What Happened Dmitry Bodyu?
The statement added that they are “desperate and fearful, seeking solace in God.” His wife, Naghmeh Abedi, has said that she is living in “unbearable fear and anxiety.” He is praying for his family. The family of Ukrainian-American pastor Andrew Warren is calling for his release after he was kidnapped by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. Pastor Warren, who is married with two young children, was on a humanitarian mission to help war-torn regions of Ukraine when he was taken, hostage. In a statement to CNN, the Warren family said they were “heartbroken and fearful for their safety.” They said they were working for his release and “praying for his safe return.
Who is Dmitry Bodyu?
The mother of a Ukrainian-American pastor who was allegedly kidnapped by the Russian military says she fears the most. Daniel Glaser, who holds dual American and German citizenship, is believed to have been kidnapped in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, after the pastor’s wife was related to Kostyantin Boiko, secretary of the Ukrainian Parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee. Pastor Tom Hay was kidnapped by Russian Special Forces (Spetsnaz VV) forces while he was traveling with his family to Crimea. Pastor Tom has served the Ukrainian Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession (affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) for over a decade. There are many captives who, like Savchenko and Sentsov, have been imprisoned illegally for several months, only to rekindle Western outrage against the Putin government. One of these prisoners, Russia’s most famous political prisoner, is an American Baptist pastor named Andrew Craig Brunson. According to reports, a Ukrainian-American pastor has been kidnapped by the Russian military and his family is asking for prayers. The pastor, 50-year-old Andrew Stephen Waters, was reportedly taken from his home in the Ukrainian city of Odesa on Tuesday morning. Waters is the founder of the Odessa Baptist Church. In a Facebook post, Waters’ wife, Marabeth, wrote that her husband had been “kidnapped by Russian invaders.” Prayer services will be held for Waters on Friday evening in Odesa and in other cities in Ukraine.
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