Joe Ragan

Last Saturday, February 9, I showed “Facing the Giants” in English to my interpreter’s class.  I have now seen the movie several times and every time I am touched even more by the story.
Well, I discovered that there are some Bible studies on the the DVD along with clips to show.  I decided to use [...]

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The appearance is that not much was accomplished on day four.  However, the kitchen floor is dry and now they can begin laying the tile.  They worked on the  entry way  as well, pouring much of the concrete.
Here are a few photos from the day:
  Sasha beginning the process of taking up the floor in [...]

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I just checked the weather here.  It is currently -24 F with wind chill of -40.  I think I will wait a while before having to go anywhere

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Life is pretty much revolving around the remodeling job.  At times I have to travel to one of the material stores to purchase something.  One of the stores is getting used to seeing me.
Progress is being made everyday which is a very good thing!  The floor in the living room is laid now and so  [...]

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Remont is the Russian word for remodel. It is such a part of my vocab that I use it most of the time even when speaking English. (I guess that’s good???)
Well, progress was made on the living room on Tuesday. The first photo shows Sasha and Viktor preparing the floor in order [...]

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The day started out with the Misha and Sasha tearing out the flooring in the kitchen.  Earlier in the fall, I had a real problem with mice.   Well, what should they find but a huge mouse nest under the flooring.  Fortunately, there were any critters there.  Guess that means that I got them all.
Here are [...]

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Here are some photos from my time in Budapest.  Being there three weeks provided lots of opportunities.  However, since I have been there before I didn’t take lots of photos…
       
Gloria Jeans is a coffee shop on the scale with Starbucks (with prices to match).  There are some GJ in the US [...]

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The lowest temperature thus far this winter is -31 F.  While that is REALLY low, it happened at night while sleeping…
While it is somewhat of a hassle to have to dress in layers everyday if one has plans to go out, I can only say that I have been really cold only on [...]

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I ran across this very interesting story through a newsletter I receive from the Kazakhstan embassy in the US.  I found the hunter’s comment about hunting with a rifle most fascinating.  Enjoy…

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In the midst of the destruction that followed the path of the tornadoes comes an incredible story of one little one surviving.  You can read it here.

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