By Thomas Haribol
On June 13th, a Food for Life – Odesa team arrived by police escort to serve the Ukrainians in Kherson who have been devastated by the ongoing military conflict and now face the challenges of extensive flooding caused by the recent dam breach.
Odesa devotees arrived in Kherson wearing body armor and helmets while being escorted by the local police. Rasagya Govinda Das, Bhaktin Irina, and their team of blissful devotees engaged the flood victims with both kirtan and prasada.
When the devotees returned from their service in Kherson, a massive rocket struck an apartment block opposite the home of Rasagya Govinda and Irina in Odesa. Three people died, and dozens more were hospitalized in the nearby explosion that destroyed shops, apartments, and a nursery. The blast was so severe it shattered all the windows at the local polytech.
While others would be tempted to flee, the Odesa devotees gathered their volunteers to offer prasad to the large teams of rescue workers assisting the bombing victims all night. “Police, firefighters, ambulance crews, and those cleaning through the rubble were grateful to receive the hearty prasada, including subji borscht, buckwheat, bread, tea, and halava,” said Parasuram Das.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/food-for-life-odesa-serve-in-kherson-and-return-to-bomb-disaster-in-their-own-neighborhood/
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