Returning to Vinnytsia, Ukraine, I found hope and resilience even amid daily sirens and uncertainty. The church we helped plant years ago welcomed me back with hugs and tears. It is feeling like home. Ukraine is in a 5 year storm, so I taught on dealing with the storms of life from Mark 5. Then, as I spend more time with students, and as I think about the Hope Center vision, I see a light that will shine in the darkness.

The need in Ukraine is desperate. Soldiers are wounded, families are exhausted, and hospitals are overwhelmed—but God is opening doors for the church to serve. In the middle of it all, I keep hearing the words of Isaiah: “Here am I. Send me.”

Being on the front lines of a war changes everything. Especially your perspective on life, ministry, and what truly matters. Family, home, relationships, community, and His Kingdom.

God is making a way, and creating divine partnerships with medical and dental services for the refugees, soldiers, and broken people here in Ukraine. I am completely “blown away” with how he makes a way, when there is no way possible.

This is a deeply emotional and personal reflection from Ukraine on how we can overcome evil with good through our MercyMed project, which is bringing the comfort and hope of Jesus to the broken people of Ukraine in a practical, Kingdom way.

While traveling the broken roads of Ukraine, I was reminded that just as a father holds his child through a rough journey, God is holding the children of Ukraine through the devastation of war. This post reflects on youth camps, trauma, healing prayer, and the unshakable hope found in the everlasting arms of God.

Ukraine was hit hard yesterday, real hard. This is personal reflection from the war-torn front lines of Ukraine, and the deep personal longing for home, the pain of war, and the greater hope found in the Father’s house.

We are currently on the way to the east of Ukraine, to minister to the broken and hopeless. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Preparing to minister in Ukraine. This time, we will be ministering to soldiers on the frontlines as well as those who have been wounded by the war.