I am feeling heavy hearted as I write this today. Abe and I were on the road yesterday finishing up our annual visa documents in Kyiv, but in the morning we got word that one of our Center of Hope families suffered the loss of their home by fire. They had just had their opening on Sunday. As I understand it, they hold their meetings in their house. Andriy and Zoya Paketa have six children and they have lost everything even all of their documents. Their 3 beautiful teenage daughters come to all of the training workshops and are active with their parents. For now they have some temporary housing but the top floor has been totally destroyed and the first floor was flooded from the efforts to extinguish the fire.
Please pray for this family in this devastating loss. Pray that the Lord will give “a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.”
And that “they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for His own glory.” (Is. 61:3 NLT)
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