September 2014January 3, 2015|Mark Koehler|NewsletterHello family and friends, Sveta and I returned safely with only a couple of glitches. Our Munich flight delayed us a few hours, making us late for our train to Mykolayiv. We took a later train to Odessa, and then…
August 2014January 3, 2015|Mark Koehler|NewsletterHello family and friends, The final month of our visit to America has arrived. Sveta and I are ready to return to our family and life in Ukraine. We have many things to do and people to see before we…
July 2014July 30, 2014|Mark Koehler|NewsletterHello family and friends, It has been a challenging month and a half. Mom took care of me as a child, and throughout my life was there for me. Now it is my turn to care for her the best…
JUNE 2014July 17, 2014|Mark Koehler|NewsletterHello family and friends, June brings the heat of North Carolina along with the cold of air conditioning, both extremes that Sveta and I are not accustomed to. The kindness of the southern culture and the generosity of family and…
May 2014July 17, 2014|Mark Koehler|NewsletterHello family and friends, Anatoliy Vlasov I heard today, May 7th, that a good friend died. He has died to this life of the physical body, but he lives now with his Creator Whom he met during his battle with…
April 2014July 17, 2014|Mark Koehler|NewsletterHello family and friends, April 15 is tax day in America. In Ukraine, it has traditionally been the day the local governments turn off the heating service in the cities. This year, because of the conflict with Russia, that date…
March 2014March 29, 2014|Mark Koehler|NewsletterHello family and friends, Winter has returned to our village with life-disrupting weather. High winds knocked out the electricity and blew out the pilot light to the on-demand water heater, causing the house to cool down gradually. Those inconveniences, along…
2014 FebruaryMarch 4, 2014|Mark Koehler|NewsletterHello family and friends, Sveta and I had been planning to go to Poland to get my visa that I need to complete my long-term residency in Ukraine. This is like the American “green card”. When we had our bags…
2014 JanuaryMarch 4, 2014|Mark Koehler|NewsletterMUCH Supporters – We have GREAT NEWS! Through your generous support, WE MET OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL! Because of your compassion and support for our children, we will be able to continue funding our massage therapy programs in Dobromel and Froonza and the…
December 2013December 21, 2013|Mark Koehler|NewsletterAnnual Christmas Fundraiser Dobromel Orphanage Massage Therapy and Computer programs and Froonza Massage Therapy Clinic Honor a friend or relative this Christmas by making a donation in their name. Hello family and friends, Sveta has two stories of the children…
