Joe Ragan

I listen to KSBJ radio from time to time.  I think it is one of the BEST Christian radio stations.  This week they featured a story about a young man named Logan who lives in Nebraska on a farm.  This young man listens to KSBJ via internet I suppose.  He called the station one morning [...]

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I hope to be boarding a plane around 7 pm (local time) heading back to Kazakhstan.  The flight will be a long one since the route will take us through Almaty first and then to Astana.  I really don’t like red-eye flights.  It will take a couple of days to recover.
I hope to be in [...]

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While shopping the other day I ran across the most interesting candy bar…

Can you believe that there is a candy bar that actually is named Joe?!?  How cool is this???
Nestle has a whole line of candy bars with my name on it…

Regular chocolate, chocolate with nuts, and chocolate with coconut
I don’t remember seeing them here [...]

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Top three things I like about the city of Kyiv:
1.    Tree lined streets… now covered with snow
2.    Gloria Jeans Coffee Shop… complete with Caffe Mocha and banana nut bread
3.    Khreshatik street… greatest walking street I have ever been on
Top three things I DON’T like about Kyiv:
1.    Traffic… lots of it
2.    Traffic… sidewalks now used as [...]

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President Vladimir Putin has been chosen as Time’s Person of the Year. I have just finished reading the online article here.
It gives some great insight into Putin, his presidency and the people of Russia. If you can’t purchase the magazine and read the article (something I can’t do since they don’t sell the [...]

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Have you seen this ad?? Huckabee is coming on strong.

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I’m still in Kyiv.  I went on a weekend trip to Zaparozhia and had a great time listening to all that the Lord taught young people last summer in Kstan.
I have been riding the metro this week and it has been crowded…to say the least.  The last two morning I have had to go to [...]

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A colleague and I traveled to Zaparozhia this weekend.  I was there to take part in a debriefing time with our summer students and to talk about next summer’s project.  Additionally, we were able to take part in a regional youth conference in one of the local churches.  There were more than 400 students, standing [...]

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I just spoke with my sister which was a treat.  They have her stabilized now and she is making good progress.  Thank you so much for your prayers.  Please continue to pray for her as she needs to gain weight and still has numerous hurdles.

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The Mitchell report reveals several great players that I have respected for years as having taking steroids.  If you feel the need to read all 409 pages of the report, you can read it here.
I have been a lover of the game for most of my life.  It is indeed a sad day…

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