{"id":5432,"date":"2015-05-02T21:28:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2015-07-15T23:55:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T20:55:24","slug":"55-why-you-shouldt-say-the-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/55-why-you-shouldt-say-the-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"#55 Why You Should&#8217;t Say &#8220;The Ukraine&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People used to ask me if it&#8217;s proper to say &#8220;The Ukraine&#8221; or not. My answer to that question has changed and in this episode of &#8220;<a title=\"Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/podcast-2\/\">Now Is the Time<\/a>&#8221; I share with you why my view changed and why it&#8217;s important.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_55.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F55-why-you-shouldt-say-the-ukraine%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" 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\/NIST_E_55.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=5432-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_55.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_55.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 13:43 &#8212; 12.6MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5432-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5432-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5432-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_55.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F55-why-you-shouldt-say-the-ukraine%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-4&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/55-why-you-shouldt-say-the-ukraine\/its-not-the-ukraine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Its-not-THE-Ukraine.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1430488988&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"It&amp;#8217;s not THE Ukraine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Its-not-THE-Ukraine.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5433\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Its-not-THE-Ukraine.jpg\" alt=\"It's not THE Ukraine\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Its-not-THE-Ukraine.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Its-not-THE-Ukraine-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Its-not-THE-Ukraine-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Its-not-THE-Ukraine-573x323.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>May 1st<\/h2>\n<p>May Day is \u00a0big holiday here in Ukraine. Officially it&#8217;s called &#8220;International Solidarity of Worker&#8217;s Day&#8221; It&#8217;s a national holiday and here in Odessa most people get outdoors and have a picnic.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kuYJVbuEMAk?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>May 2nd is also the anniversary of the tragedy that took the lives of about 50 people last year when Pro-Russian and Pro-Ukrainian groups clashed here in Odessa. The government brought in about 2,000 troops and 200 military vehicles to make sure things were peaceful this year!<\/p>\n<h2>Upcoming<\/h2>\n<p>Next week I&#8217;m heading I&#8217;m leaving for two conferences. The first (May 8-9) one will be in Bela-Tserkov. We will be participating in this two day conference for church leaders. We expect 300-400 pastors and church leaders to attend. Please pray us as we help organize the video for this conference.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is this a great opportunity to meet and influence hundreds of church leaders in Ukraine but we will also be putting the video from the conference on our institutes website so that it can then be viewed by Russian speakers from all over the world!<\/p>\n<p>The second conference (May 11-13) is in Western Ukraine in the city of Ternopil. I&#8217;m taking a group from our church and institute. 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