HIGHPOINT SEND NETWORK RESPONSE TO THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS

 Thank you friends for continue supporting people from Mariupol. I just got a letter from Pastor Sergey: Greetings, brother Alex! Yesterday guests from Romania, Italy and even Australia came to get to know us and convey blessings and help from their churches, which we are already starting to deliver to people who left Mariupol today! Many thanks to God for His love and care and for you  brother, that you turned out to be the very link through which God poured out His blessing into the lives of many people who found themselves without a home, job and livelihood! Today 27 people will receive food packages! We are very grateful to the Lord and His Church for support, care and love!  Thanks again to God for introducing us!  I will send photos as the sets are distributed. God bless, brother! Huge greetings from all of us Mariupol residents of your Church! God bless you!

Pastor Christian just let me know they got the transport van. Go God! Together we all made this happen. Collaboration at it's finest. So proud to be in this family with all of you!

From Pastor Doru: Olena and her little boy. They're both healthy. An incredible story. She came from the Kiev area with her husband and the other 2 boys. After 3 weeks, they decided to drive around the Black Sea to Azerbaijan to his sister in a car smaller than a Matiz. They were stopped at the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan because of documents. They decided to return to Constanta because they said "the Vertical Church received us as a family" She gave birth yesterday, and her husband and a friend want to go back to their hometown to take the rest of their belongings and settle here, because they feel safe. Thank God for everything!

  Russian Easter Celebration and Ukrainian Update Sunday April 24th @ 4:00pm Highpoint Church (Wheaton Location) 1310 N Main St, Wheaton, IL 60187 We would love for you and all of your interested folks to join us for  an incredible time of celebrating the Resurrection of our Savior, King Jesus. He is our Hope for today, both here and on the front lines of the Ukrainian Crisis.  In addition to celebrating Easter,  Pastor Alex Zhdan , who just returned from Ukraine, will be sharing an update on how together we are delivering that Hope with our network's relief efforts in Ukraine and Romania. He will share stories of how God is working in and through  our partnership  as together we Pray, Give, and Go! Make a new friend or reconnect with old ones  after the service as we share coffee, tea, and great conversations. PLEASE NOTE: This service will be in Russian (with English interpretation headsets available)

VIDEO: Watch this incredible update from Pastor Christian on what God is doing in and through our partnership on the front lines of the Ukrainian Crisis... CLICK HERE TO WATCH  

VIDEO: Pastor Christian is visiting one of the places that orphans are being cared for. These little ones have lost their families or their families have been killed on the front lines of the Ukrainian Crisis. Please pray, give, and go as God leads your heart.  from Pastor Christain: Thank you Alex for your heart. You are an example and inspiration for us. I arrived last night in Chernovtsy after 4 hr wait at the border. We unloaded a van and a trailer at Grace church, and today we unload the aid for the Mariupol group, the medical supply for the hospital, buy fresh meat for the refugees and work at Remar in the tents. Yesterday 8000 came from the war region in Dombas brought in w trains and buses. We will bring 15 of them to Oradea, Romania when we leave - another 15 hr drive. Praise God for the privilege to serve him!

From Alex: I thank God for the opportunity to share about our work in Ukraine with the some of the Highpoint Church Naperville students tonight.

Hello friends - Pastor Doru just got back from Mamaia Nord and sent this great update. See how God is using our partnership to provide safety, refuge, and now  restoration... Below are some pictures and a few words of update from Mamaia-Nord, as I just was there and celebrate   1 Year   of God’s work among them! They host 47 adults and 45 kids in that hotel and last Sunday over 30 Ukrainians were worshiping with us, even though only 2 families are christians! Praise GOD! The needs for all this are like this: rent - 10,000 euros per month (is almost 100 euros per day,  for the whole building with 42 rooms! ) Utilities - 2,000 euros (electricity, heat, water hot and cold) Food - including meat, eggs etc (not just non-perishable food) hiring a full-time person for all the needs: talking to people, administrate de hotel etc They are doing Romanian language classes with adults and also with kids, trying to integrate them at some workplaces and so on.

 VIDEO LINK: Click here to see the story that News 5 Chicago NBC did on our very own Pastor Alex... NBC 5 NEWS LINK

 VIDEO:  Here is an update from Pastor Christian who is in Ukraine right now meeting and working with local officials and leaders to begin moving into the next phase of relief efforts. https://www.dropbox.com/s/tmf9cjhl910v440/Cristi%20HPS%20Update%2001042022.mov?dl=0

 Large Transportation Vans - Approximately $20k USD Each From Pastor Christian: I do believe that this is the most important thing because it is fundamental to everything we do. Food and hygiene products we can buy, volunteers we can have but how do we take them in Ukraine without a good car. Also we are filling 4 vans of aid a week and although it is hard to cover financially, we can still manage, but to buy a van is way beyond our abilities. Actually, all the vans we ever had at the church were bought them with a budget of $10k because we could not afford them, but because they were old and used, they cannot last long or take long rides. To go to Sighet (Ukrainian Border) is 12 hours round trip, to go to Cernauti is anywhere between 24-30 hours round trip, and most times loaded. That's why this time we prefer to buy a new one... because we get 4 year warranty and also because the second hand vans are the the same price like the ones we want to buy and it is new.

 FROM PASTOR ALEX: Hi guys, I am back in Chicago but revived bunch of pic and video about what is going on in those tents that we build up in partnership with Remar. Only God!

Praise God for these faithful brothers who are going to help Ukraine this week from Harvest Arad. Please join us in praying for these dear brothers! 🙏🏻 Pray for the fruit that God will bring as he works in and through these men.

 Click here to watch this week's amazing update from the front lines... https://www.dropbox.com/s/tmf9cjhl910v440/Cristi%20HPS%20Update%2001042022.mov?dl=0