Becoming a refugee is a tragedy that would never happen in a perfect world — but when it does happen, it’s usually a traumatic experience people only endure once. For some refugees in Ukraine, though, the 2022 Russian invasion marks the second time they’ve had to flee...
Several years ago, after seven days of fasting and praying, Michael heard the Lord tell him to prepare a refugee center for Ukrainians. He’s spent nearly a decade preparing, and it wasn’t until this February that he finally understood why the Lord placed Ukrainians on...
Ivanka and Emilia’s lives will never go back to how they were. Even if they can return home someday, the trauma they’ve endured has already changed them forever. When Russia began bombing their hometown of Kyiv on Feb. 24, they didn’t waste a moment. Ivanka told her...
Traveling usually comes with at least a day or two of preparation. You book the hotel, make dining reservations, and most importantly, pack a suitcase filled with everything you’ll need for the trip. Ukrainian refugees didn’t have the opportunity to do any of those...
More than 500,000 people have now fled Ukraine, the United Nations says. To put that into perspective, it took two whole years during the Syrian civil war before the number of refugees in neighboring Turkey reached 220,000 … but it took only four days for almost as...