{"id":4381,"date":"2014-09-13T14:52:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2014-09-13T17:38:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T14:38:56","slug":"fighting-kills-elderly-church-member-during-ceasefire-in-donetsk-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/fighting-kills-elderly-church-member-during-ceasefire-in-donetsk-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Kills Elderly Church Member During Ceasefire in Donetsk Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I received heart wrenching news from a friend whose church is in Donetsk. A piece of shrapnel killed one of their church members right in her own yard! This is the brutal truth of the supposed ceasefire in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>People are still dying!<\/p>\n<p>Officially the war has killed around 3,000 people, unofficially I&#8217;m sure the number is much higher!<\/p>\n<p>When we\u00a0quantify deaths with numbers and percentages they bear little weight on our conscience and on our heart. But when you have a connection, you begin to understand the overwhelming pain inflicted upon families, communities, and churches by just one death!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4382\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/donetsk-dead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4382\" data-attachment-id=\"4382\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/fighting-kills-elderly-church-member-during-ceasefire-in-donetsk-ukraine\/donetsk-dead\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/donetsk-dead.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1408808073&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;450&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo: Dan Malmqvist\/Nya Tider\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/donetsk-dead.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-4382 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/donetsk-dead.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Dan Malmqvist\/Nya Tider http:\/\/www.nyatider.nu\/en\/a-visit-to-war-torn-donetsk\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/donetsk-dead.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/donetsk-dead-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/donetsk-dead-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/donetsk-dead-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This young girl was also killed by shelling recently in Donetsk | Photo: Dan Malmqvist\/NyaTider<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what my friend wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I just found out that yesterday during the shootout at the Donetsk airport a lady who went to our church was killed, her name was Ludmila Prokofyevna. This is the first person to die in this war, whom I personally knew well. (I hope it&#8217;s the last). She was about 70 years old. When the shooting started she couldn&#8217;t get to cover in time, a piece of shrapnel hit her and she died right in her own yard! It&#8217;s sad&#8230; Although she died tragically I remember that she was always very lively and joyful. She loved to tell people about God. Because of her a few dozen people put their faith in God. And such is the end&#8230; However, I don&#8217;t believe it is the end! I believe she is in heaven now with God and it&#8217;s uncomparably better for her there.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. May the Lord protect our friends and relatives in this lawless republic!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Pray this weekend for the family of this woman who was killed!<\/li>\n<li>Pray for the suffering churches that remain in these regions!<\/li>\n<li>Pray for peace in Ukraine!<\/li>\n<li>Share this with your church and ask them to pray too!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our team of missionaries is actively working to aid churches and citizens in Donetsk and Lughansk regions.<\/p>\n<h4>Learn how you can join us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"How to Help Refugees in Ukraine\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/how-to-help-refugees-in-ukraine\/\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I received heart wrenching news from a friend whose church is in Donetsk. 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