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If you'd like to know more about the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine along with the foods we discussed in this episode (and more!), please click on the following links. And as always, feel free to share this episode with others. Let us know if you try any of the recipes or what you think...we love hearing from our listeners!

History and facts about Transcarpathian Region: https://www.karpaty.info/en/uk/zk/  (Evelin mentioned Synevyr Lake and Shenborn Castle)

Ukrainian Main Dish Recipes

• Classic Borscht Recipe (Beet Soup)
• Bograch

Ukrainian Salad Recipes

• Carrot and Cabbage Salad
• Carrot Salad (Korean Carrot Salad)

Ukrainian Dessert Recipes

• Vareniki with Cherries (Ukrainian sweet dumplings)
• Sochniki
• Syrnyky (Ukrainian Farmer Cheese Pancakes)

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Link to Greg’s book, Table Life:

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How do you celebrate Christmas and the holidays where you live? Join us as we hear from four of our friends about Christmas in their parts of the world.

Many thanks to Adrijana Ivanovska in North Macedonia, Gordon and Lee Ann Hwang in Japan, Jon and Amanda Good in Hungary, and Dwight and Barbara Bolick talk about Christmas in Chile.

How much do you know about Christmas around the world? Test your knowledge about coffee with this short quiz.

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“Provisions” is a one-hour virtual table where we gather to learn about culture, food, ministry, and the things that unite us around the world. It is a chance to meet and speak with people from different backgrounds while also learning about the ways that their culture has influenced things like food, language, and worship. Kristy Engel and Melanie Baggao will invite a friend(s), from one of the many places they have lived or visited, to share with the table. You will hear from them, firsthand, about life in that particular place.

We would encourage you to read Table Life, by Rev. Dr. Greg Mamula. “This new book presents a uniquely holistic approach to table fellowship as a spiritual discipline… Table Life is an intentional and interactive process of reflection and action, meals and mission, listening and storytelling, scripture and perspective, communion and neighboring. These disciplines connect the individual with Christ, the local church, their neighborhood, and their community contexts.”

About the hosts:

Kristy Engel is the Global Consultant for Health with International Ministries, ABC-USA. Her work has taken her to more than 30 countries and she has worked with partners during natural disasters and medical emergencies. She is a pediatric nurse practitioner with a masters certificate in International Nutrition through Tufts University and the United Nations University. She trains churches and partners in ABCD (asset based community development) and uses this model throughout the world.

Melanie Baggao is a Global Servant with International Ministries, ABC-USA.  She lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon where she teaches English at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary.  She is a graduate of Biola University and taught middle school for ten years before moving to the Middle East.  She is involved with ministry at INSAAF, a community center for migrant domestic workers in Beirut, and she helps with leading worship at the International Community Church.

Link to Greg’s book, Table Life:

https://www.amazon.com/Table-Life-Invitation-Everyday-Discipleship/dp/0817018158/ref=sr_1_1?crid=L5HK3IN56OM6&keywords=table+life+book+greg+mamula&qid=1651627857&sprefix=table+life%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1

Do you drink coffee?  Listen as we dive into the world of coffee as our two friends talk about coffee in their parts of the world - Puerto Rico and Chiapas, Mexico!

Many thanks to our interviewees for this episode, Jorge Medero, the president of the International Ministries Board of Trustees and Global Servant, Ricardo Mayol-Bracero.  Ricardo is a regional consultant who works with the  Continental Christian Network for Peace (RECONPAZ) in theological-pastoral formation.  You can read more about his ministry here.

How much do you know about coffee?  Test your knowledge about coffee with this  short quiz.

(We apologize for the background noise!)

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“Provisions” is a one-hour virtual table where we gather to learn about culture, food, ministry, and the things that unite us around the world. It is a chance to meet and speak with people from different backgrounds while also learning about the ways that their culture has influenced things like food, language, and worship. Kristy Engel and Melanie Baggao will invite a friend(s), from one of the many places they have lived or visited, to share with the table. You will hear from them, firsthand, about life in that particular place.

We would encourage you to read Table Life, by Rev. Dr. Greg Mamula. “This new book presents a uniquely holistic approach to table fellowship as a spiritual discipline… Table Life is an intentional and interactive process of reflection and action, meals and mission, listening and storytelling, scripture and perspective, communion and neighboring. These disciplines connect the individual with Christ, the local church, their neighborhood, and their community contexts.”

About the hosts:

Kristy Engel is the Global Consultant for Health with International Ministries, ABC-USA. Her work has taken her to more than 30 countries and she has worked with partners during natural disasters and medical emergencies. She is a pediatric nurse practitioner with a masters certificate in International Nutrition through Tufts University and the United Nations University. She trains churches and partners in ABCD (asset based community development) and uses this model throughout the world.

Melanie Baggao is a Global Servant with International Ministries, ABC-USA.  She lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon where she teaches English at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary.  She is a graduate of Biola University and taught middle school for ten years before moving to the Middle East.  She is involved with ministry at INSAAF, a community center for migrant domestic workers in Beirut, and she helps with leading worship at the International Community Church.

Link to Greg’s book, Table Life:

https://www.amazon.com/Table-Life-Invitation-Everyday-Discipleship/dp/0817018158/ref=sr_1_1?crid=L5HK3IN56OM6&keywords=table+life+book+greg+mamula&qid=1651627857&sprefix=table+life%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1