Recently I discovered that I'm a missionary in a place where people sometimes lose their lives for exposing the truth when that truth threatens the prosperity of certain individuals. The events seen on newscasts around the world of election scandals and an attempted murder of a then presidential candidate were certainly not isolated incidents.

There is still a great deal of corruption in Ukraine and it can be found at various levels of nearly any system, institution, or service. I write this entry with very real evidence of such corruption still fresh on my mind.

Just weeks ago a close Ukrainian friend of mine lost her father to malpractice in an extremely corrupt medical system. The family was shocked at events that transpired and led to the unexpected death of this young woman's father. An autopsy at the family's request revealed that indeed gross mistreatment had been administered.

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