Mark Koehler

This author has written 163 articles

The Seashell Girl

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter

Sunday evening I decided to go to the sea and collect some sea shells for my future visits to the orphanages in Marganets and Dobromel. I like to take the different little shells for the children to experience in art projects or science class. The last time that I went hunting for the baby Whelk…

Water???

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter

How we take water for granted. When I first came to Ukraine in 2002, I was introduced to the water problems of Ukraine. My first experience took place in Patriky, Ternopol region, while I was in the lecture phase of missionary school. The village where the school was held had turned off the water for…

Adventures With the Dentist

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter

When I was a child, I seldom if ever went to the dentist. I guess that in those days, if you had no pain, why bother the dentist. I was blessed with healthy teeth, so I didn’t develop good dental habits beyond regular brushing. Before moving to Ukraine, I had visited the dentist only a…

Ira’s Insight (July 2009)

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter

I wish that every reader of the Newsletter had experienced what I did at the Christian camp. It was a great time for many children, especially for children from difficult homes (from the Christian club “Emmaus”) and for the children from the orphanages. Every year, the Illichevsk Baptist Church holds a Christian camp for children.…

Promise, Provision, & Progress

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children

Seven years ago, I moved to Ukraine to work with children in need. The first group of children that I was introduced to was in the city of Marganets, south central Ukraine, at the Orphanage for Children with Mental and Physical Disabilities. At the time, most of the 156 children had learning disabilities, but some…

International Riot in Marganets

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, Ukraine

For three days before I arrived, the city of Marganets was closed to all traffic going in or out. At least six buses of militia were guarding the city. I knew nothing about this until I had been in Marganets four hours. This is the story that I pieced together from two reliable sources. Two…

Ira’s Insight (June 2009)

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter

This time I’d like to tell you about children from the Christian Club Emmaus. This club is for special children, children from underprivileged families. In our church the first priority is children. Many people understand this simple truth: “The future depends on today.” Children who attend the club are the future of our church, our…

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