If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a year, you know that I always write about Sputnik Day, in memory of the first satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. This blog, from 2019, highlights the importance of technology to solve problems.
However, this year, it seems appropriate NOT to honor the Russians who are waging an unprovoked land-grab war on Ukraine, reminding us that technology can be used for good or ill.
As of this writing, the Ukrainians are still fighting back, and lately, they have been succeeding. Bless ’em.
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. (Matthew 24.6, 7, NIV)
TeachBeyond has partners and/or colleagues in Ukraine and all the countries surrounding it. Several of our Eastern European schools have taken in traumatized Ukrainian students. And cost of living has gone up tremendously, as much as 700% in Hungary. The situation is desperate. But God . . .!