Whilst Putin and Trump continue with their 'peace' plans to devour Ukraine, David has just completed 3 days of ministry on the frontline in East Ukraine.

Travelling on military roads covered with anti-drone netting and zig-zagging across pot-holed village roads, David ministered in a growing church planted in Izyum immediately after it was liberated from the invaders in 2023; he visited and ministered to the military manning the observation post for the 26th Artillery Regiment protecting the whole of this part of the Front, and then, further up the frontline, to commanders of ground units, who gathered in another secret location to meet us and to hear the Word of God. He ministered to chaplains gathered together from the Front, who themselves live and work on the Front with the military. On Sunday he ministered in a packed church that daily ministers to the spiritual, social and material needs of the people of Slov'yansk who are now living under daily bombardments from the invader. And on Sunday evening David encouraged and had fellowship with over 20 pastors and leaders from the surrounding towns and villages that also have to endure the constant Russian bombardments.

We passed whole villages wiped off the map by the enemy. Destruction is everywhere and ever present. But what struck us was the orderly, busy daily activities of the ordinary people. As the poster at the military command centre said, 'We fight so we may live.'

Ukraine is not defeated as some say in the West. During our visit, the length of Putin's failing 'Special Operation' against Ukraine exceeded the whole duration of Stalin's victorious march across Nazi-occupied Europe to Berlin 1941-45. God is with Ukraine and He will drive the invaders back.