Maurice, Iowa — A Maurice native who has lived in Ukraine for more than 15 years, is back in the area to connect with her family and her mission supporters.
Miranda Heytsi and her husband and their church in Tyachiv ministered to refugees fleeing the country when the Russian invasion started six months ago.
Now they work with refugees who stayed there.
The church with 30 adult members is providing for some 200 refugees in their care.
Miranda Heytsi attended school in Sioux Center and Orange City and first traveled to Ukraine in 1999 while a college student. Miranda married her husband Vasya in 2006 and has lived in that country ever since.
