Twenty-Nine Years Opening Windows of Hope in our World’s Darkest Corners
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When War Becomes the New Normal.
“As months wore on, running to the shelters with our families every time the sirens sounded, just became emotionally unsustainable.”
On the 1,000th day of the war, I stopped to reflect on my recent trip to Ukraine.
Why do you hear so much from us about refugees?
From a biblical perspective, a heart for the orphan and a heart for the refugee is essentially the same. The Bible rarely mentions the orphan without also mentioning the widow and refugee. That is why when the gift of cancer brought us back to the states (more about that in the article on this site called, Medical Malaise & Mission.), it made perfect sense for us to begin to engage in refugee outreach, both at home and abroad.
This video demonstrates what happens when God's people show up in response to his heart for the refugee. It is the story of two women from our church befriending a Sudanese woman, and what happened when they believed God for a miracle.
Even through these difficult days, the Russian ministry team has not abandoned the orphans!
Studies by social scientists point to connection being one of the greatest needs of children who grow up without parents. The abuse and abandonment most of them experience growing up in an institution leaves them with a great sense of detachment. This is a ministry committed to connections.
The Russian ministry team, under the leadership of Gennadiy Petrov, continues to minister to orphans in the Voronezh region and conduct multiple camps throughout the year.
As is mentioned later in our Financial Snapshot, we are not currently able to support the Russia projects through our East-West accounts, but we’re glad to talk with you offline if you’re interested, about what we are continuing to do with Gennadiy in Voronezh, and in particular the New Hope House project featured at this link in a new story on this site.
"In his name the nations will put their hope." Matthew 12:21
Thanks for 29 years of Fuqua's on your fridge and in your hearts and prayers!
It's now been over 29 years since I took my first trip to Russia with East-West, and what an incredible journey this has been! And, we are convinced the best is yet to come!
(I created this fridge graphic for our Christmas mailing in 2017, commemorating the 22nd year of our work with East-West.)
Many have asked what has been happening since we moved our base of operations back to Texas from Russia, and now with the complications caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine. Well, we praise God that under the leadership of the Russian national team, the work in Russia continues! Sadly, we’ve not been able to travel there since the war began, and the sanctions have made it very hard to maintain the same level of support. But, God remains faithful and continues what He began, raising up more support locally. The larger balance of our extra-budgetary funds go to support the growing responsibilities of my leadership role in our Eastern Europe region.
