Jim Capaldo, former Regional President of Converge Heartland and missionary to Russia for 18 years, describes the unprecedented growth of the Ukrainian church as “the greatest movement of God in Europe since the Reformation.” Thousands have come to faith and been baptized. Ministry continues to widows, orphans, and wounded soldiers; churches provide families blankets, food, necessities—as well as counseling an entire nation suffering beneath post-traumatic stress.

The catastrophic bombing of the hydroelectric dam on the Dnieper River, next to the Ukrainian city of Nova Kakhovka, has reawakened the world and news media to the harsh reality of this ongoing war.

Fourth on the list of poorest European countries, Moldova has shown herself to be abundantly rich with compassion in response to the war in Ukraine.