After 20 years of pastoral and missionary service in Ukraine the Lord called our family to move to Poland in 2013. Then we had questions to God: why did You send us here? We received the answer a few months later. Hostilities began in Ukraine and the first wave of refugees arrived in Poland. Since then, we have devoted ourselves to serving Ukrainians in Poland.
After February 24, 2022, a huge number of refugees from Ukraine arrived in Poland again, fleeing the war. We had to quickly mobilize and find a way how we can respond to the current situation in Ukraine while physically in Warsaw, Poland. We joined the efforts of our church and decided to take part in helping displaced families.
For two years, the Lord allowed us to do a lot for refugees: From the first days of the war, we met streams of mothers with their children on the border of Poland and Ukraine. We helped them find housing in Poland and beyond. For a long time, we served Ukrainians in a large refugee center in Warsaw, reaching many families with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Meeting at the Ukrainian School in Malaga, Spain
Meeting with the author Serhiy Kravchenko at one of the centres for Ukrainian orphans in Warsaw, Poland.
My family and I also serve in the Ukrainian Center in the suburbs of Warsaw, which is focused on meeting the various needs of resettled families from Ukraine.
Every day mothers with children visit this center. We have free Polish language courses, various useful adaptation programs for women, sports and educational programs for children and teenagers. We are also starting a church on the basis of this Ukrainian center. At the first meeting, 30 people came who wanted to pray for Ukraine. This center touches 200 Ukrainians every month.
Over the past year, it is very difficult for me to say how many people we have helped, but we know for sure that hundreds of people have heard the gospel and dozens of people have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Some of them want to return to Ukraine, some have decided to stay in Poland, while others are going further to other countries. We believe that they will become true disciples by joining the believers in the place where the Lord will lead them.
I also continue to serve as an Evangelist, reaching people and inspiring churches to go and make disciples in Europe and Southeast Asia.