God opened the doors once again for Sojourners United to team up with Plain Compassion Crisis Response and Ukranian Chaplain Leonid Nomerchuk.
Prior Trips
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Ukraine (March to April 2023)
02/15/2023
Please unite with us in prayer as Karla and Eric prepare to travel to help those in the Ukraine March 5 to April 5 2023.
God has moved powerfully during this time, sometimes in very unexpected ways. What follows are just a few snapshots of some of the incredible events of this trip.
Rocket strikes didn't stop us from getting needed food parcels and medicines to 7 communities, 4 of which had active shelling, with over a half dozen landing less than 100-200 meters away.
An Amazing Day in Ukraine
06/28/2022
The following thoughts from the morning of 28 June helps capture some of what is going on here as we labor each day to bring hope and help to a stricken land:
Video on world events and Ukraine Trip
06/01/2022
This world appears to be increasingly unhinged: natural disasters appear to be increasing, wars and conflicts, plagues and famine. Displaced peoples, less than 10 million at the turn of the century now approaches 100 million worldwide. How are we to interpret these times? What can we do? What is Sojourners United preparing to do with help of...
God continues to do amazing things, opening wonderful opportunities to work with other groups and build deep friendships. Doors are opened to get medical gear for a trip to help those in Ukraine. Highlights of this trip include:
Not Abandoned - Dec to Feb 2022
04/30/2022
With the chaos and confusion of Afghanistan fresh in our minds from when the US pulled troops out, Karla purposefully travels to Iraq to be there when all US combat troops in Iraq leave. She wants the Iraqi's to know we will stand with them.
The God of Breakthroughs - Sep to Nov 2021
04/30/2022
Sometimes things seem to take so much effort, but then God breaks through and opens the doors! And it is wonderful when this happens. One of the biggest examples of this was being able to rent a base house so that we could now establish a means to store medical equipment in order to be ready to respond when needed....
It's official! - August 2021
04/30/2022
While still awaiting IRS processing of our non-profit application in the US, we receive word that Northern Iraq is ready to approve our request to operate in Iraq. As Country Director, Eric leaves on short notice, and highlights include:
Travel during COVID is not easy. Our mandatory COVID tests results to travel come back just before heading to the El Paso airport and everything appears "good to go". However, in Dallas, we are deplaned when the Airline reps are reviewing our tests and note that the result does not state "PCR" on it. What are we to do? Is...
Mission Impossible 6 – 11 Oct 2020
11/10/2021
When your plans are completely thrown to the wind, destroyed, what do you do? Join us on one adventure where God opened up incredible doors. Like the signature TV story turned movie "mission impossible", can you find the instruction tape, that lets you know that God has a special mission for you? It might not be the entire...