Update – March, 2026
As I begin to write this, welcome from Massachusetts, aka the Frozen Tundra. Several times in February I had to use my blow dryer on my back door to be able to get out. I was brought up in this weather in Maine, but never got used to it, or liked it. We learned that the Blizzard of ’26 officially surpassed the Blizzard of ’78!! I’m SO ready for Spring and Summer!!
It has been difficult being back in MA during this period of time. I should be in the ‘other’ land that I love, but duties here in my house demanded that I stay in MA. A fairly serious mold-issue in my basement dictated that. I began to sense that the Lord was calling me to this back mid-October, 2025 – that I would not be returning to RO in the 2026 Winter months. And may I add that He so kindly and gently led me into this knowing that to not be with our ‘littles’ and our ‘kids’ would be unduly upsetting for me.
It’s still upsetting, but I know it’s His leading and what I’m to do at this time. It’s particularly upsetting concerning what has gone on with three of our precious girls, Khersyt, Mihaela, and Cocolina at Barza Mica. They have all been moved to Victoria Orphanage in the city of Victoria (so named because the Communists delighted in building a city ground-up where no churches would ever be allowed – no God!) This particular orphanage is a nightmare!! Please pray that the Lord will move these girls back to B. Mica/to us. Please!
It’s a rather long story, much of which I have put in an email Update, but our pastors’ mission to Ukraine in February was wonderfully successful. LFA made it not only possible to give many Ukrainians (whom we know) more food and supplies than ever – but to faithfully share the Good News of our Jesus at every stop they made. Also, God had put it in my heart in December to ask Ovi to inquire if there were any Jews in the area of UA where we minister. There were!! Twelve Messianic Jews in one of the churches we always visit and minister to. The people from that particular church had fled at the onset of the war (four years ago!!) leaving only ‘handful’ of people to worship there together. This time there were over a hundred people coming to the church (meeting in the cold, dark, dank basement – faithfully to worship our Jesus!!
Thank you for praying for Ovi and the two other pastors. Their lives were in peril every minute they were in UA! If you would like more information, please email me at lvfrmabv@yahoo.com and I will include you in the next Update. ‘We’ are wanting to go back and serve these precious people in March. Please pray to that end!
In the meantime, we keep our ‘littles’ and our ‘kids’ supplied with the many meds, food and supplies they need in this difficult winter. There has been so much sickness in the case (houses/orphanages). I send them little love notes via the director.
Besides taking care of the mold-issue in my house, my time here in MA is spent visiting and ministering to the elderly, involving myself in prayer meetings, signing up to help with my church’s overnight Warming Center – talking weekly with Corina (who works with me in RO), staying on top of things with Ovi and all that LFA needs to be doing there with him and with the chuch, seeing to it that improvements are being made to Bradet Orphanage for some of our ‘kids’ to be moved there, and as always, more, more, more . . .
More than anything, I want to be who God wants me to be – what and where He wants me to be. But I have to tell you, that I’m ready on a moment’s notice to head back to the ‘other’ land that I love!!! Pray for me to listen for the Shepherd’s voice – to follow Him . . .