HIGHPOINT SEND NETWORK RESPONSE TO THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS

 Tents are up and the refugees are being fed... GO GOD!!! Look at what God is doing through our partnership as we Pray, Give, and Go!

  VIDEOS AND PICS: Alex is back in Ukraine working with other NGO's to prepare the tents to recieve refugees. He is also working with local hospitals to help provide medical supplies from Arad.

  VIDEOS: Join Pastor Alex as he heads for the bomb shelter...

From Pastor Christian:  As of March 29, over 3,800,000 refugees have left Ukraine according to data provided by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR). The European Commission Emergency Response Center (ERCC) has published a map depicting the population displacement and casualties caused by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine (Mar 28). Over 2.2 million have gone to Poland, 275,000 to Slovakia, 350,000 to Hungary, almost 600,000 to Romania, and near to 400,000 to Moldova.

 VIDEOS: Follow along as Pastor Alex and the team leaves Romania, headed back into the Ukraine to finish working on one refugee tent and prepares to wire up another...

 VIDEO: Deputy head of housing for the refugee crisis in Ukraine...

 VIDEO: Building the tents today. Pray for the refugees that will call these their temporary home. Pray they would feel safe and receive the love and hope that is found in a relationship with Jesus!

VIDEO: watch the story of how you helped Vertical Mamaia Nord, one of our church plants in Romania that is less than a year old, start "Vertical Ucraina". This ministry center and church was made possible in part by your generosity and prayers!!! Go God and way to go Mamaia Nord - we are with you and for you!!! Pastor Claudiu and his team are being the hands and feet of Jesus there in the midst of the Ukrainian Crisis and together we get to help them do it!

VIDEOS: Pastor Alex is in Ukraine helping to build tents to house, feed, and care for refugees that have been displaced and dispossessed ...  

VIDEO: Watch as Pastor Alex translates the story of this new church that is forming...  

Harvest Arad team was able to purchase groceries at the local store in Chernivtsy plus received some food from Remar organization that we are partnering together and delivered to 85 refugees in the small village. People from Mariupol organized themself into church and now are helping refugees help themself.

From Pastor Christian: Right now it's 1030 at night here and I just got informed that one of our two vans that were driving from Ukraine to Arad broke down on the road. I talk to our closest church plan there and they are picking them up to hold them for the night and tomorrow to drive back to Arad. Pray for them

VIDEO: an amazing update from Pastor Christian Barbosus about our network's relief efforts. Please continue to pray for our brothers and sisters on the front lines of the Ukrainian Crisis. Thank you for joining us as we PRAY, GIVE, and GO! CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO

  Our HPS brothers and sisters are teaching Romanian Language classes for the refugees at Vertical Mamaia Nord (Romania). The church has secured a 42 room hotel nearby to house/feed/care for people. They negotiated with the owners and are getting it for less than $400 per night (the WHOLE place). #GoGod!!! The team is now providing food and it is being cooked and served onsite with love and care.  Side note: Pastor Claudiu Mihaiu and the team there are about to celebrate the one year anniversary of this amazing church!

From Alex: Definitely we need construction people here.  They will build another huge tent in Suchava Romania after this one. Here in Chernivtsy (Ukraine) one tent will serve as a kitchen and into another they will put beds. If you have folks that are ready to GO (especially those that can do construction and speak Russian/Ukrainian), make sure to enter their info on the GO DOCUMENT. 

VIDEO: here is an update from Alex on the work that he and the team are doing this week to provide safety and refuge for thousands of folks fleeing Ukraine to Romania. Steve Smith and I are meeting with Alex this afternoon to check in.

VIDEOS and PICS:  It was very productive day. We delivered medical supplies to the local children hospital in Ukrainian, city of Chernovtsy.  They were so thankful. We were able to meet with several families whose children are struggling with different disease. It’s hard to provide encouragement during this tough time but we did our best.  Late afternoon we started to assemble the second huge tent in downtown Chernovtsy. There are 300,000 people live in this town and about 60,000 refugees found the safe place here. In the few days they will put kitchen appliances into these tents and then they will start feeding those refugees. We are staying at school and as I am writing this note, there is a siren we hear now and we have to run to the basement…talk to you later. Thanks for prayers.

VIDEO -  Alex: My new friend Teo has a big heart toward the Ukrainian refugees providing for them a lodging and food while they staying at his hotel in Arad. Praise God for such example!

Alex: A special thank to Cristian Barbosu for leading the Ukrainian relieve team and directing team members in the most possible effective way. Our meetings at Arad Harvest church are very productive and leaders take responsibility sharing their time, treasure and talents to make life of refugees little easy.

Yesterday another group of refugees left Arad on the bus to Budapest. Romanian people united as well with compassion helping thousands of Ukrainian refugees. 500,000 refugees alone just in Romania. People here receiving an emotional healing, homes with nice beds are open for them to stay and even for some already found the place to work. I am sending a few pictures.