Joe Ragan

With all my traveling this year, I took an interest in knowing how many miles I have traveled this year.
I have flown to the US and back, flown to Budapest twice, to Prague, Warsaw, and to Kazakhstan 4 times this year.
I have also made a couple of domestic flights in the US and in Ukraine.
The [...]

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Welcome to the new look! Steve, once again, has done a super job! Thanks for all the hard work.

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I am sitting in the Budapest airport. I woke up this morning to hear news that all flights from UK to US have been cancelled due to the terror plot. I figured that security at the airport would be tighter, but I found nothing unusually.
The only complaint I have with Budapest [...]

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Recently, I have been hearing lots of people use words to label someone. I am guilty of it myself. I consider myself a Conservative in the strictest sense- politically and religiously.
Through all of this, I recently read a young man’s opinion in one of our Baptist newspapers. He was more [...]

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I have been “blogging” or posting news of my ministry and life since February 2005. I owe Steve B a great deal of gratitude for his hard work in helping my website become a reality. Since then, I have been trying my best to keep you informed specifically so you would know how [...]

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August 9 is my birthday! I cannot believe that life has flown by. I will celebrate it in Budapest this year. The last two years I have had some of my Ukrainian friends over, however, it would be a long commute (and expensive!) for them.
I have a doctor’s appointment at 10 a.m. [...]

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I am still in Budapest waiting for my test results, which could come on Wednesday. In the meantime, I will have my physical done since I need to have one done in order to return after my furlough (which is called stateside assignment or STAS for short).
I am ready to return to [...]

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I saw this trailer today about a man who is protecting the life of an unborn child. Imagine a world where that happens more often…
I would have a direct link to the trailer, but I couldn’t get it to work properly.

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On my last trip to the US, I purchased some under garments from Hanes. I have used their products for at least 10 years and have always been extremely pleased with their durability under the conditions here.
However, in the last batch I purchased, every one of the them are coming undone at the seam, [...]

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Today I was at a supermarket. The cashiers here (and in Kyiv, Karaganda, and everywhere else I have been in central and eastern Europe) sit down while scanning. It has caused me to wonder if it is more functional or not.
I worked in several supermarkets when I was younger. I remember [...]

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