One of the stations we operate in Eastern Ukraine is located in Pokrovsk, a city now caught in the midst of fierce battles. The front line is just three miles away.
I have friends and family still living there, enduring daily bombardments with little rest or peace.
FEBC was the last station still broadcasting in Pokrovsk. “I don’t understand how your signal is still on the air,” one official in Kyiv told me. “All the others have been taken out.” And yet, by God’s grace, our station continued to proclaim the message of hope—until a recent, devastating attack brought it to silence.
Days later, a soldier walked into one of our offices in another city, carrying a box. “I’m glad I found you,” he said, and opened it to reveal a small transmitter.
“This is from your station in Pokrovsk. “I’m stationed there—and I became one of your listeners. FEBC was my lifeline, my source of hope as I lived through hell: losing friends, sleepless nights, questioning why I was still alive.” Our staff stared in disbelief. “You went up the tower under fire… just to rescue this?”
“Through this transmitter I heard the Good News.”
“To you, it may look like a piece of equipment,” he said quietly. “But through this transmitter, I heard the Good News. Through it, I met Jesus—my Lord and Savior. I’m alive because of what I heard.”
He smiled through tears. “I have to go,” he said, shaking hands with our stunned team.
And just like that, he was gone. We never got his name. But it’s written where it matters most—in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Friends, your prayers and your financial support are helping us share the Gospel with millions—not only in Ukraine, but across Eurasia. Thank you!
While many in the West are understandably growing weary of news from Ukraine, the need is only increasing. And every gift you give becomes even more vital—for us, for the Lord’s work, and for those who are still hearing the Gospel for the first time.
One day, in eternity, countless hands will reach out in gratitude—including the hand of a once-unknown soldier.
Victor P. Akhterov, PhD,
is the senior coordinator
of FEBC-Eurasia, which
includes Ukraine, Russia,
and six other countries.
