything. Everything was cultural, well organized from morning until evening. I did not know that you can enjoy reading the Bible. At first, I really entered into this taste for reading the Holy Word, but the Lord touched my heart precisely through the Word of God. That is why I repented on the last day of the camp. Now I am God's Child as it is written in the Gospel of 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. 8. Vedenov Artem - 13 years old, Mamaliga

- I am very grateful to God that I got to this camp. I had a very good time in this camp. Thank you for the wonderful lessons. We studied the book of Jacob with the teacher Tanya. It was very interesting. I liked both the sports games and the pool. And I am also glad that I accepted Jesus Christ as a Personal Savior in my heart.

9. Vedenov Mark - 14 years old, Mamaliga

- Like my brother, Artem, I am also very grateful that I got to a Christian camp. We really liked the Christian camp program. Very good leaders. Wonderful worship evenings. And a wonderful last evening when my brother and I came forward to accept Jesus Christ in our hearts, Glory to God for everything.

10. Mindrescu Ilya - 15 years old, Marsenci.

- I got to a Christian camp for the first time. And I am from an unbelieving family. But I really liked it here. And the leader, and the teachers and the guys are cool. The camp program was also well organized. And for the first time I got such pleasure from studying the Bible. It is cool to learn and understand the Scripture. And of course, the Word of God touched my sinful heart. And I accepted Christ as Savior in my heart. Pray for me so that I will be firm on the path of faith. Thank you very much for such a cool camp. 11. Gaba Dmitry - 12 years old, Kotileve

- I am very grateful for such a cool camp. This is my first time at such a Christian camp. I liked everything. And being in David's lessons and going through the camp program all day. Cool leaders. Everything is organized. Cool worship evenings. I made good friends at the camp. It's a pity that this camp ended so quickly. Only 5 days is not enough, but thank you for these 5 days of a wonderful camp. Yes, I also feel very good that I understood the call of Christ the Savior and on the last evening of the camp I repented, glory to God.

These and many more such testimonies are from these 35 teenagers who repented in our camp. Only words of gratitude to God, and to everyone who sponsored this camp and to everyone who organized these 5 days of the camp, which all the teenagers who were at the Christian camp of the PIEI UKR mission "Candela" liked so much. The parents of these teenagers also thanked us all for these 5 days of the camp where their children could have such a good rest. We are also grateful to the team from the USA, headed by the president of the mission PIEI Cornel Stef, for their ministry here in our churches with glasses, Debbie Conri doctor, Sindy & Gabriel conselier, Marius Chilau & Daniel Petrut, consilier. And also titcer David Beckwith for his ministry in our camp. The children loved him very much. Glory to God for His protection over them. We were very worried because during that week of staying in the camp another rocket flew in Chernivtsi, but thank God that it was shot down and it fell somewhere in the outskirts of the city. Thank God that our brothers and sisters from the USA and Romania have already left for 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 you several testimonies of our teenagers who repented in our camp. There are many more. Pray for these 35 teenagers who repented. Pray also for those who watched with tears in their eyes that evening, but have not yet decided to repent. The Lord does wonderful things through our weaknesses. We are only His weak vessels, and 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 wonderful things are when a sinful person repents before God and accepts Christ in his heart. Let us pray together for 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 USA - our partners in evangelism here in Ukraine. Thank you for everything you have done for us, for your support and for sponsoring our camp.

Мay the Lord bless you, your families, your churches and your country USA abundantly!

With love to you, Petikhachnyy Pavel & Larisa family.

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Ministry of the team from USA

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

Today, 07/28/2025, we arrived from the service in Boyany, from the camp of our mission PIEI Ukraine "Candela". There were 130 of us, children and leaders, in this camp.

1. First of all, we want to express our deep gratitude to all the prayer warriors who prayed for the service in our camp. You prayed for our protection from God and God wonderfully protected us this whole week of the camp.

- God miraculously protected the team from the USA headed by the president of the mission PIEI America, Cornel Stef, and also 6 more people: Debbi Conry-medic, David Beckwith - teacher, Daniel Petrut-pastor of the mission in PIEI Romania, Marius Chilau, translator in Romania, Gabriel and Sindi-family in the USA. They arrived on July 19 and I met them at the border with Romania, then all the time this team was under our care until July 28. This team served wonderfully all these 10 days that were among us in Ukraine, Chernivtsi region. They risked to come to us, although we recently had rockets hit residential buildings and civilians died. Therefore, we took them to spend the night in the forest, where we held a camp, in Boyany. Glory to God for His protection the team of people from the USA and for the protection of all 130 people who were in this Christian camp in Boyany. Everything was blessed by God, calm and the Name of our Lord was glorified!

- We would like to separately thank those of our brothers and sisters from the USA who helped us sponsor this camp. Without your help, we would not have been able to hold such a camp. Because the prices for food have increased greatly this year. But with your help, we were able to take many children from the displaced persons to this camp who cannot pay such a price for a trip to this camp, and we also took children from families in need. Glory to God that everyone liked this camp and Glory to God for the repentance of many children at the end of the camp. 35 teenagers came out to repent, then our leaders talked with 4 more boys from unbelieving families and they realized that they should also repent. We will then write you a testimony of these young men who repented in our camp. Our leaders will give us reports on all the young people who repented. We know that among them were also immigrants and we pray for each of these children so that the Lord blesses them and strengthens their faith in their hearts.

- Our camp consisted of 3 groups studying the Word of God. The first group was led by brother David Beckwith from USA. Translation from English was into Ukrainian. Brother Alex Pastushak - our brother missionary and sister Alina Martsynyuk translated. She is a teacher of English and also translated into Ukrainian so that it would be understandable to all the immigrants who were in this group and other children speaking Ukrainian. The topic was about God's love. The second group was led by brother Pavel Petyhachny. The topic was the Epistle to the Philippians. The lessons were in Romanian, because in our villages from the Chernivtsi region there are many people who speak Romanian. The third group was led by sister Tatyana Nagrudnaya. The topic was the book of Jacob from the New Testament, the lesson was also held in Romanian. All 5 days were blessed lessons and with God's help these children understood God's love for all of us people. Next week we will write to you in more detail about the camp.

2. In addition to the camp, there was another ministry of our team from the USA - MINISTRY WITH GLASSES and Evangelism among people from our villages. This ministry was no less blessed than the ministry in the camp.

The team of evangelism with glasses was in five villages of our region. From 10:00 in the morning until 18:00 this team had a meeting with people from these villages: Kotilevo, Fagadau, Nesvoya, Dinivtsi and Novoselitsa. Debbie and Cindy distributed glasses to people, and brothers Gabriel, Marius; Cornel and Daniel spent soul guardianship with these people who checked their eyesight and received glasses. Many unbelievers came and our brothers talked with these people, prayed with them. These people were very pleased for such a blessed ministry. We pray for them, because many of these people prayed the prayer of repentance, glory to God. And we, missionaries of the PIEI Ukraine mission, are very grateful to this team from the USA who worked so hard in this ministry with glasses. Thanks also to the doctor Debbie Conry for her ministry. She serves people with love and we believe that the Lord will reward her with His Reward. Thanks also to the president of the PIEI mission, brother Cornel Stef, for his zeal in this difficult ministry, especially here in Ukraine, because we are now living in an hour of war and no one knows what awaits us next, but we all hope in the Lord, in His mercy and in His protection. Thanks to the whole team from the USA for taking a risk and coming to us in Ukraine. Thank God for protecting you from all evil. We all continue to pray for you, that the Lord will protect you and that you will arrive safely in the USA and to your homes.

3. Thanksgiving:

-We thank God for protecting and defending us during these 10 days that the team from the USA was among us. Praise God for one week in the Christian camp and for the repentance of many teenagers.

-We thank the brothers and sisters from the USA for sponsoring our camp. May the Lord return to you a hundredfold blessings from God.

4. Prayer requests:

-Continue to pray for peace in Ukraine. So that there are no missiles flying at peaceful people.

-Pray with us for those young men and women who repented in the camp. Pray also for those who did not come out to repent, but we saw tears in their eyes. The Lord is Almighty and can change their hearts. May the Holy Spirit work in these young hearts.

-We all pray together for the team from the USA to arrive safely to their homes.

-Pray also for the ministry with glasses. May the Lord by His Holy Spirit test every heart to repentance.

Once again, thank you brothers and sisters from the USA - our partners in evangelism in Ukraine. May the Lord richly bless you, your families, your churches and your country USA. The grace of our Lord be with us all! Amen!

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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