Newsletter

June 2013 Newletter

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children

Hello family and friends, On May 21st, Sveta and I left Illichevsk’s summery temperature of 75 F as we headed for northwestern Ukraine, 462 mile from our seaside city. Considering that June was right around the corner, we were thinking about warm weather in Dobromel. To our great surprise, two things were not as we…

May 2013 Newsletter

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter

Hello family and friends, We begin our newsletter this month with some very sad news. On the evening of May 9, the director of the Dobromel Orphanage died in an auto accident. His death will be a great loss to the children and staff who loved him with great respect. I have put together a…

April 2013 Newsletter

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter

Hello family and friends, April is a funny kind of month. Many people in Ukraine are tilling the land and planting their gardens. The temperature remains cold, somewhere in the upper thirties, but warmer weather is on the way. The public transportation is filled with people carrying garden implements, seeds and saplings, on the way…

March 2013 Newsletter

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children, Therapeutic Massage

Hello family and friends, March came in like a lion here in Illichevsk. I was wearing my deep winter duck-down coat and favorite furry hat plus layers of shirts and pants to be warm in my outdoor adventures. Indoors, layers of clothes help me stay warm as Siberian Sveta likes to open the windows and…

February 2013 Newsletter

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children, Therapeutic Massage

Hello family and friends, Sveta and I enjoyed a couple of weeks of snow, but now the 35F plus weather has brought the rain. Snow may return before spring arrives, but it will not stay long here by the Black Sea. The weather changes most unpredictably. Sveta is moving my residency documents along quickly, as…

January 2013 Newsletter

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

Hello family and friends, Happy New Year 2013! Our Christmas fundraiser this year fell short of our total goal, but we will be able to operate the computer classes for the complete goal of one and a half years. We (picture to the right) are very excited about that! The remainder of the funds raised…

December 2012 Newsletter

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children, Ukraine

Hello family and friends, Christmas draws nigh and children dream their dreams! Let’s rally our support to make this Christmas Fundraiser a success to provide a computer teacher and additional massage therapy services at Dobromel Orphanage. We are short of our goal, but with your help, their dreams can come true. The MUCH team in…

November 2012 Newsletter

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children

Hello family and friends, The election is over and a new journey begins. Many Americans do not really understand what people in other countries think of them. I have been living in Ukraine for ten years. You cannot imagine how people would love to be in my shoes, an American citizen, the freedom that Americans…

October 2012 Newsletter

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children, Therapeutic Massage

Hello family and friends, September in the hills of Dobromel met Sveta and me with temperatures in the low 50s F. We traveled through light rain from L’vov to Dobromel, but had four days of crisp autumn weather to share with the children. An hour of video clips and 313 pictures captured the activities and…

September 2012 Newsletter

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

Hello family and friends, Sveta and I have completed our first summer together. We first looked into each other’s eyes on September 5, 2010. She tells me that these two years seem like two months. We are very blessed to have each other as husband and wife, friends, and mission partners. September 1st is best…

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