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With the escalation of the war in Ukraine in Feb of 2022, life changed for a lot of Europeans. When Ukrainian families had to flee because their cities and villages were being bombed, someone had to take them in. Poland, Romania, Moldova, Hungary and Slovakia are among the top European recipients of refugees as they border Ukraine and have been very helpful and supportive in this time of need. But these countries couldn’t take in millions and millions of refugees on their own, and a lot of other European countries stepped in to help. As of late June 2022, nearly 7 million Ukrainians have fled their country, with more than half, around 4.3 million, going to Poland. No doubt Poland has taken in the greatest amount of refugees, but its not easy to house, feed and provide medical attention to an influx of over 4 million people by a country Poland’s size. Of course not all 4.3 million refugees stayed in Poland. Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany and a few others bordering Poland have been helping relieve the burden Poland has taken on.

Pastor Slavik Mayboroda, being from Ukraine, wanted to help at least some the people fleeing his own country. He left Russia with his family, where they’d been doing missionary work in the Far-East for over 20 years now, and went to Latvia. In Latvia, he first served the Ukrainian refugees as a pastor and counselor, talking to people and praying with them. Most of them still had family in Ukraine. He later joined volunteers from churches to help bring smore Ukrainian refugees in to Latvia from Poland.

Egor Krasheninnikov was born in 1996 together with his sister Galya. They are twins. Galya is 15 minutes older. There are three children in the family. There is an older brother, Kolya, born in 1995.
When they were still children, mom and dad parted ways. Some time later, in 2015, their dad drowned in the Kur River, near the village of Pobeda, under unknown circumstances.
In September 2016, during a family quarrel, his stepfather, who was drunk, stabbed Egor in the stomach. Egor lost a lot of blood. He was taken to Khabarovsk by helicopter. Several operations were performed. The last one was in May 2017. As a result, he was left with a colostomy.
A few years ago we had one of our summer camps in the village of Pobeda. Egor came to the camp and so we got to know each other better. After a while, we learned about what had happened to him earlier. When we asked if he was planning to undergo an operation to remove the colostomy, he said that he was afraid of the consequences, because the last operation was very unsuccessful and with dire consequences.
But the main thing is that he began to read the Gospel and attend church services. In 2020, he received holy water baptism. After a while, in a conversation, he said that he agrees to do the operation to remove the colostomy. In November, we started the preparation process. As a result, the operation is scheduled for June 16. Egor has now undergone a preoperative examination. On June 14th we should get the result.
We ask you to pray for him. As of now, he is the only Christian among his relatives.
If God puts it on your heart, you can take part in his surgery financially. You can donate right here on our website, just add “Egors Surgery” in the memo.