EFCA ReachGlobal Crisis Response Updates
My Heart is Heavy Loss comes daily to families across Ukraine. The lack of power and the constant pressure of the war has worn down many. People tell me that the last two months in Ukraine have been the hardest months they have experienced throughout the war. It is a time … Read more
Thank you to everyone who supports my ministry. It is greatly appreciated. If you would like to begin supporting my ministry click on the link below. ReachGlobal Crisis Response – Steven Smeltzer
The church building where I am serving is over 100 years old and was once owned by a Jewish man who fled Poland in WW2. The Nazis and the Ukrainians and local Polish people who collaborated with the Nazis during the war, took over the building. They knocked a hole in the wall, where the … Read more
The following is a conversation I had with two women who just arrived in Poland from Mariupol, Ukraine. The conversation was conducted with the assistance of a translator. My question was simple, what have the last two or three weeks been like for you and your family? This is their story. Tonya and Sverta’s Story … Read more
Hrubieszow, located on Poland’s national roadway 74, is 4 to 5 km from the Ukrainian border and the home of Kościół Ewangelicznych Chrześcijan. This church is at one of the epicenters of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. The church is small and has had to deal with much during the last 2 years including the death … Read more
I landed in Krakow last evening and I am staying at a local hotel tonight. Tomorrow, I will drive to the border of Poland and Ukraine to a town named Hrubieszow (red pin on the diagram below). It is just north of Lviv, Ukraine and about 4 hours east of Krakow and 3 hours south … Read more
It seems unbelievable, thousands of dead, millions fleeing, cities being destroyed, over 400,000 soldiers fighting (Russian and Ukrainian) in Europe, with no end in sight. This is Ukraine today. Tomorrow is uncertain for the 40+ million people that call it home. Yet God has shown repeatedly that during and after every crisis He creates a mission … Read more
I would like you to meet my new friend Theo. I met Theo recently when I was in Moorehead City, NC working with our team that has been responding to Hurricane Florence for the last several years. I hope that you will watch the short video. It is inspiring to see this man’s love for … Read more
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November 8, 2018 will always be remembered by the people who were living in the Paradise, CA area at that time. What started as a normal summer day suddenly changed. In just a few short hours, Paradise and the surrounding area was devastated by the Camp Fire. Paradise Evangelical Free Church Our ministry responded and … Read more