Episode 7, Liberia with Charles Jones

Episode 10: Provisions in Ukraine!

Thanks for hanging in there with us to wait for a new episode...I know it's been awhile! 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/ [https://www.karpaty.info/en/uk/zk/]  (Evelin mentioned Synevyr Lake [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synevyr] and Shenborn Castle [https://travels.in.ua/en-US/object/918/shenborn-counts-palace]) Ukrainian Main Dish Recipes * Classic Borscht Recipe (Beet Soup) [https://natashaskitchen.com/classic-russian-borscht-recipe/] * Bograch [https://authenticukraine.com.ua/en/food/bograc] Ukrainian Salad Recipes * Carrot and Cabbage Salad [https://ukrainian-recipes.com/tag/carrot-salad] * Carrot Salad (Korean Carrot Salad) [https://www.alyonascooking.com/korean-carrot-salad/] Ukrainian Dessert Recipes * Vareniki with Cherries (Ukrainian sweet dumplings) [https://ukrainefood.info/recipes/desserts/53-vareniki-with-cherries] * Sochniki [https://ukrainefood.info/recipes/desserts/40-sochniki] * Syrnyky (Ukrainian Farmer Cheese Pancakes) [https://savaskitchen.com/syrniki-pancakes/ ] To sign up for emails about episodes: http://eepurl.com/hXEar5 [http://eepurl.com/hXEar5]  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 [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]

Episode 9: Christmas Around the World

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. [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-Y84KWlGuMLbY9kVdfGDtlE2CBygtodH2n4px_44YlCPlhQ/viewform?usp=sf_link] To sign up for emails about episodes: http://eepurl.com/hXEar5 [http://eepurl.com/hXEar5] “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 [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]

Episode 8: Coffee Break!

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. [https://www.internationalministries.org/author/r-mayol-bracero/] How much do you know about coffee?  Test your knowledge about coffee with this  short quiz. [https://forms.gle/AvjBumLJJTmnRMAW6] (We apologize for the background noise!) To sign up for emails about episodes: http://eepurl.com/hXEar5 [http://eepurl.com/hXEar5] “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 [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]

Episode 7, Liberia with Charles Jones

We are excited to invite you to our next episode of Provisions: Table Conversations! Our guest will be Rev. Dr. Charles Jones, Area Director for Europe, the Middle East, and Liberia. Charles will share with Kristy about the culture and history of Liberia and you will learn more about some of the recent crises in the country as well as the food. Kristy had the opportunity to interview Charles while attending the European Baptist Federation’s annual gathering in Riga, Latvia. Listen to that conversation, now. You can also learn more about the food and take a short quiz to see what you know about Liberia, by clicking the corresponding links. Thank you for joining us at the table again! RECIPES [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KUVmp4xMZfpW1gqPXswdFxRMK7nbMGUw/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=107808336151427018551&rtpof=true&sd=true] QUIZ [https://forms.gle/XPhG357XWHue2NLj9] To sign up for emails about episodes: http://eepurl.com/hXEar5 [http://eepurl.com/hXEar5] “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 [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]

Episode 6 - Lebanon with Raffi

Join us as talks to Raffi about his life in Lebanon. You will hear about the beautiful musical instrument he plays - the DUDUK! You will also get to hear him talk about his favorite foods and what he things makes Lebanon so special!  You will also briefly hear about one of Mel's best kept secrets in Lebanon. Try a recipe from Lebanon [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zaV4w942_ECWIVPZwKj0-AmNCvzhh-25/view?usp=sharing] Test your knowledge [https://forms.gle/FLcAEbTY4a1tjK1W6] You can find Raffi Chilingirian on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Raffi.Duduk.Chilingirian/] and on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChHBU7_xDu2ZGIaXi2YisRA],