SELCU Pastors Serving Ukrainians Are Grateful for the Opportunity to Spend Time with Their Spouses

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"There are just no words to describe what I feel every day without you. 2,238 km separate us, and I pray to God that the war ends soon and we can return to you, to our native, warm, and comfortable home..." Anastasiia Bevz

The humanitarian needs in Ukraine continue to grow larger and larger. Working through LCC staff member for Ukraine relief Rev. Larry Myers, the pastors and laity of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU) continue to put forth outstanding efforts in proclaiming the truth of the Gospel through Word and action.

Two weeks ago, the five SELCU pastors, through whom Lutheran Church Charities has been working in Ukraine, traveled to the city of Lviv to spend several days with their spouses. The women traveled from the German towns of Marsberg and Homberg, where they have been residing as refugees together with their children. The children remained in Germany.

Sergey & Anastasiia Bevz

Oleksiy & Viktoria Navrotskyy

Oleg & Victoria Schewtschenko

Yurii & Ektarina Timerkan

Valerii & Iryna Verba

Some two months after the war began in Ukraine, Anastasiia Bevz posted the following emotional message on her Instagram account, reflecting on the separation from the family's father/husband:
 
"When children grow up without parents, it hurts. When sons grow up without fathers, it's unbearable. When wives live without husbands, it's difficult.
 
The war divided our lives, before and after, 65 days without you, without your eyes, touches, or words. You are not around, and it's hard.
 
There are just no words to describe what I feel every day without you.
 
2,238 km separate us, and I pray to God that the war ends soon and we can return to you, to our native, warm, and comfortable home, where only you and I will be, we and our children, together, as before."
 
The pastors have since returned to their respective places of vocation, continuing to proclaim the Gospel and show Christ's care for the downtrodden with a distribution of humanitarian supplies.
 
Please continue to pray for, and support, these courageous servants of Christ's Church

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