Latest communication from two friends in Kiev...
Hello dear friend!
I share a miracle with you! Diagnosis of cancer removed! God is good !!! The mother underwent surgery to remove the gallbladder and two stones in the choledochus department where the CT scan showed cancer. And my mother's house is intact and not looted! Although around many destroyed, looted and many neighbors were just shot ... Of course there aren't many whole windows in the summer kitchen and there is a mine that hit the roof and didn't explode and need pyrotechnics and miners to check everything, but isn't that another miracle? Even when the Russians were driven out, local looters came and slammed the door to enter, and they failed. During these one and a half months I can breathe a little easier ... Because all my relatives are fine, my mother is almost healthy and will soon be home from the hospital. Fewer sirens and falling bombs in Kyiv. Although the war continues and the news is bitter every day .. God keep on with us!
Shalom, dear brother Jerry,
With God’s help, I am writing to you again and am happy that we don’t lose connection. I’ll say once more that your arrival is a great event for all my family, so don’t be shy to ask for something. It’s terrific that you can meet with Max Kushnir, and I am sure that you’ll spend time productively. But also remember that we will meet you with great pleasure and travel to any spot in Ukraine. We can get to Kyiv and Kharkiv and then come back with you. If you don’t mind, we may come to Chernivtsi and travel together to Lviv, before you will go to Kyiv, to show you our tremendous hub, where the necessary support is now distributed to all important hotspots. You’ll see our working process and how we’re gathering support sets for those who mainly need them. It will be wonderful to introduce you to our hub’s leader - a man who's been working non-stop since the beginning of the war. God works in mysterious ways, and that’s why I’m sure that we should meet each other. I am impressed with your braveness and devotion, so I wish to become your companion in such a terrible time. I’ll be waiting for your answer and thank you again for everything you did!! My family and I are praying for you, Rolfe, Max, all your family, and all our friends.
In God’s love, Lev
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Thank you Lord for miraculous surgery posted. Protection over the looting. Dr. Lev must be an amazing gifted doctor and friend. The letter to you and Rolfe is heart warming to read. There will be so m any wonderful connections you will make with godly people helping in tough times. Looking forward to your posts now that you are in Ukraine with Rolfe. Proud of both of you. Praying daily.
So many stories of courage and faith. As he says, God works in mysterious ways. To hear that he has an unexploded mine on his roof is amazing - what are the chances of that happening I wonder? My biggest complaint today was that I had to drag the garbage cans in from the curb. It is so easy to forget, ignore, to not give thanks or become complacent about one's abundant and blessed lifestyle while on the other side of the world a guy has a war in his front yard, his windows shot out and a land mine on his roof. And all he can talk about is Jerry coming and how excited he is to take care of him in anyway he can. I am constantly awed by the Ukrainians. So very proud to know all of them even if I haven't met them in person. I stand with Ukrain.