Ukraine (MNN) — When toys lie in rubble and nights are shattered by explosions, Ukrainian children need hope beyond this world. Keys for Kids Ministries works to bring that hope to Ukrainian children — this time with a goal of one million copies!
Greg Yoder says, “Since our partnership with Mission Eurasia, we’ve been actually able to distribute 600,000 copies of Keys for Kids and Unlocked into war-torn regions, not only Ukraine, but surrounding countries as well.”
Yet, the need is immense.
Children endure severe trauma, facing the war while growing up and coping with fear and loss. This brings existential questions that need help answering.
“How do I express my feelings? How do I express the fact that I’ve lost every family member? How do I express in my heart that I don’t have any hope, and that there is no hope and I don’t know where to turn?” says Yoder.
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He recalls a story of a young, orphaned girl who wouldn’t speak. As she drew pictures, it became clear why.
“Little girl drew a picture of a dad figure, a mom figure, a couple of siblings, a house, an animal, and then one by one began crossing them off, because all of them had died.”
“That’s what they’re dealing with right now,” concludes Yoder, “and it’s on all phases of the spectrum, from young children all the way to adults, because even some of the adults don’t know how to express what they’ve seen, the trauma that they’ve experienced in this horrible tragedy of war.”
With stories like these piling up, the need for the Gospel is urgent. Keys for Kids materials are designed to meet that need!
Yoder describes, “What Keys for Kids Ministries does through our devotionals is it points kids to that they need a Savior to save them from their sins, and they can have a relationship with Jesus Christ.”
It gives them Someone and something to hope in, because their hope is not in this world — it’s in Christ, in Him rescuing them, saving, and drawing into relationship with Him.
Keys for Kids Ministries‘ partners in Ukraine have requested one million devotionals to share God’s Word! Join them in this goal.
Pray also for sustainable peace in Ukraine, and for provision in the years of restoration — physical, spiritual, emotional, and psychological.
Header photo courtesy of Hans via Unsplash.
