Friends,
Thank you so much for all your messages and prayers over the last month. Just like you, we are still horrified and heartbroken by what's happening in Ukraine. We were so thankful for a couple of opportunities to help people in our network early on, before there were so many systems in place here to support the refugee crisis. The two women you see in this photo stayed with us for just under a week, and they were so sweet and kind. Having them with us even stopped Jakob's nightmares, as he put it, "because at least I know that they are safe." They don't speak German or English- so we were thanking God for Google Translate!! We also put up a mom with 4 kids in another one of our staff's apartment for a couple days until they were able to find something permanent. We continue to pray alongside you, for them and many others, and we will continue to keep a lookout for ways that the crisis intersects with our mission of reaching adolescents here in Munich. Just like we still spend time with many Syrian teenagers, I'm guessing we'll be meeting more Ukrainian teenagers and University students in the next years.
