Joe Ragan

Saturday, January 7 was Christmas Day in the former Soviet Union. It is still celebrated here according to the old calendar.
Our church had a Christmas morning service and I was asked to sing. I sang “O Holy NIght.” It has to be my favorite Christmas song. I can still remember going [...]

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After staying up all night and sleeping just a few hours today, I am still all jittery about the TEXAS LONGHORNS win! I cannot believe that I was able to see the game live in Kiev, Ukraine! It is just incredible. I got to watch the game with a bunch of guys, [...]

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If you have been away from hearing the news, there is a dispute between Russia and Ukraine regarding how much Ukraine should pay for natural gas from Russia. They have been paying something like $50 per cubic ton and now the Russian gas company wants to charge 4-5 times that amount to like $250.
Needless [...]

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Oksana, a young lady from church, turned 22 on Saturday and invited me to her birthday party. We had a good time there. We played a few games and talked about our futures. After a couple of hours, I left her party to go home and rest as I had been [...]

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Friday afternoon I spent with several new friends. A couple of weeks ago, there was a group that works with orphans that spoke at our church about their ministry. We have 6 young people who are orphans that attend our church and I had wanted to spend some time with them, so this [...]

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