June 14th

Here is an update on the van that was so needed and being put to very good use to bless around 200 families (plus extra emergency calls).  I have included photos of the van and just a few of the many recipients of the aid it brought to them in Kiev. 

Norbert, a man in the large Freiburg non profit called City Mission that helps Father's House,  spent a long time on our behalf looking at options. We sent the funds through this non profit to purchase his best find - a used van in very good condition. Vera's brother who drives it, Denis, and the team call it 'the Man Van' - which I just discovered by looking at the photo  is because Man is a brand of trucks and vans made in Munich!Vera's brother Philip then drove the van loaded with humanitarian aid from Germany to the Polish border, where it was collected by a Ukrainian lady who drove it over the border into Ukraine to Denis (because men under 60 can't cross out of Ukraine during the war).  In Kiev, the van was unloaded and separated into packages for families in urgent need (see the photo of two of our social workers helping Denis). We have three social workers who never stopping going to crisis families in their care even when the attacks on Kiev was at their worst. At the moment the van is in Switzerland being loaded with humanitarian aid from there and will be driven to the Polish border to be taken over this week. It is amazing how so many people are working together in what has become a streamlined operation to help those in desperate need. The new, reliable van is making such a difference and we are all very grateful that its purchase was made possible by funds generously given!