{"id":424,"date":"2011-09-20T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wordpress\/?p=424"},"modified":"2012-11-17T18:12:01","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T16:12:01","slug":"this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hZPN2rNgAu8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>We decided to move back to Ukraine in 2005 and were finally able to make that step in 2007. \u00a0We believe the work God has called us to do is important and we want you to know exactly why we are here and what we are doing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are a few ways you can partner with us:<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Prayer Letter\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?page_id=623\">Subscribe to our monthly newsletter<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?page_id=608\">Send us a note<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Support\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?page_id=483\">Support us financially\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/caleb.suko\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on Facebook<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sukofamily\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/sukofamily\" target=\"_blank\">Watch us on Youtube<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>We decided to move back to Ukraine in 2005 and were finally able to make that step in 2007. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[36,8,35],"tags":[78,382,45,381,64,77],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-ministry","category-video-updates","tag-church-planting","tag-family","tag-leadership-training","tag-ministry","tag-missions","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-6Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23798,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/from-america-to-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":424,"position":0},"title":"From America To Ukraine","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"October 10, 2025","format":"video","excerpt":"What leads a pastor\u2019s son from a small church in Washington State to the war-torn city of Odesa, Ukraine? 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