Hi friends! Greetings, peace to you, will be very relevant at the moment!!!You are the ones with whom we would like to share a part of our life, our experiences!

Currently, there is a second year of full-scale war in our native country, and it was they who brought everything to a halt.

This year our family will be 13 years old and during this time we have gained much more than we have lost, God has been fruitfully working with our hearts all this time! We would like to briefly tell you about our family. We have three children, Timur - 11 years old, Vera - 6 years old, our third little angel has been in the arms of God for almost a year. This is already the second war for us. In 2014, we had to leave the city of Donetsk (Eastern Ukraine) for the city of Uman (Central Ukraine), where we lived for almost 10 years, all because of the conflict between the two countries.

6 years ago, we decided to start a new church, which today is called Reconciliation. Until now, we have a clear conviction that we are in our place and fulfilling His will. Since we were one of the founders, we had an active position in services. Today we have the privilege of serving in different directions. Valentin is the leader of the home group, a member of the glorification group, performs the duties of a church deacon, and is also responsible for the humanitarian staff. Alyona is the leader of the children's ministry and the mother club, and does part-time work in accounting and administration. Currently, she is a second-year student of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary at the faculty of mentoring and effective service to girls and women. Timur is a 5th grade student, plays as a goalkeeper for a football club, studies English, this year he accepted service in the worship group (playing the cajon). And our Faith is graduating from the first grade, studying at an art school, a devoted companion of all the services of her parents.

February 24 came and the war took everything, but gave much more - a full service. Difficulties can derail or provide new opportunities. We chose the second way.

Difficult times require difficult decisions! Now we see it as our task and calling from God to bring love to the people with whom we have contact throughout the country - through providing assistance to military personnel and their families, educational work with children and teenagers, volunteer trips to the East and South of Ukraine, through accepting people , which are part of the Church of Reconciliation.

God cares for us in a special way now, more than we deserve or could imagine.

Two years ago, Valentin lost his job due to the beginning of the war, we had complete uncertainty in the stability of life, but we made a decision to devote all our time to serving God and people! We made this decision with faith that God will take care of all areas of our life, including material support. So it happened and continues. God cares about us and there was never a day when we were in dire need of something.

We are truly grateful for your prayerful support! We are grateful for your concern for us! For financial support! Your financial support makes it possible for us to rent housing (since we do not have our own housing), where we hold various church meetings, receive guests, immigrants.

With love, the family of Lipski Valentyn and Alyona, Timur and Vira!

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