Such ongoing horror for the people who have not left. And always the threat that R might again try to attack Kyiv. How not to live in fear.
A couple days ago I talked to a Ukrainian who moved to Canada 7 years ago with her husband and children. She works in the immigration center in her city and sees refugees every day and talks to them and tries to help them. She said many of them when they get here just sit in their apartment doing nothing except watching the news and longing to go home. They don’t function. They can’t look to the future. And there are millions of those Ukrainians in other countries as well as in Ukraine itself. Sometimes…the grief is so great. Tatiana’s parents are still in Ukraine. They refuse to leave as many older people do. They know the risks of dying. But they would rather stay there and try to help a few others who have stayed than to face life in another country. Gasoline is rationed, the prices are so high, and the available gas and diesel of such poor quality—many people just walk.
Last week we had different meetings with different friends—some old and some new! We were in Calgary Alberta and shared with Emmanuel Church on Sunday. On Tuesday and Wednesday evening we met with different people, most of whom we’ve known for a long time. It is a joy to see how much people care about Ukraine.
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