Comments on: The Cost of Leaving Home http://evangelicalpoliticalanalysis.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/the-cost-of-leaving-home/ Evangelical perspectives of the 2008 US Fall Elections Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: erichall81 http://evangelicalpoliticalanalysis.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/the-cost-of-leaving-home/#comment-407 erichall81 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:25:19 +0000 http://evangelicalpoliticalanalysis.wordpress.com/?p=621#comment-407 Kelly, Thanks for responding to my post and sharing that story. Like I said in my post I really think we (everyone in the world) really need to understand what we are giving up when we leave our homes and the negative affect it can have on the world. Kelly,

Thanks for responding to my post and sharing that story. Like I said in my post I really think we (everyone in the world) really need to understand what we are giving up when we leave our homes and the negative affect it can have on the world.

]]> By: erichall81 http://evangelicalpoliticalanalysis.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/the-cost-of-leaving-home/#comment-406 erichall81 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:17:13 +0000 http://evangelicalpoliticalanalysis.wordpress.com/?p=621#comment-406 Ashleigh, Thanks for the kind words. I believe that all men and women are created equal. Ashleigh,

Thanks for the kind words. I believe that all men and women are created equal.

]]> By: kellydd http://evangelicalpoliticalanalysis.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/the-cost-of-leaving-home/#comment-383 kellydd Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:19:18 +0000 http://evangelicalpoliticalanalysis.wordpress.com/?p=621#comment-383 My church has a long standing relationship with a church in a small city in Ukraine. I've been there twice on short-term trips and hope to go back again. The second time I went, there were many people that I had met on my first trip that I didn't see. One of my American friends I went with said that this happens every time he goes- more and more people immigrate to the US and Canada (it is easier to get a visa to Canada). At first I thought, "Good for them." But my friend surprised me when he said that he wished they wouldn't leave Ukraine. They think it America is going to be this great place and sure they may gain materially, but they lose so much when they leave Ukraine, the most important being the community of friends and extended family. Seeing and experiencing that community is something to be admired, and is hard to recapture once someone comes to the US. My church has a long standing relationship with a church in a small city in Ukraine. I’ve been there twice on short-term trips and hope to go back again. The second time I went, there were many people that I had met on my first trip that I didn’t see. One of my American friends I went with said that this happens every time he goes- more and more people immigrate to the US and Canada (it is easier to get a visa to Canada). At first I thought, “Good for them.” But my friend surprised me when he said that he wished they wouldn’t leave Ukraine. They think it America is going to be this great place and sure they may gain materially, but they lose so much when they leave Ukraine, the most important being the community of friends and extended family. Seeing and experiencing that community is something to be admired, and is hard to recapture once someone comes to the US.

]]> By: ashrebg http://evangelicalpoliticalanalysis.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/the-cost-of-leaving-home/#comment-381 ashrebg Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:54:13 +0000 http://evangelicalpoliticalanalysis.wordpress.com/?p=621#comment-381 Before reading this post in its entirety or knowing who wrote it, I was scanning it, briefly, and I got to "What do you guys/gals think?" And then I laughed and was like "Ha, this must be Eric." (I don't even know why that seemed SO distinctive but it was..) Yay for gender-inclusivity, even among Ohioans! ;o) Before reading this post in its entirety or knowing who wrote it, I was scanning it, briefly, and I got to “What do you guys/gals think?” And then I laughed and was like “Ha, this must be Eric.” (I don’t even know why that seemed SO distinctive but it was..) Yay for gender-inclusivity, even among Ohioans! ;o)

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