√  Encountering a mafia boss who threatened me
√  Nearly being taken to jail because I was suspected of driving a stolen car
√  Dealing with a woman who played the same song over again every day, all day long on her mandolin outside my window.
√  And then there was our neighbor, Oksana (well, you just need to read those stories...).

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At the end of the year, people began to tell me that we needed to put all those stories in a book. So we did; 
and so much more...into "You've Got Mail...from Odessa."

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All these memories are flooding back into my mind as I watch daily the images of war in this country that we truly love. We are working with several organizations that are providing humanitarian aid and helping to get people out.

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​We just sent $16,000 to fly 16 Jewish Ukrainians to Israel from Romania...they are making Aliyah!!! We are working with a Jewish pastor in Romania who has become a "station" for Ukrainians on their way to Poland. He feeds them, gives them access to a shower, and then helps them on their way. But he has run out of money and we are hoping to send him some today.

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The needs are great but our partners are rising to the call!

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Give now and I will send you an electronic version of "You've Got Mail...from Odessa."

 

Bless you!!!
Ron