{"id":2827,"date":"2013-07-17T23:23:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T20:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2013-09-06T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T08:04:09","slug":"im-back-and-here-are-19-things-i-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/im-back-and-here-are-19-things-i-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Back and Here are 19 Things I Learned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last dozen days I’ve spent nearly 100 hours traveling well over 6,000 km by car mainly through Russia. Here are a few things I learned from my first trip to Russia.<\/p>\n

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Me on the border of the Republic of Udmurtia and Perm Krai<\/p><\/div>\n

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  1. Russia is BIG<\/li>\n
  2. Generally the roads are better than in Ukraine<\/li>\n
  3. Moscow is a BIG metropolis comparable to any Western city<\/li>\n
  4. The police use camera’s to patrol the roads and their cameras are everywhere<\/li>\n
  5. Bribes are expected by many of the authorities<\/li>\n
  6. The forests are BIG and wild, we even saw two moose<\/li>\n
  7. It’s illegal to say something offensive about other religions<\/li>\n
  8. There are far fewer churches in comparison to Ukraine<\/li>\n
  9. Russia is a country of countries, You’ve probably never heard places like the Republic of Chuvashia<\/a> or the Republic of Udmurtia<\/a> and others.<\/li>\n
  10. \u00a0Alcoholism is a terrible problem<\/li>\n
  11. It’s illegal to teach religious material to anyone 14 and under without written consent from parents<\/li>\n
  12. Banyas are part of the culture and almost everyone has one<\/li>\n
  13. The mosquitoes are BIG<\/li>\n
  14. It’s illegal to promote homosexuality<\/li>\n
  15. Spending 4 days in a car with someone can be a great relationship builder<\/li>\n
  16. Gas, is cheaper than in Ukraine but food is more expensive<\/li>\n
  17. Log houses are the most common type of houses in the Urals<\/li>\n
  18. Most people say they believe in God but know very little about Him<\/li>\n
  19. The need for the gospel is BIG<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Stay tuned for a detailed update about our trip to Russia and how God is working in Russia to plant churches.<\/p>\n

    Question: Which of these 19 items surprise you the most?<\/h4>\n

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    Over the last dozen days I’ve spent nearly 100 hours traveling well over 6,000 km by car mainly through Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2829,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[88,195],"class_list":["post-2827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ministry","tag-mission","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC05204.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-JB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3792,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/25-why-does-crimea-want-to-be-part-of-russia-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":2827,"position":0},"title":"#25 Why Does Crimea Want to Be Part of Russia? -Podcast","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"March 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Before you listen to this\u00a0podcast\u00a0you should know that it is\u00a0political! 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