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Today we have sort of an interesting conversation, especially with what's happening on the world stage with Russia and Ukraine.

We actually have Michael Johnson with us today.

He is the president of Slavic Gospel Association, a U.S.-based evangelical organization on a mission

to rescue thousands of orphaned teens in the former Soviet Union. These teenagers are under

threat of being forced into terrible things like prostitution and slavery and even organized crime.

And Michael and his team at SGA are on what they call a race against evil because about 87% of these teens who leave orphanages in the former Soviet Union countries of Eastern Europe, they'll end up in prostitution, criminal gang, slave labor, or even worse, commit suicide if they have no other option.

So Michael, thank you so much for joining me today.

You're very welcome.

It's great to be here.

I'm so glad you are because what you're doing, I'm reading about not only are you doing this

in Eastern Europe, but in Ukraine, it's in a war zone.

So tell us a little bit about what that's been like.

Well, first, I'd like to give you a little background of the ministry.

Back in the early 20th century, there was a man named Peter Danica who was born in Belarus.

And as he grew up, his family was confronted with a lot of problems, one being a famine.

And so his parents put him on a ship and sent him to the United States so that he could secure

employment and send money back so they can survive.

He ended up in Chicago, and he was saved through the ministry of the Moody Church,

went to Bible School, became a pastor.

Then in 1934, when the persecution ramped up throughout those countries against the Christians,

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