My visit to Kyiv, Ukraine
25 JUNE 2022
God has challenged me. Travelling to a war zone, I spoke to a 50 year old woman whose husband volunteered to join the fight against Russian aggression. Here everyone believes in the maidan, the revolution of dignity, and in freedom and independence, things we take for granted. They are prepared to die fighting. They have called for our help and hope we will respond. I didn’t anticipate the terror I would feel when I heard the air raid sirens. I am humbled by the bravery of these average people in the face of impossible odds. No greater love hath any man than this, than to lay his life down for his friends. - John 15:13 I hope I can match them in commitment to my principles. I don’t know if I believe in their cause enough yet to enlist myself. But I do know eventually we will all have to stand for something, and maybe we should stand together. God speed Ukraine.