Russian air strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid Nov. 23 left millions of people with no light, water or heat, according to a Nov. 25 Reuters article.

Ongoing forced power outages means Ukrainians are facing a bleak and cold winter. In partnership with numerous relief organizations, Mennonite Brethren churches are scrambling to provide people with warm clothing, stoves, firewood, generators, flashlights, batteries and basic food supplies. In addition to help from North America, aid has recently come Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite churches in Korea and European countries.

“Your brotherly love, help, unity and support strengthen us to try—with all our might—to help both those who are fleeing Ukraine and those that remain behind,” says MB pastor Gediminas Dailyde in an email to Multiply, the North American MB mission agency. “Even as we witness the worst rampages of Satan during this war, we also experience an extraordinary work of God.”

Read the full story in the Christian Leader magazine.

Can you help?

Two North American Mennonite Brethren agencies are providing opportunities to give toward this need for heat and basic supplies as winter settles in.