{"id":23798,"date":"2025-10-10T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=23798"},"modified":"2025-10-10T16:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:37:47","slug":"from-america-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/from-america-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"From America To Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"438\">What leads a pastor\u2019s son from a small church in Washington State to the war-torn city of Odesa, Ukraine?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"633\">In this interview, Caleb Suko shares how God shaped his calling, guided his family through decades of ministry, and taught him to trust Him \u2014 from seminary classrooms to air raid sirens.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FFrom_America_to_Ukraine.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Ffrom-america-to-ukraine%2F#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\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/From_America_to_Ukraine.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=23798-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/From_America_to_Ukraine.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"From_America_to_Ukraine.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 46:43 &#8212; 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