Faces of the Force

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Update #8: Cherkasy, Ukraine

May 16, 2022
Shocking is my word for the day. We were up very early this morning to drive nearly 4 hours towards the frontlines of the war, stopping in Cherkasy, a modern city of 300,000, and the capital of the...
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Update #7: Kniazhychi, Ukraine

May 15, 2022
Sunday was a day for attending church services, gathering together for communal meals, and, unfortunately, being reminded of the horrors of war. We attended Sunday morning services at the...
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Update #6: Irpin and Bucha, Ukraine

May 14, 2022
“There are no words….” As a retired Army Colonel, I’ve served in several combat zones in the midst of war, and seen its ugly aftermath. But never have I witnessed first hand the utter and brutal...
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Update # 5: Kyiv, Ukraine

May 12, 2022
We boarded our train in Przemysl, Poland, and arrived tonight after a 13-hour train ride. We made stops in Lviv and a few other large cities, before disembarking at the gigantic, but dark train...
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Update # 4: Przemysl, Poland

May 11, 2022
We’ve arrived near the Polish/Ukraine border, at Przemysl. We met tonight at “The Hub,” which is a storefront property near the train station that members of Poland and Ukraine’s Church of the...
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