Western Ukraine news from Lviv and
Ivano Frankivsk Regions. September 24th.
Dear Friends.
We would like to bring you up to date with happenings
in the above regions, as there has been a long gap since Western visitors have been
in the area. With the fact that no one can be there for more than 3 months on one passport, there are bound
to be sometimes when no visitors are present.
Edmund and Agnes Johnston, working in Lviv have had to be
away in Ireland for some time but have returned to Lviv several weeks ago. They
have been working in the Lviv oblast, visiting schools, orphanages and poor families as well as having a weekly meeting in
Ivano.
Dan Perez, who spends most of his time in Ivano when
in Ukraine, decided to spend some of his 3 month away from Ukraine in Moldova, helping in an Assembly there and attempting to contact University. He went home to Chicago for a month and will be
helping in his home assembly until he can return to Ivano in early November. He
has now been officially commended from his home assembly to the work in
Ukraine.
Howard Pratt from NW Ontario and myself hope to
return to Ukraine on October 16th for 4
weeks. This will be my 20th visit to Ukraine. A week
of Gospel meeting has been arranged in Lviv for our first week there. We are also to be with
them for their Conference during the last week of our stay.
We are praying that the situation will soon settle
politically in Ukraine and peace will soon come to the East of the country. Thousands have died in
the conflict and, many men from Lviv and Ivano who either volunteered or were
called up to fight in the Ukrainian army have also died.
Your prayers will be much appreciated as we go back;
not knowing what particular needs will be evident. We know that the economy has
suffered terribly and we are sure that many will be experiencing very big
financial difficulties.
We are hoping that another brother and his wife will
be able to come in the early winter months.
Your Brother in the service of the Best of Masters.
Malcolm Stanley.
mj@thestanleyshouse.com
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