Prayers and Hope Amidst War | 战火中的祈祷与希望

We are very grateful to Living Hope Global Ministries for prayers and material support for Ukrainian fallen soldiers’ families. Your help and concern are precious and needed. Through you, God has brought our ministry to a new level and provides opportunities for constant and regular communication with new women and their children.

In Ukraine, there had been less mass shelling over the entire territory for some time. Now there are more shelling and bombings all over the country. Our capital, Kyiv, is significantly under attack. There are constant shelling and attacks in the east of Ukraine, and peaceful people die there daily. Dead soldiers are buried in Lviv every day. Air alarms have begun to sound more often in Lviv as well. In schools and kindergartens, children must hide in shelters during air raids. During this time, all shops close, and everything stops working. More often now, air alarms wake our children in the middle of the night.

Every month we buy basic food products for orphans. We provide their families with household items and personal care products. Most often, women pick up their large packages themselves. For some, we help take them home. Widows come to our meetings on Saturdays. We pray together, talk with them about important spiritual topics, and sing. We will also spend time talking together.

Some of these families are already receiving help from Living Hope Global Ministries, some are still waiting for this help, and there will also be women with whom we are just getting to know because their husbands have only recently died. It is most difficult to talk to them because they are closed in their grief, often don't want to talk to anyone, and don't want to see anyone. It is very difficult to communicate with the wives of fallen soldiers. They are often in despair; they don’t know how to live on or just don't want to live. We pray for them all that our Almighty and Loving Father in heaven will heal their broken hearts and wounds. More and more young women become widowed when their husbands die in the war. Some of the women are pregnant at the time, and the child is born as an orphan. No words from people can give them consolation, only the hope in the Lord. We ask you to pray for the Sunday service and the words of the pastor, that the heart of every woman will be opened to the Word of God and that they will receive comfort and encouragement.

Blessings!

我们非常感谢新希望全球事工为乌克兰阵亡军人家庭提供的物质支持与代祷。 您的帮助和关怀是非常可贵的，也是我们急需的。藉着您，神将我们的事工带到了一个新的高度，我们因此可以为俄乌战争中阵亡军人的遗孀及她们的孩子们提供帮助和心灵的辅导。

在乌克兰，有一段时间大规模轰炸有所减少，但是现在全国各地又开始有更多的轰炸和炮击。我们的首都基辅受害更严重。 乌克兰东部爆炸袭击不断，每天都有无辜的人死在那里。每天都有牺牲的士兵被埋葬在利沃夫。利沃夫 的空袭警报也开始更频繁地响起。 空袭期间，学校和幼儿园的孩子们都必须躲在避难所里，那时所有商店都关门了，一切都停止了。 现在，半夜里也经常响起空袭警报。

每个月我们都会为阵亡军人的遗孀和孩子们购买基本食品。 我们也会为这些家庭提供生活用品和个人卫生用品。大多数情况下，妻子们自己会把包裹提回家，有些我们会帮助她们运回她们家。这些阵亡军人的遗孀通常会在星期六来参加我们的聚会。我们一起祷告，学习讨论重要的属灵话题，唱赞美诗。 我们也会和她们交通。其中一些遗孀的孩子已经在接受新希望全球事工的帮助，一些家庭仍在等待这种帮助，还有一些是丈夫刚刚牺牲的遗孀。她们还沉浸在巨大的悲伤中，不想与任何人交谈，也不想见任何人。她们常常处于绝望之中，不知道如何生活，也不想继续活下去。 我们为她们所有人祈祷，愿我们全能慈爱的天父医治她们破碎的心灵和伤痛。现在越来越多的年轻女性成为遗孀，其中 一些妇女还怀着孕，孩子一出生就成了孤儿！人的话语很难带给她们安慰，唯有仰望我们的主。 恳请您为主日的聚会代祷，为牧师代祷，愿她们的心都向神的话语敞开，愿她们得到安慰和鼓励。