Reports and testimonies from David Hathaway's ministry across Ukraine, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Israel and Britain.
As we reflect on these 500 days of social and relief work, we are reminded of the immense challenges we have overcome and the lives we have touched. However, our journey is far from over. The road to recovery and rebuilding is still long, and the need for support remains great. We are steadfast in our dedication to continue serving the people of Ukraine, standing alongside them as they rebuild their lives and their nation.
On 10th June, as President Zelenskyy launched Ukraine’s long-awaited Counteroffensive – the most critical and final phase of the largest and most dangerous armed conflict in Europe since WWII – we held the 8th National Day of Prayer for Ukraine. The Heads of every Christian Denomination gathered in Bucha to pray for Total Victory.
For 12 months we have been standing with Ukraine, suppling humanitarian and spiritual aid. Vadim Preobrazhenskiy, our Official Representative in Ukraine writes,
On February 24th 2022 many Ukrainians appeared in the situation when the decision had to be done fast, and none of them could guarantee a solution, safety, or stop the illegal offensive. Waking up from explosions we realized that the fight not only for the freedom and future has started, but it was also the fight for the existence of Ukraine as a nation.
Women and children, hiding in underground carparks, to protect themselves from the bombs. Ordinary, untrained citizens, encouraged to take up the fight. A humanitarian crisis of vast proportions. For the last 12 months we have been supplying humanitarian and spiritual aid to the displaced and vulnerable living in Ukraine.
I left for Ukraine on Tuesday January 3rd. The only way is to fly to Poland, then go by car across the Polish and Ukrainian borders, then into Lviv. I then travelled the 350 miles by car to Kyiv. I met church and military leaders and chaplains on the Saturday, preaching to over 1000 in my very dear friend Boris’s Messianic Congregation. Then back to Lviv for the Day of Prayer in a large church building, worshipping with, and preaching to, 2500 on Sunday evening.
We want to report, that in unity with you and with your practical and prayerful support, our mission on the East was successfully fulfilled. With the team of brave and devoted servants, we worked in Izyum city in Kharkiv region, which had been occupied over 5 months, is still on the way to stability, local survivors experienced horrors of the war which are beyond any words. But eventually this damaged but undefeated city is back home!
David Hathaway has been ministering in Ukraine since the early 1990s, although his connection with the nation goes back much further. Following the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas region, we have been holding National Days of Prayer, supported by all the church denominations. One of the purposes of the event is to strengthen the unity of the churches and the nation, by uniting under the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
On 12th June David Hathaway was in Ukraine, in Lviv, to hold a United Day of Prayer - joined by churches of every denomination all over the nation. Broadcast live on YouTube, up to 3000 attended in Lviv itself, the largest Christian gathering permitted since the war began. We were honoured to have the Governor of the Lviv Region Military Administration taking part in the prayer with us.
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