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Beauty from the Ashes...: March 2014
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Saturday, March 29, 2014. Reunions, Remembering and Reprieve. For 3 hours today I forgot. I forgot about the stress and heaviness my heart has been carrying this week. I forgot about the headlines. Worry seemed far from my mind. There was no talk of war. No talk of Russia. There was only laughter, memories and hugs and smiles.and pizza. I traveled with a group of friends to visit the children we brought to Colorado this last December to perform The Old Russian Shoemaker. For those 3 hours, rumors of war ...
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Beauty from the Ashes...: October 2014
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Monday, October 13, 2014. Helping Refugees on Ukraine's Eastern front. Ukraine seems to have fallen off the radars of the western news media, but that doesn’t change the severity of what is still currently taking place in the country. Though a shaky cease-fire is being reported in Ukraine’s east, the fact remains that the lives of hundreds of thousands of displaced people have come to a stand still. To date, more than 3,600 people have lost their lives in this conflict. I have an account set up to receiv...
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Beauty from the Ashes...: Adoption
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These sweet faces all have one thing in common.they were once living in an orphanage in Ukraine, but now have been adopted into their forever families and are orphans no more! Below you will find some Frequently asked Questions about adopting from Ukraine. Please feel free to email me directly if you don't see the answer to a question you are wondering about. How long does the adoption process in Ukraine take? Time in country currently averages 5-7 weeks. Can I adopt a baby? There are no infants. There a...
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Beauty from the Ashes...: Bread Lines & War
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014. Bread Lines and War. Today I met a little girl and her grandma as they stood in line to get bread in Krasnogorivka. As I bent down to see her face I was met in return with these piercing blue eyes. I told her they were angelic, and then learned that her name was Angelina. Apparently I was not the only one to have seen the face of an angel in this girl. Though our ministry has been making numerous trips in to deliver goods since late July, this was my first time stepping into ...
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Beauty from the Ashes...: Celebrating 10 years!
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Monday, October 6, 2014. 8220;Sometimes life takes us places we never expected to go, and in those places God writes a story we never thought would be ours.”. My sweet mom sent this little note in my birthday card last month. Upon reading it I stared at the words, realizing somehow they are the epitome of my life (apparently she thought so too! Today marks 10 years since I first arrived in Ukraine. A country I had to find on a map before booking my travel adventure. Has one decade really passed? I guess ...
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Beauty from the Ashes...: May 2014
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014. While I was in the states last week I was able to do an interview with CBN News. My friend George, who reports for CBN News thought he'd use the opportunity to get the perspective from someone on the ground. So here is what I had to share. Please keep praying for Ukraine- things are continuing to heat up in the east. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hardwork. View my complete profile.
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Beauty from the Ashes...: February 2015
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Sunday, February 22, 2015. I clearly remember walking the streets of Kiev a year ago today. I remember writing a blog post on that day, filled with optimism and feeling very hopeful about what was next for Ukraine. It seemed there had been a victory. I remember thinking that the madness and death were finally over. Little did I know that it was only just beginning. For a brief moment, looking up at that drone, I clearly remember thinking, ‘what if the Russians do something in response to all this? It fel...
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Beauty from the Ashes...: The 2 month review!
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Sunday, June 1, 2014. The 2 month review! Well all I can say is it's been a whirl wind. Of a last 2 months! Though I would like to sit and give extended thoughts to each and every wonderful moment.let's face it, there's just not time for that! So instead I'll just provide a pictorial review and some brief highlights of how April and May were spent. April began with our Strengthening Families Conference. 3 days in Armenia. I also forgot how beautiful the spring is in the Pacific Northwest. I was able ...
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Beauty from the Ashes...: Orphans In Ukraine
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Each new morn new widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face.-. Finds mercy.” Hosea 14:3. The most common statistic that is often quoted is that there are. 100,000 orphans in Ukraine.". This statistic alone is quite misleading, as adoptive families come over and are shown very few children at the adoption department and are left thinking, "I thought there were 100,000 children in need of a good home, and now there seems to be hardly any! What is wrong with this picture? This mean...
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