*InUkraineToHELP

We have been in Ukraine and Poland for almost three weeks now and our Mission is beginning to take shape. After a fair amount difficulty, we aquired a big cargo van with the help of the amazing network of volunteers over here. The other night we met up with other volunteers and loaded our van to the brim with baby formula, diapers, pasta, mush, cooking oil, cereals, and other food products for Kharkiv, one of the hardest hit cities (and second largest city in Ukraine) of the war. We have joined a vast network of independed aid workers who are operating on their own, doing the transportation logistics that large NGO's can't or are unwilling to do. So we have received these items from a couple of aid groups in Poland and we will be delivering them to a few other groups in Kharkiv. While there we will join an informal distribution network that is currently feeding 1500 residents per week. Julianna will also split her time volunteering at the local hospital, which is badly understaffed.  She is working with a group called August Mission to put together an ambulance network to evacuate the worst of those that need to be evacuated to Poland.  While the food we are currently hauling is provided by aid groups, we are paying for the fuel and our lodging as we travel, so your donations are really coming in handy here.  Once in kharkiv we will update you as to how we can most help those desperate and hungry residents.   Thank you for your prayers, intentions, and good energy!!! And thank you for your generous contributions!!!!