Joe Ragan

I don’t like to pull jackets out “before their time.” The months of June, July and August are not made for jackets. They are made for more leisure wear: shorts, t-shirts, etc.
The last week of May and the first week in June found me in Karaganda and Arkalik Kazakhstan. It was SO [...]

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I think fall has arrived here. This morning the temp is sitting at 54 degrees (sorry about that for all you living in the south!) and it doesn’t look like it will be getting above 75 any time soon.
We had a couple of days last week that were warm and I was [...]

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One of my dreams has been to go to a Texas - Texas A&M game. Since I am going to be in Texas during Thanksgiving, I have been looking for tickets on the the internet. Some of the cheapest tickets I have found start at $180 each!!! Ouch!!
I wrote one friend in [...]

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Rick Warren and Saddleback have unveiled a new ministry called P.E.A.C.E. plan. Check out the video here
What do you think?

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I recently found a great link to download all the major college football schedules. They even went to the trouble to have “games of the week” so that one can see all the supposedly good games.
I’m really getting football fever like never before. I even downloaded several of the songs the Longhorn band [...]

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This morning I left early for church as I wanted to stop at a store along the way. I left the store and had only a 10 minute drive to the church…or at least I thought I did.
As I got on the most northern bridge in Kyiv, I noticed cars were backed up. [...]

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Being so far away from family and friends, it is only natural to seek new friends where you live at the time. There are several families within our IMB family that have become great friends to me. It is a great blessing to know that you can count on them during the hard [...]

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On Monday, I was reading in Jeremiah. I was struck with what was written in chapter 9, verses 23-24:
“This is what the Lord says:
The wise must not boast in this wisdom;
the mighty must not boast in his might;
the rich must not boast in his riches.
But the one who boasts should boast in this,
that he [...]

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Recently I decided to do a Google search of my name. Have you ever done that?
Well I did just to see if I would be listed. Low and behold, (and probably thanks to Steve the web guru!), I am listed right behind Joe Ragan Department Stores in Washington DC.
I knew [...]

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I just found out that a lady who was like my grandmother passed away recently. Fern Camp has been a family friend longer than I have been alive. My mother babysat her children when they were little.
One of my uncle’s dated one of her daughters and one of my sister’s dated her nephew. [...]

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