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Follow up from Poland

5/26/2022

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Thank you everyone for your prayers. God has continued to work in Poland in ways that are truly amazing. I wanted to share how God answered our prayers… 

I asked for prayer for operating and further structure of the hotel. God has provided further clarity with how to streamline operations and keep track of all the refugees. I asked you to pray for volunteers. God is sending many people who not only love the Lord but speak Russian and are able to communicate with the refugees. You prayed for Pastor A. and his work load. God sent clarity in where Pastor A. needs to spend the majority of his time and where he must cut back. Continue to pray for Mr. J he is meeting with the other elders of his church Today, the day after he returned from Poland.  I was able to meet his wife and we worked through a lot of practical questions that gave us further clarity in how to proceed with the church plant. 

You prayed for Mr A. This one is the most exiting one. I meet with Mr. A on Friday the day I landed in Poland. I explained the need in Warsaw and how he would be able to help. Mr. A grew up in America and moved to Ukraine several years ago to work with a church there. When the war started he and his family fled to Poland. God has blessed Mr. A with many gifts which would make him perfect for the work in the hotel. After our meeting he said he needed more clarity form the Lord and would get back to me as he had lots of different ministries and churches asking for him to come work with them. Today I got a call from him saying that he agrees to move his family to Warsaw and to work at the hotel. The cool thing is, his pastor who had no idea we were asking him to come called him and suggested he come to Warsaw and help Pastor A.

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It really does seem like God is pulling different people from all over to use for His glory in Warsaw. I’m so excited for LFBC to be a part of this. Please continue to pray for His glory to spread and people to be saved.

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An update from Poland

5/23/2022

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​Hello, from Poland. When I shared about my trip to Poland, I spoke about how things continually evolved when we arrived here last time. This has continued to be the case as God makes clear what our purpose is in being here and how we are to continue serving in Poland.

Th last several weeks, my partner and I spent a couple days trying to locate and lock down a cheaper rate for a hotel that would be funded and ran through LFBC. The rates I was getting back were higher than expected and the bigger problem was the availability was not there. A mid-June start date seemed to be more difficult. I called Mr. G (OSHU) to discuss flights for some of the volunteers. Remember our agreement with him was to help run his organization until the end of June. We then spoke about what to do past June with the existing hotel. OSHU has continued to raise more and more financial support. They have enough funds to extend the current rooms through July. I proposed that we, as a church would run the Hotel as we saw fit while they payed for the rooms. He quickly agreed to this. At their latest meeting with the support they are receiving it seemed possible to let this run for the foreseeable future. This allows us to spend the money that we have raised to pay for the tickets of the volunteers that we send, but more importantly to use that money to plant a church.

Please pray for the following things:
  1. Continued wisdom in how to operate the hotel
  2. God would send volunteers who love the Lord and desire to serve people at the Hotel
  3. Pastor A and his work load
  4. Mr J. - he is one of the members of the core group who will be working with the church plant. He plans to move his family to Warsaw.
  5. Mr. I. - Pray the lord makes it clear where he wants him to be in Poland. We really need someone who can handle the admin side of things on the ground here in Warsaw. He is very capable and would be great to have him on board.
Thank you all for your prayers and support.

​Pastor Daniel
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Our Mission

5/10/2022

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The war in Ukraine has displaced millions of people, especially women and children. Many of these refugees have fled to Poland. The Polish government and general population have gone through great lengths to house and care for the Ukrainians. Warsaw alone has had about 500,000 refugees enter its city. Their options for housing are very limited.
LFBC seeks to help women and children; most of whose husbands and fathers have stayed back in Ukraine to fight in the war or help as civilians.

Our goal is to rent hotel rooms to house the refugees.
This is temporary housing that gives the refugees the time and ability to find permanent housing and jobs or figure out where to go after Poland. The refugees that have had the ability to live in a hotel instead of the expo center have been significantly more successful in landing jobs and finding housing. Many of these women left Ukraine with nothing. We hope to provide for their immediate needs and basic necessities.

All of the money raised will directly provide housing for Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

We have also been able to build relationships with several doctors and catering services that are willing to provide medical care and meals to those who will be in the hotel, as well as a pastor who provides medical supplies to soldiers on the front lines.

Apart from the massive financial and physical need, the greatest need is spiritual. The beauty of providing for the physical needs of these people is the ability to share the Gospel with them. Through the darkest times we can point them to Christ. He alone can provide hope, peace, and comfort despite complete despair.​

LFBC believes that the Lord works through the local church to bring about his purposes. The fundamental goal of LFBC is to assist in the planting of a church in Warsaw for the Ukrainian people. Prior to the war there was already a very large population of Ukrainians living in Warsaw. The need for a biblical church has only deepened as more Ukrainians have made Warsaw their home.
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    Pastor Daniel Gusev

    ​Pastor Daniel was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1991. His family migrated to California, following his father’s parents who had arrived several years prior. Currently, Daniel has a Grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins still in Ukraine. Some have been able to make it out and are currently in Poland. Others had to stay in Ukraine because they are men who are of fighting age. Pastor Daniel connected with an organization called Operation Safe Harbor Ukraine based out of Lincoln, NE; it was this organization that had the idea of renting out hotel rooms to house refugees. Daniel had the opportunity to go to Poland last month and be a part of OSHU. During his visit, he helped build the structure and operations of the organization. Coming back after that trip, he realized that there was a way to be more effective for Christ by replicating the same process through the Church.

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