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Eight-year-old Ethan remembers helicopters. One of his earliest memories is visiting a friend with his father who flew them. “Now nobody can fly helicopters,” he says matter-of-factly. His younger sister Eva remembers something entirely different. “I remember biting Ethan on the back,” she says, laughing. They are ordinary childhood memories. But Ethan and Eva are part of an un-ordinary generation: a generation of Ukrainian children whose childhood has unfolded during war …

The summer period is divided into ‘before’ and ‘after. For 20 years now, we have been holding a regional youth festival. Teenagers from churches in our region gather here. Every year, there were more teenagers, and time and circumstances sent new challenges in ministry. Every year, God performed incredible miracles, He led us through different circumstances, where we, as a team, saw many miracles …

Three years ago, we met a family whose life was hanging by a thread. They were living in a small summer house on the outskirts of town—a temporary place they had rented for a short time.

But the owners told them they had to leave soon because the house was going to be demolished to make way for new construction. When the time came to move out, they had nowhere to go …

“There are callings a person never plans and yet, looking back, can’t imagine missing.” That is how Dmytro describes his journey.
He never dreamed of becoming a military chaplain. He didn’t imagine himself in uniform, holding a Bible in a dugout, or whispering prayers in hospital rooms heavy with the smell of smoke and loss. But as he looks back on the path of his life—conscripted military service, theological training, faithful church ministry—he now sees what he couldn’t see then: God was preparing him long before the war began …