Missionaries from North Texas have helped several hundred refugees escape Ukraine. While their loved ones here the work is important, they're worried their lives are at risk.
These Ukrainian missionaries have woken to sounds of explosions and gunshots. Their priority is safely getting refugees out of the country. But once that happens, a new struggle begins.
Valentin and Tatyana Sviontek came to the U.S. in 1989. They became citizens but moved back to Ukraine in 1996 for mission work. They’ve lived there ever since. "People calling us right now because they left Ukraine," Tatyana said. "And they say, ‘Help us. We don’t know where to go, what to do, and we have no money.’"
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