Ukraine Prayer # 533

Ira Kapitonova
May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!
Psalm 29:11
I was too exhausted to hear anything at night. After the air raid alert on my phone, we crawled into our apartment hallway and went right back to sleep. However, the morning news hit us hard.
There were more strikes on energy infrastructure. The largest generation facility (thermal power plant) in the Kyiv region (that supplied electricity to the central regions of Ukraine) is completely destroyed. The situation is as dire in several other regions. We don't even want to imagine what the next winter may feel like.
 
In such hopeless times, how much more precious it is to read about Lithuania promising to supply equipment from their suspended power stations and about Latvia signing a long-term security agreement with Ukraine, promising to provide annual military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 0.25% of their GDP. Thank you, dear brothers and sisters!
 
Providing military aid to Ukraine now is not about military gain. It is about our survival. Please, contact the office of your political representative and ask them to stand with Ukraine.
 
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’" (Matthew 25:35-40)
 
Please continue to pray for protection for the power grid. Give thanks for the kindness shown by the neighboring nations.

Al Akimoff and the Slavic Ministries Team
 
Today's picture is an illustration by Oleksiy 'Kusto' Kustovsky. It's a tribute to our incredible power engineers.