A Colorado man, Joe Reimers, is in war-torn Ukraine, which has been his home for four years. What he, his wife and others are witnessing in Ukraine is more than any human should. via annetrujillo7
LVIV, Ukraine — A Russian invasion of Ukraine. A war in the year 2022. Events we thought unimaginable just a few short weeks ago.
Denver7 anchor Anne Trujillo spoke to Joe and his wife, Dasha, by Zoom to understand what life is like in Ukraine right now, and they didn't hold back. “My church had a youth pastor who went on to work in Ukraine as a missionary. He got married, and he and his wife moved to Ukraine and I stayed in touch with them and came to help them with some camps they were doing on a couple of short-term trips here," Joe said."Really, you know, I had been thinking about living overseas for a long time, and this seemed like a great place to do it. And I believed in the work that they were doing, so I came up first to join them.
Life keeps changing at a quick pace for these newlyweds, who watched Dasha’s brother leave their hometown to join the fight. “You know, for me and for us, it's impossible not to see the hand of God in directing us here. And we believe that, that this is right where we're supposed to be right now," Joe said.“At times, I think we both feel scared. At times, we both feel sad, and we want to cry and we do cry. Yeah, at times we feel as angry as we've ever felt in our lives," said Joe.