Luke 12 v. 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

A window of opportunity opened to take material aid into Ukraine to support our brethren there next Friday and Saturday (3/11 & 3/12). The shipment will include adult depends, baby diapers, 100 pairs of shoes (from Germany), medicine and 100 comforters. They need to buy some of the items and funds from the committee will be sent Monday to cover two trips. 200 comforters will go on the 2nd trip.

As to comforters and other bed coverings, Filip said other sizes would be a big help as many refugees are children and they can use what we send.  We are looking at sending what we can get around in March to Romania. We are checking with CAM for available delivery dates.

10 pallets of soup are coming to Antioch from Holland along with other supplies. It is easier coming from Europe (Holland) to the USA, but Filip agreed to check whether a shipment of food from USA was feasible.

The Hungarian churches are prepared to help any brethren coming from Ukraine, and Filip did not think they need aid from us at this time.

Filip liked the concepts for plywood beds/mattresses coming from Eastern Ohio Harvest Call Center and we will continue to pursue. According to latest available data, 1.45 million people have left Ukraine. .

An opportunity for one or more committee members to travel to Romania and observe and help seems open at the end of March.

From David vanDam in Holland:

Regarding sending humanitarian aid, I have seen a warehouse full of preserves, toilet paper, hygiene articles. We have already made reservations for 11 pallets chicken soup.

They have 1.25 pallets of candles. They have plenty vegetables in cans and e.g. ravioli in cans, pasta, rice, sugar, water in bottles, cooking oil, olive oil, toothpaste, toothbrushes, ladies hygiene articles, shower gel, shampoo, etc. I will try to connect to a Dutch farmer with a company in both

Poland and Ukraine, to see if he can help to import the humanitarian aid. I will coordinate it with Filip and keep you in the loop.