Louisiana pastor returns from Ukraine

AMITE, La. (WAFB) – An Amite pastor and his spouse witnessed the destruction in Ukraine firsthand.

Mervin and Dasha Strother, senior pastors at Cornerstone Church of Amite, simply returned after three days of volunteering at a refugee middle on the border of Ukraine and Romania, the place they helped translate for households from Ukraine.

Ukrainian officers say greater than 4 million refugees have fled the nation, most of them girls and youngsters. They usually’re taking shelter in mainly any open house they’ll discover.

“It was actual somber. They stated, if one thing occurs right here, now we have nowhere to go. There’s no cowl. There’s nothing we are able to do,” stated Mervin Strother.

“As we had been sitting there, an air raid siren went off. Any constructing that’s nonetheless standing is getting used for the conflict effort: colleges, church buildings, civic facilities, campgrounds, each place has refugees in it,” stated Strother.

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