How a ten-year-old is helping the Ukrainian army
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 25 July 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Valeria Yezhova is a ten-year-old Ukrainian girl—and European and world champion checkers player—making headlines for playing checkers to raise money for the Ukrainian army. In The Daily Article for July 25, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison shares her encouraging story before discussing the example of the Israelites failing to fully drive out the Canaanites in Joshua 16 and what this means for Christians seeking to live out their calling in today's culture. Please follow this link to my latest article: A snake in the drain and rats in the cellar.
Author: Dr. Jim Denison
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast for Monday, July 25th, 2022. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim |
| 0:12.1 | Denison. Meet Valeria Yeshova, a 10-year-old girl in Ukraine, now making global headlines. |
| 0:19.0 | Her mother told reporters, Valeria asked me how she could help the |
| 0:22.8 | Ukrainian army. I asked her what she does best, and she replied that she is good at checkers. More than good. |
| 0:30.2 | In fact, Valeria is both the European and world champion for her age group. So she set up a folding table outside a Kiev shopping center with a sign, |
| 0:40.3 | we are helping the Ukrainian army and began playing anyone willing to challenge her. |
| 0:45.3 | When they lose, they drop whatever money they choose into a shoebox. |
| 0:50.3 | In one week, she raised $700, which will buy humanitarian aid and equipment for the Ukrainian military. |
| 0:58.0 | If only all the weekend news were so uplifting. |
| 1:01.1 | A wildfire near Yosemite Park exploded in size, forcing thousands of evacuations. |
| 1:07.3 | The World Health Organization declared Monkeypox a public health emergency. |
| 1:11.6 | There were shootings in Los Angeles, the Seattle area, Iowa, and Washington State. |
| 1:17.9 | Russian missiles struck a Ukrainian port one day after Russia agreed to a grain export deal with Ukraine. |
| 1:25.7 | A bus fell off a bridge in Kenya, killing at least 21 people. |
| 1:30.1 | At least 17 Haitians died after a boat capsized in the Bahamas. Pope Francis began a visit to |
| 1:36.8 | Canada yesterday to apologize to indigenous people for abuses by Catholic missionaries at residential |
| 1:43.6 | schools. |
| 1:44.9 | In-person worship was canceled Sunday at a downtown Dallas church after a bomb threat. |
| 1:50.0 | In the face of grave challenges, Valeria Yeshova's example reminds me of Edward Everett |
| 1:56.4 | Hale's famous dictum, I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do |
| 2:04.4 | something, and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. |
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