Joe Ragan

• Born August 9, 1962, in Wichita Falls, TX,
• Have lived in Wichita Falls, Jacksboro, Lone Star, Irving, Monte Alto, Archer City, Texarkana and Fort Worth Texas; also in Destrehan, LA.
• Graduated from Daingerfield High School, Class of 1980! Go Tigers!
• Attended several colleges before finally graduating from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls.
• I surrendered to the ministry in 1987. I served in several churches as youth minister and education minister.
• While living in the Dallas area in 1992, I attended an “Imperials” concert. During this concert I felt God’s call to the former Soviet Union.
• I served as a volunteer missionary (meaning I raised my own support!) in Lugansk, Ukraine from February 1994 to December 1996.
• Returned to America to attend seminary. Attended Southwestern Seminary in Fort
  Worth and graduated in May 2001.
• I attended Southwayside BC in Fort Worth. I served on staff there for a couple of years and worked at Catholic Charities in their Refugee Resettlement department, teaching English as a Second Language.
• I was appointed a missionary with the IMB, moving to Kiev, Ukraine in September 2003. I attended language school there.
• I was asked by the Strategy Associate for our field to go to Karaganda, KZ to work in a temporary assignment, so I moved to Karaganda in January 2005 and stay until June 2005.
• Went back to Kiev to begin recruiting Ukrainians as missionaries to KZ and beyond.
• Moved permanently to Karaganda June 2007.
• You can email me at josephragan3 at gmail dot com

~~~ I am blessed and continue to live the Great Adventure! ~~~