7th National Day of Prayer for Ukraine, 22 June 2024, with 8000 in attendance. This is the 3rd year of the full-scale Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Even as the Prayer was taking place, a power cut or incoming missile attack could have closed the meeting at any moment... But praise God there was no incident.
David said, "We're here, praying for God to change the course of the war today and give you the total Victory - to God be the Glory! NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR GOD. This Day of Prayer, no man could do it under these circumstances, but God has a plan for Ukraine, to use Ukraine for His Glory. Ukraine, you will see the Victory by the Power of Jesus' Name."
Preparations for the 7th Major National Day of Prayer were made in the most difficult days of this active phase of Putin's war, with Ukraine on the 'back foot", being for six months without the promised supply of American weapons, whilst Russia daily sacrificed her men in the meat-grinder of this unjustified and relentless aggression, and, without any break, lobbed its missiles and drones indiscriminately across all Ukraine. How could we seriously plan for the 7th Day of Prayer in the National Sport Palace under such conditions?
Preparations began 9 months in advance. Starting with the Spiritual Council of Bishops, a total of 9 working groups, responsible for the actual programme, for the music and media teams, for the prayer teams covering every aspect of preparation, for the ushers and welcome teams - 1000 people in total - set out to work. Together they developed a fully-integrated unity across denominational, generational and cultural divides.
But all this would never have been possible without one man, Vadym. We are so grateful to God for him. He is David's trusted representative in Ukraine, and is responsible for this whole work, made more difficult by the wartime conditions. In addition to coordinating the work of the teams, he alone had to negotiate with the stringent requirements of the Kyiv Military Administration, City Administration, National Police and Ministry of Emergencies.