{"id":12500,"date":"2020-08-18T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T12:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=12500"},"modified":"2020-08-28T10:59:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:59:20","slug":"summer-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/summer-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick summer update, there will be more to come soon!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s a brief overview:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Coronavirus situation in Ukraine is getting worse, some churches have gone back to online services and others are meeting outdoors<\/li>\r\n<li>We are beginning a new ministry to internationals called<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/odessainternationalfellowship\">\u201cOdessa International Fellowship.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>We became grandparents for again on July 4th! Welcome<a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/introducing-cosette-ivana\/\">Cosette Ivana Whitaker Suko!<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>We recently had a meeting of our Ukraine Crisis Fund board and dispersed funds to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indd.adobe.com\/view\/f0a1c3e6-86a6-495c-8952-755d261bad26\">pastors and churches in Eastern Ukraine<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<li>Our son\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/godspeed-mishael\/\">Mishael graduated from high school<\/a> and will be finally heading to the States on August 25th<\/li>\r\n<li>Christina continues to serve at the women\u2019s center and council with clients there.<\/li>\r\n<li>During quarantine we wrote a new seminar on evangelism and have already taught it 3 times, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blagoslovie.today\/posts\/1619944278179463\">once in the Carpathian Mountains!<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Thank you for your prayers and support!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Caleb and Christina Suko<\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FTGT_S01E07.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fsummer-update%2F&amp;artwork_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F08%2FCopy-of-Copy-of-Uncomfortable-Questions-on-Love-and-Marraige.jpg#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/TGT_S01E07.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=12500-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/TGT_S01E07.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TGT_S01E07.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 16:03 &#8212; 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