Joe Ragan

Getting set up in a new city takes time, right? I felt like Monday was a productive day for me…
First, I went to the bank to open a new account. After getting across to the bookkeeper what I wanted in my “caveman” Russian, she set about preparing the paperwork. At first, after [...]

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I “celebrated” four years of serving on the field with the IMB recently. I can’t believe 4 years have flown by…
While on the field, I have made it a habit of calling my mom, usually about every two weeks. Whenever I would call her, I usually just listened. Mom liked to talk [...]

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Today I was at the Baptist Union office. They have a terrific map which indicates the major people groups in the major cities of Kazakhstan and of each oblast (like a state).
Here is the breakdown in the city of Karaganda and the oblast
Russians: 52.1% [...]

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Obviously, someone has been praying for me. THANK YOU. Today, I was driving home from Saran (about 20 km from Karaganda). I was talking on the phone, not going fast in city traffic. I looked up and there was a black Mercedes turning right and had stopped for pedestrian traffic. [...]

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