{"id":1452,"date":"2012-10-27T17:12:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2012-10-27T17:12:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T14:12:49","slug":"elections-and-cmi-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/elections-and-cmi-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections and CMI Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like everyone is\u00a0talking about the elections but did you know that tomorrow is voting day? However, unless you are a Ukrainian citizen you don&#8217;t have to run to the polling booth quite yet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Vrw8Lc58Jg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSunday October 28th is polling day in Ukraine and we would appreciate your prayers. As I mentioned in <a title=\"Visas, Registration and Chronological Bible Teaching\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=1302\">October&#8217;s update<\/a>\u00a0new laws are making it increasingly difficult for our teammates to receive visas and registration here in Ukraine. \u00a0However, this could change after the elections for better or for worse. \u00a0Here are a few ways you can pray\u00a0for the elections tomorrow in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pray for an honest and just voting process<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pray that those elected would protect religious freedoms<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pray that those elected would not make the visa and registration laws more difficult<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>CMI Conference<\/h4>\n<p>On Monday I will be driving with a few other men to attend our <a href=\"http:\/\/cmieurasia.org\" target=\"_blank\">CMI&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0annual conference in Western Ukraine, October 29-November 1.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/69.89.31.195\/~sukofami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC07465.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1453\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/elections-and-cmi-conference\/sony-dsc-92\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC07465.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NEX-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1333584350&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SONY DSC&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SONY DSC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC07465.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1453\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/69.89.31.195\/~sukofami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC07465.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC07465.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC07465-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC07465-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Would you please pray for us as we travel and for the success of this important conference? \u00a0This is the most vital 3 days of the year for the CMI as we gather all our Bible school teacher and directors for 3 days of teaching, encouragement and fellowship. The 25 men who will be there represent about 250 students and dozens of local churches.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few ways you actively pray for us next week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pray for safety as we drive and no breakdowns or <a title=\"Blowout!\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=1307\" target=\"_blank\">blowouts<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pray for the encouragement and edification of each participant<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pray for those who will be speaking and teaching<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pray for God&#8217;s direction and we make some decisions about the 12\/13 school year<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like everyone is\u00a0talking about the elections but did you know that tomorrow is voting day? However, unless you are a Ukrainian citizen you don&#8217;t have to run to the polling booth quite yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,193],"tags":[44,225,77],"class_list":["post-1452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ministry","category-ukraine-2","tag-cmi-2","tag-elections","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC07465.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-nq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1473,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/carpathian-mountains-conference-and-elections-in-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":1452,"position":0},"title":"Carpathian Mountains Conference","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"November 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I know that the US presidential election has overshadowed much of the news recently. \u00a0However I also know that many praying for us and elections in Ukraine over the past week. 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