Joe Ragan

I am leaving Friday for MS. I will be visiting several places during the week for a mission conference in MS. I will fly back to DFW on Thursday and then will return to Ukraine on May 6.
Please pray for the trip to MS. Pray that all will go well.

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Ukraine, along with Poland, has been selected to host the UEFA Championships in 2012. Click here to read more.
I’m excited that Ukraine will have the opportunity to host such a prestigious football (known as soccer in the US) championship. This comes in the midst of protests and people living on the streets of [...]

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It is a beautiful day in north Texas. I have enjoyed a long walk this morning. The wind was (and still is) blowing from the north and made it a little cooler than I expected. However, I enjoyed the walk!
I received word that I have been cleared to return to Kyiv on [...]

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I am visiting some friends in OKC area today. The weather has turned off chilly again and there is rain and thunderstorms in the forecast all day.
We are planning to visit the OKC memorial today. Not sure how much of it we will get to see with the weather being as [...]

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I had the opportunity to go to a Texas Rangers game Tuesday night. I met my friends Chad and Traci for dinner and then we rode the bus over to the game. They are now offering shuttles to the game. I am not sure why, but most of the parking is covered with [...]

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The temps are pretty chilly here in the Wichita Falls area. Currently it is 40 degrees at 7 p.m. on Friday.
This has been the closest thing to an actual winter that I can ever remember in Wichita Falls. It has been cool/ cold, snow, ice (more than once…) Go figure. [...]

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I just read on this site that Yanukovich, Ukraine’s prime minister, is paying young people to sleep in tents near the parliament.
How much money would it take for you to sleep in a tent for days, weeks, months (????) at the end of winter in Kyiv? I’m thinking it would take more [...]

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Well, just as predicted, the Easter cold front has arrived. It is supposed to get down to freezing Saturday night! Right now, it is 49 degrees in Wichita Falls. There is supposed to be snow in NY today!
So, when does the global warming thing kick in???

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A new website has been created. Click “Kazakhstan Konnexion” to find out more.
Hopefully, as summer draws closer, more posts will be added. This summer, US and Ukrainian students will be writing about their experiences.
Check it out!

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The Mayor of Cincinnati threw out the first pitch on opening day. I hope he doesn’t give up his day job…
Click here
At least he was a good sport about it…

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