Newsletter

January 2018

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter

Hello family and friends, The Christmas fundraiser was a success! We raised more than $4000 to help four village schools and two Orphanages. Sveta and I are ecstatic! Sveta has been busy connecting with the directors of the village schools. She wired the money to each director or manager. They are in the process of…

December 2017

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children

Christmas 2017 ’Twas the night before Christmas and all through Ukraine, Were children whose hearts beat like the speed of a train. Would this be the year that their school would have what it would need, To explode their educational experience from the teacher’s dream seed? In the Chemistry class to see the minerals combine,…

November 2017

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children

Hello family and friends, If you tried to donate online, we apologize that our website was offline. It is working now and waiting for you visit again. We trust that all have had a blessed Thanksgiving experience. God has blessed Sveta and I with many joys in our life these past six years. We pray…

Photo of Ukrainian gift boxes in blue and yellow with pine branches

October 2017

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter

Hello family and friends, This is my favorite time of the year. The leaves are changing colors, the air is crisp and cool, and Christmas is just around the corner. The children are waiting for gifts. What better Christmas gift could they receive than a better education? For MUCH, it is time for the Christmas…

September 2017

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter

Hello family and friends, Sveta and I will be in America between October 14 and November 28, give or take a day. If any of you would like us to visit with you, we would be happy to do so. We will be in the Greensboro area October 15 through November 7. Please reply to…

August 2017

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children

Hello family and friends, Sveta and I will be in America between October 14 and November 28, give or take a day. If any of you would like us to visit with you, we would be very happy to do so. Please reply to this newsletter, or write to us at markkinua@gmail.com. After a very…

July 2017

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter, Therapeutic Massage

Hello family and friends, Sveta and I are working on many projects as the summer races by. Our eight-year-old grandchild, Sonya, enjoys helping Sveta harvest the onions and green beans. I am making progress on the exterior insulation. The other morning I went to the church that we attend and help stack wood for the…

June 2017

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children, Ukraine

Hello family and friends, June has been comfortably warm, something like winter in Florida. The garden is growing, the orchard is producing, and life is good in our neighborhood. This summer I will complete the final third of AAC insulation on the outside of the house. The two-thirds of AAC that I installed last summer…

May 2017

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children, Therapeutic Massage, Ukraine

Hello family and friends, Spring has sprung! The gardens are green and growing very well. Grass needs cut and weeds are being pulled. Life in Ukraine is moving forward! Mark’s Moments The War Continues Traveling by train from our home in Mykolaiv to L’viv, and from there to Dobromel by bus, we saw the beauty…

April 2017

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  • Sveta Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children, Therapeutic Massage, Ukraine

Hello family and friends, We hope that each of you had a pleasant holiday celebration. Sveta and I spent our Sunday afternoon with friends. Lena met us at the bus stop and we traveled to our house together for lunch. Tanya arrived later. It was so nice to see these three friends together share old…

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