Joe Ragan

Who says Baptists can’t dance??? Check out my moves.

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in Karaganda.  The weather.com site list the temp as 0 F.  In Kyiv, it is finally snowing so it will help get people in the mood for the Holy Days that are fast approaching.
A phenomena I have noticed this year is that so many shops have put their New Year trees up so early.  Normally [...]

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Please pray for my sister Nola. She has been in the hospital for a number days already. She was on a ventilator for a couple of days and, after removing it, they put her on a bipap. (I’m not sure what that is…)
Any way, they have her somewhat stabilized right now, but [...]

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Wow, I just returned to Kyiv from one of the BEST conferences I have ever attended. While the conference was aimed at discovering ways to reach out and engage the post-modern generation, it was much more than that!
The original speaker had to have emergency surgery and had to cancel. So, Michael Frost from [...]

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Moscow is a HUGE city.  Officially they think there are 10-11 million people living here, but unofficial estimates are around 14-15 million.  That is a lot of people!!!
Anyway, I am learning my way around the city via the metro.  That is the best way to get around.  Last night I was able to take in [...]

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I cannot tell you how disappointed I am in the matchup for the championship game.  Hawaii is the only undefeated team and they should be playing in the game.  I know that they don’t play in an especially difficult conference, however, there was a time (before BCS) that the undefeated teams played in the game.  [...]

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Sunday afternoon the snow began to fall and fall and fall.  By late evening it was beautiful in Kyiv.  There must have been 4-5 inches that fell on Sunday.  It was a wet snow so the snow clung to the trees.
The next morning the sidewalks and roads around the apartment where I have been staying [...]

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On the road can mean no internet which is why I haven’t posted anything in a few days.  I have been at 2 conferences this week.  The conferences were held at a Christian center in a city not too far from Kyiv.
The interesting thing about the internet is that they had wireless internet, but for [...]

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