Ministry with displaced people

Greetings to all who love the Lord! By His grace we serve the church and people.

1. Recently, at our Novoselitsa Church, we had a meeting with children of refugees and friends of the church. For the children it was a good time of emotional loading.

2. At this time, more than 20 parents were able to hear words of encouragement taken from the Bible for such difficult times in Ukraine.

3. Every Sunday we serve immigrants and people who do not know God, but come to Church. Many of them say that they find peace for the soul and feel love and care.

4. Recently, the Church organized youth and teenage evening meetings. For three days in a row they worshiped God, listened to the instructive word, and strengthened friendships.

5. We continue to serve the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we pray for them every Sunday, we give them the Gospel and the soldier’s prayer book along with protective uniforms.

Pray for all these ministries that the Lord will provide spiritual and material resources.

Thank you for your zealous love for us, which is manifested in word and deed. Thank you for your material and spiritual support.

With prayers for you Valera Popov.

Camps in Novoselitsa and Podvirnoe

Greetings to all partners of the PIEI mission.

With the help of God, we continue to serve people and the Church.

1. There were guests from England and Romania in the Novoselitskaya Church. Emil and Arnold from England served the Church, the settlers and the youth of the area and also the PIE missionaries. God has blessed these days in a special way.

2. A children's Christian camp was organized at the Church. 16 leaders worked during the week. My wife Alla taught the leaders and coordinated the camp. 135 children could hear the gospel. The children were taught how to survive in the wild, looking at Jesus... They went in for sports, participated in various games, learned songs and Bible verses, did crafts, prayed to God, and also learned spiritual truths: God keeps the promise, Jesus is the only sacrifice for sin, Jesus comes first.

On the last day, we met with children and parents, there were about 50 parents. The children showed what they had been learning for a week. Parents and children were grateful to the church.

The mother of two children said that her children learned a lot about God, and she wanted her daughters to sing Christian songs.

3. Also, in the Church of the village of Podvirnoe, Alla organized a children's camp. My team and I drove 60 kilometers every day so that about 55 children could hear a word about Christ and learn about spiritual truths that will help them cope with difficulties in life.

4. Thank you for your spiritual and material help.

Pray for all children and that God would save them.

May God bless you.

Sincerely, the Popov family.

Meeting with the children of the migrants

Greetings! With God's help, we serve the church and people in Novoselytsya. Every Sunday we meet in the church, where 15-20 migrants come. Together we pray for peace in Ukraine, we listen to the Word of God, which gives us comfort and hope in God.

At the end of the service, we bless the migrants with food packages. Among the refugees there are new people who have recently evacuated from the war zone.

In our house of prayer we had a meeting with the children of the migrants, as well as the children of the military. They could hear the story of Jesus how he died and rose again and how he can give eternal life and living hope.

Alla and the team served them. Parents thanked for the joy that their children received. There were 36 children. We also had a special meeting for migrants. They could listen to songs of hope, we prayed for them, they listened to the word of God. The listeners learned that life is not limited only on earth and you need to trust God and receive his eternal life.

At the end of the meeting, we gave them food bags and New Testaments.

We pray for all those who heard the Word of God that God would give them spiritual life.

We pray for peace in Ukraine, for wisdom and strength in the service of the church and people.

Thank you for participating in the ministry, supporting spiritually and materially. God bless you!

Sincerely, the Popov family.

Children meeting in Podvirne village

Greetings to all who love the Lord. Many thanks for your prayers and financial support in these difficult days that we are going through in Ukraine.

- We continue to gather in the house of prayer every Sunday with the church, refugees who live in the city of Novoselytsia come to these meetings. Some of them have gone to other cities.

- We thank God together with the refugees for the humanitarian aid provided to us by the PIEI mission. This caused us to give even more glory to God because He does not forget about us.

-Together with Alla and the young team, we went to the village of Podvirne and met the children in the church there. Most of the children came from unbelieving families. Among them were children of refugees from Kherson. The children heard about how the Good Shepherd Jesus wants to save everyone from death and sin.

We turned off the light and it became cold in the building, but the children stayed until the end of the program, at the end of the meeting, the children were invited to come to them again.

- Together with Grisha Kioresko we visited the military hospital, met with the wounded soldiers, told them words of encouragement from the Gospel, prayed for them, distributed New Testaments and Christian brochures. They told their stories, one of them thanked God that he was alive after a mine exploded next to him and only a small fragment grazed his leg and injured him.

- Pray for peace in Ukraine and the reconciliation of many people with God. Pray for us that God's spirit will guide us and fill it with strength. Gratitude to you for showing us your love in deeds by helping in our service both spiritually and materially. With love to you, the Popov family!

Aid for military

Peace be upon you all who love the Lord and His Church!!

The Grace of God has taken us through 2022 and helped us enter the New Year. With the help of God and his resources that were sent to us and through you, we here in Ukraine can continue to serve in the church and people who are not yet saved.

- As brother Grisha Kioresku already noted, we were together in the Military Hospital, where we met with many wounded soldiers after returning from the front line. We thanked them, testified about God, prayed for them and for their families. They were given fruits, sweets, hygiene items and New Testaments. We also donated four functional beds for the intensive care unit for the hospital. And also about 120 packages were distributed. One of the soldiers said, I believed there was a God at the front, because only God helped my friend. He received five wounds, bleeding, crawled 400 meters and survived.

Another said: God has already saved me, because although I was wounded, I survived, while others died.

Pray with us for the psycho-spiritual recovery of the soldiers who are returning from the front.

We continue to serve the refugees who attend our church every Sunday. They receive spiritual, psychological and material assistance. Pray for further ministry among them.

On Sunday, a family from Kherson arrived. They left because every day the city of Kherson is shelled hundreds of times and it is very dangerous for life. In the church, we helped them with food and clothes and also gave them spiritual literature.

- On December 25, Alla with young sisters in the church organized a meeting with the children of refugees and military personnel, there were 30 children, the topic of the meeting was "Emmanuel God with us." At the end of the meeting, the children received gifts and children's literature, and were treated to a sweet table. Together with them, we prayed to God for peace in Ukraine and thanked him that Jesus came to our earth.

- The sisters in the workshop sewed a sanitary stretcher for paramedics. In each stretcher we put the Gospel and the soldier's prayer book. We have already sent 30 medical burdens to the city of Bakhmut and the Luhansk region. We pray to God that many soldiers will be saved by paramedics and that God will save their souls.

Together with Grisha Keorescu, we sent parcels with food and spiritual literature to the military front.

I thank you all for your help spiritual, financial and material. Thank you for being with us during this difficult time for us. May God bless you! With love to you, the Popov family.

A day of thanksgiving to the Lord

Greetings to all those who are with us in these difficult days. With God's help, the church continues its activities, fulfilling the great commission of Christ.

-We had a day of thanksgiving to the Lord in our church for the gifts that He gave us this year. Despite the war, God helped us through many churches from abroad. This help included the participants and mission of PIE, for which we thank God and you for your humanitarian and spiritual assistance. Many refugees were with us on this Thanksgiving holiday. At the end of the program, the gifts brought to the House of God were distributed to them.

-We continue to have a ministry for refugees, every Sunday we are visited by about 20 migrants. They listen to the gospel and are motivated to respond to it.

-Every Sunday we have a special prayer of intercession. We pray by name for the soldiers who are fighting at the front, for the volunteers, the wounded, and also for those who are in captivity.

- Alla with a sewing team sewed 500 tactical pharmacies for soldiers and officers who are fighting. We put a New Testament and a soldier's prayer book in each first aid kit. We pray for everyone who receives the Gospel that God will protect life and grant them eternal life through faith and repentance before God.

Pray for our ministry in Ukraine, so that the church is built and the Kingdom of God expands. Also pray for wisdom in ministry among the refugees. Pray for the resources that God will send them so that we can continue to serve the people who need them in these difficult days for Ukraine.

-Thanks to sister Marta for the financial assistance she provided to our family. These funds were needed to dress the children in winter clothes. Thank you so much and may God bless you and all who help us. Thank you for being with us and supporting our ministry in every way.

With love to you, the Popov family.

Meeting with soldiers and their wives

Greetings to all PIE employees.

With the grace of God, we continue to work in His field. Thanks to all those who prayed for a meeting with the families of the soldiers who are fighting against the aggressor of Ukraine. At this meeting there were soldiers and officers from those who came on vacation, as well as those who protect the rear. The purpose of our meeting in the Novoselitsa church was to support these people morally, psychologically and spiritually. We shared the Word of God with them, prayed with them, distributed spiritual literature and special prayer books for the soldiers, and also blessed them with food packages. We received this humanitarian aid from Romanian Baptist churches through the association of regional Romanian churches ECB in the Chernivtsi region. 2 officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spoke at this meeting, they emphasized the importance of such meetings and the work of spiritual and pastoral support for the military. Also had the word Novoselitsy's Head. She thanked the church for its active participation in helping refugees. Brother Grisha Kioresko shared the word and prayed.

After the meeting, one of the soldiers told us that such meetings should be organized more often in the large hall of the House of Culture in the city of Novoselytsia, so that many people from the region could attend because it spiritually and morally supports the people of Ukraine.

A soldier's wife told us that it is important for them to see that they are not left alone with the hardships they go through.

On the second day, the children of military personnel were invited to the church. Alla led this meeting with the children with the youth team. They heard the Word of God, sang and played, and at the end received gifts from the Samaritan's Bag mission. At this meeting there were also children of refugees together with their parents. Praise God for open doors for preaching at this difficult time for us. May the Lord be glorified and save many. Thank you for being with us in your prayers and financial support. The Lord bless you!

With love to you, the Popov family.

VBS camp in Novoselitsa

Greetings to all members of the PIE mission. By the great mercy of God, we still live and work in the church of the Lord. With the help of the Lord, we continue to work in the city of Novoselytsya for the glory of God at this difficult time for Ukraine. God allowed us to organize a Christian day camp at the church, 6 days the children came to hear the Word of God.

Spending time participating in worship, sports, needlework, bible lessons. There were 105 children in total. They were divided into 5 age groups. Each group has 2-3 leaders. The theme of the camp was "The Book without Words". The children were explained the gospel steps of approaching God, the need for a person to acquire salvation by faith and repentance before God.

My wife Alla was the coordinator and organizer of this camp. The team was made up of 13 leaders who served the children. On Saturday, on the 6th day, we invited the parents of these children. There they heard through the lips of their children songs, verses from the Bible, the main truths of the Bible and received instructions from the Word of God spoken through brother Kevin Krum from America Laportie. We thank the PIE mission for being able to serve these children together with others. Many of these children belonged to refugee families.

Their parents thanked us for the fact that joy replaced the fear of war. Every Sunday, refugees from the South-East of Ukraine, where hostilities are taking place, come to church with us. After the meeting, we serve them food bags. We also thank you for your participation in helping these people who temporarily found protection with us in Bukovina.

People are very open to accepting the Word of God. We, as a church, pray for them and for those who remained on the front line, so that God would protect their lives. Every Sunday we offer prayers by name for all those who fight in the Ukrainian army and for volunteers. We pray for the families who lost their loved ones during the war.

We pray for the wounded and their families so that God comforts them.

Join us in our prayers:

1. Pray for peace in Ukraine

2. For the conversion of many people in Ukraine to God

3. For the grace of the Gospel in the lives of believers

4. For strength in service

Thank you for your active participation in the ministry that we conduct in Ukraine, may God bless you.

With love to you, the Popov family.

Children heard the Gospel

The grace of Jesus Christ be with you all the days!

With God's help, with your support, we were able to do several types of ministry for the church and the Ukrainian people:

1. We continue to meet in the church 6 times a week, where we have different ministries - English club, youth ministry, evening service, home group, Sunday service, children's ministry. In all these meetings, we follow the goal of spreading the gospel to unbelievers, as well as edifying the church of Christ. During the week, many unbelieving people from refugees come to us.

2. We communicate with people who ask a lot of questions and receive biblical answers from us ministers. Pray for wisdom over us in these conversations.

3. Thanks to you, we can serve people with social food packages. About a hundred packages were distributed this week alone. Everyone also receives the Gospel or other Christian literature.

4. During the children's ministry, parents receive special instructions "How to come to God and have salvation through faith and repentance?" Children hear the gospel at their level, prepared by a team of ministers.

5. Together with my brother Grisha Kioresko, we were able to serve for the military from the city of Strii and Novoselitsa. The soldiers received body armor and humanitarian aid. They prayed over them and distributed the gospel. They asked for sleeping bags and medicines. We also sent food parcels to the soldiers at the front.

6. This week a group of doctors from Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the USA came to visit us on the territory of the church. The church organized a reception for 120 people. Most of them are refugees. They were able to receive phase medical advice. People received not only medicines but also spiritual support in the form of prayer, conversations, and spiritual literature. They left us their contacts, and we can work with them further. Pray for the development of this relationship with them so that God will touch their hearts.

7. I thank everyone from the PIEI mission for organizing, donating and bringing humanitarian aid for the needs of the Ukrainian people. Gratitude to brother Timothy who accompanied this humanitarian convoy.

May God bless all the brothers and sisters who, at this difficult time for us, give in a special way. Keep praying for us that God will give strength, wisdom and His guidance in serving the people and his church.

With love to you, the Popov family.

English club

Peace to all of you!

Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thanks to the power of God and His action, we in Novoselitsa continue to serve the church and our neighbor in the conditions of war.

1. Having united the human resource, gifts and talents, we continue to conduct various types of ministry both in the church and outside it. Especially for immigrants from Kyiv.

2. We hold many services in the church, on Wednesday there is an English club, the emphasis is on bringing visitors closer to God through the study of the Bible in English.

3. Youth service every Thursday. We study the Bible with an evangelistic character. Young people can hear about Christ the Savior.

4. We have services on Wednesdays and Sundays. These meetings, like others, are attended by many refugees. We are glad to serve them with the Word of God, and they also receive answers to exciting questions and inner feelings related to the war. We help them explain what is happening from the point of view of the Bible, directing them to God.

5. On Sunday afternoon we meet with children and their parents. Many of them are refugees. Every time about 25-30 children come, where they, together with their parents, can hear a Bible lesson, sing songs, learn Bible verses, play and enjoy the atmosphere, getting to know other children. At the end, the children go outside, and parents receive additional biblical instruction on how to draw closer to God themselves and help their children in this.

6. My brothers and I visited the military in Novoselitsa. We spoke the Word to them, prayed for them and for peace in Ukraine, sang songs and gave them humanitarian aid for their needs.

7. My family and I went to the market before Easter, where we distributed New Testaments, Christian booklets, as well as food and toys for children. We were glad that people took not only temporary things, but also the eternal Word.

One refugee woman said: “I have been looking for a New Testament for a very long time, can I take it and read it?” "What, is it really free?" asked others who wanted to receive the gospel. We praise God that we can sow the Word of God, which will bring comfort, encouragement and salvation in these days.

8. We rejoiced in the church when we learned that Zhenya, who was drafted into the army, repented a week later, and his wife turned to God a couple of days earlier, in our church, when they came to us from Kyiv. We thank God that He saves families in the conditions of war and we are witnesses to this. Zhenya was at home for one day, in the evening he came to church and we, the ministers, prayed for his faith and for returning home alive and healthy. Marina and Zhenya have a daughter, Milana, pray for this newly converted family to God.

9. Some brothers in our church are involved in the manufacture of body armor for the needs of soldiers. Along with this protection, we give them the New Testaments. We also pray for all the soldiers to return home safe and sound.

We thank God for your prayerful, financial and material support in these difficult times for Ukraine. Pray further for our diligence in the work of the Lord, and continue to support us with your ability and strength by participating with us in building the church and expanding the Kingdom of God. Pray with us for peace in Ukraine and for the reconciliation of the Ukrainian people with God.

With love to you, the Popov family!