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As the war grinds on, our partners are continuing to work around the clock to prepare and deliver meals to the many hungry folks in decimated cities and villages. To date, they have fed over 30,000 people.

Would you pause and thank God for these workers and pray for those in need?

Thank you.

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MEALS DELIVERED:

Over the weekend, in Ukraine:

Friday, April 1 – 1200 meals delivered to Kyiv.

Sunday, April 3 – 2190 meals to Nikopol (southern Ukraine between Mykolyiv and Zaporizhzhia).

Meanwhile in Hungary, 950 copies of “You Are Not Alone” delivered to key leaders in Hungary who work among Ukrainian refugees.

I shared about the refugees I meet at a help center outside a train station. I handed these 950 copies off to a brother who was a church planter in Ukraine.

As far as our trip, Anna and I are having an interesting time. The brief conversations with Ukrainian refugees about hope have been encouraging.

I’m noticing a lot about Budapest that is the the same and a good bit that is different. This new double decker train is a real upgrade.

Some things don’t change…

On Sunday Laci and I started teaching Hebrews chapter 10 at DelPest church. We’ll continue next Sunday.

Thank for praying for Ukraine…

Please renew your prayers!

My first teaching at DelPest Church since January 2020. Wow.

“For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’” When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,” then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:1-25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works, who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke! I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭104:31-34‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.

The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭95:1-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

From Wednesday overnight cooking and packaging to pre-dawn loading, driving and afternoon distribution, here’s how our partners provided meals to Rudnya, northeast of Kyiv.

This afternoon Anna and I ventured out to see what was going on with refugees in a busy spot in Budapest. We met refugees from Sumy, Cherniviv, Donetsk, Kyiv, a town near Chernobyl, Dnipro, and Vinnytsia. I gave them copies of Peter’s first letter in Ukrainian and heard a few stories.

In each group someone spoke enough English that we could communicate just enough. One little group had a 9 year old boy as our translator.

Thanks for praying.

Thanks for staying informed.

Thanks for giving.

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