Therapeutic Massage

When You Find a Heart for Children, Nourish it!

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, Therapeutic Massage

Last year a new opportunity arose while visiting Froonza, Crimea. We have a massage therapy clinic there for children with disabilities. It operates in the Center for the Elderly and is located in the kindergarten building in the village. The director of the kindergarten met with Sveta and me, asking if MUCH could sponsor a…

July 2013 Newsletter

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  • Mark Koehler
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  • Newsletter, The Children, Therapeutic Massage

Hello family and friends, We Urgently Need Your Help! It has been six trying years since the 2008 financial crisis. MUCH sponsors have dug deep during those years to keep MUCH alive and serving the children. It was a challenge each year, but this year we are facing our biggest challenge. At midyear, we are…

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…

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…

August 2012 Newsletter

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

Hello family and friends, It has been hot recently, in the mid 90s. But, then again, it is summer. Sveta has coaxed me to swim in the sea a few times this summer. The water has had a cool temperature, just right for swimming. The ½-mile long beach has been packed with vacationers from Western…

June 2012 Newsletter

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

Hello family and friends, It was in the upper 50’s F yesterday, but summer is right around the corner. School is almost finished here in Illichevsk, and the children will be running to the beach. Ice cream stands will be rolled out to the sidewalks, and life will appear happy for all. As I walk through…

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