Joe Ragan

Victory Day is a BIG holiday in the former Soviet Union, even 61 years after the end of World War II. I had to make an airport run to meet some people on Victory Day so I was unable to attend VD celebrations in downtown Kyiv. However, I did meet this gentleman outside [...]

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Alosha will be 20 years old in June. I first met him in the summer of 2004 at Grace church’s youth camp. The pastor of Grace, Valodia, shared with me that Alosha and his friend Kostya were into drugs and alcohol. At the time he was a headed down the wrong path [...]

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It hit me on the way home last night that I have only been home in Kyiv for 10 days out of the last 2 months. I arrived home last night TIRED. The trip from Kstan starts at 3:15 a.m. (12:15 a.m. Kyiv time) to get to the airport to check in for [...]

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I am in Kstan right now. It has been a great week. I will arrive back in Kyiv on Sunday evening where two house guest for the week will greet me. I have a very busy week ahead of me.
Also, I was to travel back to Kstan around May 20. However, [...]

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The church planter’s conference, in many respects, was incredible. It was great to hook up with many young men from around CA who are just beginning their ministries.
The highlight for me was when we were introduced to a couple who are leaving their comfortable surroundings to go and minister to a hard [...]

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