{"id":9062,"date":"2018-01-26T18:51:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T16:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=9062"},"modified":"2018-01-19T00:53:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T22:53:11","slug":"pro-life-ministry-in-ukraine-interview-with-holly-friesen-season-4-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/pro-life-ministry-in-ukraine-interview-with-holly-friesen-season-4-episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life Ministry in Ukraine, Interview with Holly Friesen | Season 4 Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of &#8220;Now Is the Time&#8221; I talk to friend and co-worker Holly Friesen. Holly has a heart for mothers and children. She saw first hand the impact a pro-life ministry can have and the opportunities it gives local churches for the gospel during two years in Peru.<\/p>\n<p>God then brought Holly to Ukraine where she began to develop pro-life ministries and a women&#8217;s center in Odessa.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_S04E02.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fpro-life-ministry-in-ukraine-interview-with-holly-friesen-season-4-episode-2%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_S04E02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=9062-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_S04E02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_S04E02.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 33:29 &#8212; 30.7MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('9062-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_9062-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_9062-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_S04E02.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fpro-life-ministry-in-ukraine-interview-with-holly-friesen-season-4-episode-2%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>The women&#8217;s center that Holly started is called &#8220;Choose Life.&#8221; Christina has helped them some with the translation of Biblical counseling material. Also our daughters regularly volunteer their time to watch the children while the mothers have classes.<\/p>\n<p>As the women&#8217;s center develops they are looking to purchase a facility that will allow them to ministry to more mothers and their families. You can read about this project in the pdf below.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to give a gift to help with this project you can do that through <a href=\"http:\/\/myaccount.abwe.org\/p-2505-choose-life-ukraine-building-project.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABWE here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[pdf-embedder url=&#8221;https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Choose-Life-Ukraine-building-project.pdf&#8221; title=&#8221;Choose Life Ukraine building project&#8221;]<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_S04E02.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fpro-life-ministry-in-ukraine-interview-with-holly-friesen-season-4-episode-2%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\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_S04E02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=9062-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_S04E02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_S04E02.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 33:29 &#8212; 30.7MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('9062-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_9062-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_9062-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_S04E02.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fpro-life-ministry-in-ukraine-interview-with-holly-friesen-season-4-episode-2%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-2&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><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of &#8220;Now Is the Time&#8221; I talk to friend and co-worker Holly Friesen. 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