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 of suffering. The stories that … Read more
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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
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
Two Storms Lake Charles, LA is approximately 30 miles from Cameron Parish where Hurricane Laura made landfall on August 27, 2020. Laura had 150 mph winds when it struck, devastating Cameron Parish. The winds remained around 130 mph when the storm struck Lake Charles. A little over six weeks later on October 11, Hurricane Delta hit … Read more
Just six weeks after Hurricane Laura devastated the Lake Charles, LA area Hurricane Delta made landfall in almost the same place with almost 100 mph winds and torrential rainfall…. Hurricane Laura had devastated the area. After six weeks some progress was beginning to take place and some buildings and homes were beginning to be repaired. … Read more
Photos and videos of the Beirut blast reveal the complete desolation of portions of the city. Over 100 lives have been lost. Thousands have been injured and many more displaced. ReachGlobal MENA (Middle East & North Africa) missionaries serve in the region and have partners in Beirut—including the Free Church of Lebanon—who have seen the impact of the … Read more