‘The Church is working as Christ intended’ Diary of a Christian aid worker on the Ukrainian border
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Gwyn Williams2022-05-06T11:41:00
Gwyn Williams has just returned from the Ukrainian-Romanian border. There, he saw the despair of people traumatised by loss, and experienced the joy of seeing the Church work together to show Christ’s love. But with the conflict showing no signs of abating, he says the need is greater than ever
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