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This Is What A Pastor From Donetsk Told Me Today (click on the headline above this for the full article.  Intro. is below).  08/20/2014 Posted by Caleb Suko, missionary to Ukraine Today I sat down with a pastor friend (name withheld for safety reasons) from Donetsk. He and his family fled the city over a month ago with hopes that they would soon be able to return. However, the situation has only deteriorated in the past few weeks and along with it their hope for a return to normal life in their home city. Workers remove a body from a home that was shelled                                                                             just outside of Donetsk (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Please pray for Eastern Ukraine and if you’d like to help believers like Caleb's pastor friend a...

Helen Roseveare: Though Lions Roar by Mary Beth Lagerborg When CLC publications asked me to do a review of a book they published on Helen Roseveare I jumped at the chance for two reasons.   The first was that I love the work of CLC around the world.   Secondly, I fell in love with Helen Roseveare’s story as a result of a quote that I found and used in a service and a subsequent reading of a missionary biography.    Helen Roseveare: Though Lions Roar is part of the Faith Adventure Series .   As CLC Publications explains, “ The Faith Adventure Series is a collection of easily readable biographies of great spiritual giants who dared to live by faith.”   That is one of the things that immediately struck me about this biography by Mary Beth Lagerborg.   I was excited to think how easy it would be for a pre-teen or teenager to read, comprehend and be inspired by this book.    Those who struggle with reading or don’t ...