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Sharing Christ in Russian and Ukrainian Meet Sasko · Pastor John Piper's answers

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  Speaker 1: My name is Tashkon Zamudinov and I am a church
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  Speaker 1: planter serving in Krakow, Poland. In twenty seventeen, I also
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  Speaker 1: started a Christian publishing house that produces Christian literature in Polish.
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  Speaker 1: Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine that started at the
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  Speaker 1: end of February, millions of Ukrainians fled westwards, almost five
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  Speaker 1: million across the Polish Ukrainian border. This has created a
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  Speaker 1: massive challenge for churches in Central and Western Europe, but
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  Speaker 1: at the same time it has created a wonderful opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to minister to these people and an opportunity to reach
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  Speaker 1: them with the Gospel. One of the things that we're
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  Speaker 1: doing in partnership with Desiring God is this literature distribution project.
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  Speaker 1: We have printed forty eight thousand books in Ukrainian and Russian,
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  Speaker 1: and these books include Joy for You and also Fifty
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  Speaker 1: Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper. We
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  Speaker 1: are happy to distribute these books for free to the
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  Speaker 1: displaced Ukrainians that are located in the Czech Republic, in
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  Speaker 1: Poland and also in Germany. When the warfare started, our
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  Speaker 1: church started as shelter. We used to receive a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people there for short term stay. Now these displaced
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  Speaker 1: Ukrainians are getting settled in the city, we no longer
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  Speaker 1: need the shelter, so we converted it into a temporary
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  Speaker 1: warehouse where we are storing all these books and where
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  Speaker 1: we are sending them and shipping them from to all
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  Speaker 1: these local churches that will be requesting the books. For
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  Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks or maybe even months, we
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  Speaker 1: will be distributing these books to local churches in Germany,
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  Speaker 1: the Czech Republic and Poland, and we hope that these
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  Speaker 1: materials will equip local churches in their efforts to reach
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  Speaker 1: the displaced Ukrainians with the gospel. I would like to
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  Speaker 1: take an opportunity to thank all the donors and sponsors
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  Speaker 1: that have contributed towards this big project. We believe that
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  Speaker 1: through this literature and through these books that will be
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  Speaker 1: distributed for free, many souls and lives will be touched
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  Speaker 1: and transformed. Thank you so much for partnering with us
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  Speaker 1: in this effort.