ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The war in Ukraine was just a few months old when I first met Zori Opanasevych in April 2022.
I connected with the mother of three young children at a prayer service at New Chance Christian Church — a Pentecostal congregation that conducts Sunday worship in Russian with English translation.
I still remember Opanasevych resting her chin in clasped hands as she begged God to intervene.
In the heart-wrenching stories of ordinary families caught in Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the Alaska resident told me she saw herself. In the children’s frightened faces, the Ukrainian-born Christian couldn’t help but envision her own kids…