Vans for Ukraine

I departed for Ukraine April 14th with prayers, hope and money for food, medicines, emergency equipment and provision for people who were desparate in the midst of War with Russia!  God was miraculous every day of my month long trip, in every way.  He took what we had to offer and multiplied over and over again- John 6:1-13  

Before I left Seattle, we had two requests for cargo vans to transport all of the most desperately needed items.  The Humanitarian Aid groups are almost exclusively stationed in safe areas outside the border of Ukraine.  The few that are inside the Ukrainian border stay only a few miles in, in case a quick exit is necessary!  

The only people driving all the food, medicine, equipment, and other supplies were Ukrainians who were willing to risk their lives to take it inland.  We have many ministry partners who are doing this now full time.  The problem is having large enough, working vehicles that they can use to transport all this aid to the battle zones.  

One of the requests from Chernivtsy and the team there, headed by Maxim Kushnir, was for a Van to transport people to the border and then bring back supplies that can be transferred to other drivers who will take it further East.  The other request was from our team in the East who work with our medical team in Kiev and others to take those supplies into the danger zones.  

Our God of miracles supplied the Van for Chernivtsy through a mission group in Germany that decided to buy them a brand new Van with a trailer that has been of tremendous value!  We gave $15,000 to the team in the East, headed by Roman Bokoch, for a Van to be used on their side.  The search has been on for two months and has been very difficult to find one in good enough shape and large enough to meet the needs.  Today we received pictures of the wonderful provision God had prepared for them. A 2012 Mercedes Van that can hold 16 passengers or be quickly converted to a cargo Van that exceeds anything we have used to date! The final cost of that vehicle was $23,500.  By God's grace, we were able to supply the $15,000 and God provided the remaining $8,500 through other dear contributors!  

There has not been one thing this Spring that God has called us to do that He has not completely and miraculously accomplished!!