Our ministry in the Ukraine began over 20 years ago but the last five years have seen significant change. With the support of Russia, a group of independents loyal to Russia have taken over the Eastern Side of the Nation and currently occupy it. The purpose of this was for Russia to have access to the Black Sea and for them to have a land bridge from Russia to the coast. The area they confiscated is where we had based our ministry for the past 20 years. Now we have had to move out of this area I will call Eastern Ukraine into the unoccupied territory and begin new ministries there. We are helping a few churches that already exist but also helping plant some new churches in that area.