Joe Ragan

I love to cook. It started when my mom was in a car accident and she suffered a deep cut on her leg and couldn’t walk/ stand on it. I was in junior high and decided that if I was going to eat, I better learn how to cook.
I worked in the food [...]

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This morning I had to drive to a colleague’s apartment at 8:15 a.m. It has been some time that I have had to be out that early in the morning, especially since school has started.
My sleepy neighborhood is growing by leaps and bounds. Several new high rise apartments have been constructed and several [...]

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It’s not often that I get to attend cultural performances. Today a generous friend invited me to the “Rhythm of the Dance” performance. The Dance troupe is from Ireland (hey, I’m Irish!!!). I was enthralled with all their dance moves and how they were able to move their feet soo incredibly fast. [...]

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The weather in Kyiv has been simply spectacular of late. Temps in the low 70’s for highs and in the 50’s at night. In other words, near perfect for me!
I saw my neighbor on the street earlier this week and we were talking about the weather. She shared with me the following [...]

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The Jewish calendar just rolled over to the year 5767.

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I took the day off. No, really I did! I haven’t done much work today other than emptying out some email folders. What’s amazing is that my phones (cell and home) haven’t rang much today so that was a blessing as well.
I actually got to read for about an hour this afternoon [...]

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Baptist churches across the former Soviet Union celebrate Harvest day. It is a great celebration where people bring fruits and veggies and other goodies to the church and all of it is displayed and then there are numerous sermons about the harvest. Usually the services are long with 5-9 sermons. Many churches [...]

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This weekend found me in Vinnitsa. The city is about 4 hours southwest of Kyiv. There are about 500,000 people living there. It was the first time I had been there and I was able to visit what I would consider one of the most beautiful Baptist churches I have ever seen!
I [...]

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The server for my everyheart account recently changed their spam protection and now the spam goes directly into my “Junk mail” folder in Outlook instead of staying on the internet like it used to.
I did not check email all weekend since I was out of town, so I was expecting lots of spam However, [...]

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Saturday and Sunday (23/24) I am traveling to Vinnitsa with several students from Kiev Christian University (KCU). We will be sharing about their mission trip to Kstan. We will be speaking at a youth meeting Saturday, preaching/ speaking in a couple of churches on Sunday and then I will be staying over til [...]

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