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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…

Timing

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, Ukraine

After being in the US for two and a half months, I have returned with some new ideas, new projects, and new program possibilities. I guess that the ways things are done in America are faster because of the hunger for something new. This mentality is becoming a part of the younger people here in…

Home Sweet Home

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, Ukraine

I arrived in Odessa Ukraine on June 8th in the afternoon. My assistant, her husband and son met me at the airport and drove me home. On the way, Platon, Ira’s husband, asked if it had been difficult for me to leave America and return to Ukraine. I told him, “No,” as I was reacquainted…

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