Petro fled Ukraine as a teenager, carrying the unseen weight of displacement while trying to build a new life in Poland. Through OM supported activities and the Psalm Counselling Centre, people like Petro are finding space to process trauma, receive care in their own language, and begin to heal.
Arianna spent a week with the OM team in Poland sharing Christ's love with those impacted by war.
On the Sunday before the three-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, churches across Poland lifted prayers through tears — prayers of lament, yet also of unwavering hope.
Paul Bell (HR Lead for OM UK) spent a week in Warsaw serving war refugees from Ukraine with OM Poland. This is his diary.
In the 1990s, Dolly King served in Ukraine with her husband and four children. In 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, Dolly was inspired to resume her ministry abroad, this time in Poland to serve Ukrainians and others in need.
Arwa*, Arman* and their young family came to Poland in search of a better life by establishing a business. They met Weronika, the OM team leader, who works with refugees, and their lives changed in more ways that they could imagine.
Arwa, Arman and their young children, like many thousands of others, decided to leave their country of origin to seek a better life in Poland. Poland, the bridge between East and West, and a vibrant European nation of 38 million, offers a home for people from other Slavic countries, the Middle East, Asia and Africa who experience limited freedom or access to followers of Jesus and His message of peace and restoration. In seeking economic stability, this family discovered God loves and cares for them personally.
Two years after the invasion of Ukraine, the OM team in Poland remains committed to supporting the ongoing needs of Ukrainians crossing the border.