Field Notes

Connecting Communities Across Continents to Deliver Aid and Hope

August 30, 2026

Accordingly

It’s 16:30 on the afternoon of August 29th, and I’m driving east, doing upwards of 150 kilometers an hour in a teeny 2008 Citroën held together by baling wire and optimism. The flat, extraordinary…

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August 12, 2026

A prayer for children in Kherson

, and for all who love them: May we choose to be kind even when we don’t feel strong; May we choose to do what we can today even when we don’t see a way past tomorrow; May we choose to keep moving…

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August 8, 2026

Unacceptable

It was Saturday morning in Kherson. Our group of five people was walking again, because it wasn’t safe to drive anymore where we were going, and a helpful resident had once again reminded us of one…

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August 7, 2026

Thirty-Six Minutes in Kherson

There are five of us crammed into the back of the 2008 Citroën C4, along with so many craft supplies, boxes of donated clothing, and a portable karaoke station that we couldn’t rapidly exit this…

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August 5, 2026

Attempted Murder in Kherson

This is pretty straightforward. At approximately 0645 on Tuesday morning, August 4th, a 52-year old man named Yuri was selling vegetables with his wife at a farmer’s market in the Tavryiskyi…

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August 4, 2026

Imago Dei

. Це був житловий район. Сталися вибух і пожежа. Щонайменше пів десятка приватних будинків пошкоджено або зруйновано. Кілька людей поранено. Щонайменше одна людина загинула. Рятувальники працювали в…

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