Terrifying realities face citizens in Israel and Ukraine where daily life occurs in the echos of sirens and explosions. What is on the other side of those realities? (more…)
Bob JonesSeptember 18, 2024
My friend in Ukraine sent me a video and some photos this week. That’s not unusual but this time my heart skipped a beat when I looked at the images. (more…)
Bob JonesAugust 28, 2024
What is the reality of living with Russia as your neighbour? How is the brutality of the ongoing, full-scale invasion seeping into every aspect of the day-to-day lives of Ukrainians? What about energy? (more…)
Bob JonesAugust 21, 2024
This is the story. I write it with tears and pride. With tears for all the terror we received (and still receive) from Russia, and with pride for our invincible spirit. (more…)
Bob JonesJuly 31, 2024
700 kms of driving, delivering food, preaching, supporting a fellow pastor, and keeping an ear open for incoming rockets. All in a day’s work for one Ukrainian pastor. (more…)
Bob JonesJuly 31, 2024
Holodomor sounds like an imaginative place in Middle Earth from JRR Tolkien’s, The Lord of the Rings but it has a more sinister origin. (more…)
Bob JonesJuly 4, 2024
A recent conversation with a friend motivated me to clarify my work in Ukraine. (more…)
Bob JonesJune 9, 2024
On May 29, a 25-year-old combat medic with the Hospitallers Medical Battalion, Iryna Tsybukh was killed by a Russian missile. (more…)
Bob JonesJune 5, 2024
The pen is a mighty sword. That is no more evident than in the press coverage of the Ukraine and Israel wars. (more…)
Bob JonesMay 30, 2024