LINDALE, Texas–Leaving for Poland today, March 18, to aid Ukrainian refugees is the first group of 200 people who have expressed a desire to travel to the stricken area with Mercy Works of Texas. If this group of volunteers is typical of small, faith-based non-profits in America, much of what they do, where they go, how much they spend, and how they distribute the food and medicines they buy, may go unnoticed. Largely, only the recipients and volunteers coordinating relief work–and their supporters at home–will ever know the full amount of effort that goes into helping those in need. But if Mercy Works of Texas is any indication, a significant amount of cash and volunteers will be funneled into Ukraine and surrounding countries that are trying to meet the crush of humanity–more than 3 million people by official estimates on March 17–fleeing the Russian military advance into Ukraine. Mercy Works …