The First Time
Her heart pounded in her chest and her stomach churned as the van turned onto the gravel road lined with trees. Two weeks earlier she and he had left their four small children and...
kimnjed
June 30, 2020
The Latest
The story of Wide Awake International began in the summer of 2010 when Kim Johnson, one of our co-founders, stumbled upon a blog about the adoption of children with disabilities from Ukraine. Shortly after that she started her own blog and has been sharing our story with the Wide Awake Community ever since.
On this page, you will find all the latest news about what we are up to here in Ukraine from the different outlets where we share: the blog, the podcast, and YouTube- all of it is here, in one place! If you want to dig into our history (and have several hours to spare…) you can find our archives here and go all the way back to the beginning of our story.
You won’t find us on social media, so we have created “The Latest” as a way to engage with each of you who has opened your heart to this work. Feel free to comment, ask questions, and dig around to your heart’s content. You are welcome here!
PS: If you want to hear even more from us you can sign up to receive our weekly newsletter where we share stories and photos from each week. You can sign up here.
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kimnjed
June 30, 2020
Wide Awake International “Live-In Assistant” Role Description
In the last blog post “A Call to a Small Life” we hinted at the soon-to-be-revealed job descriptions. The time is come! Below is the Role Description for “Live-In...
kimnjed
March 9, 2020
A Call to a Small Life
Our life and world here in Ukraine is quite small. There’s a simplicity about it that I have grown to love and cherish. Sure, there are things about it that are far from simple....
kimnjed
February 24, 2020
Changes for Good
January ended up being a pretty great month. To start with, Jed’s mom brought Vladik home to us. Yay! Then she stayed for a month to spend time with us and help with the kids so Jed and...
kimnjed
February 11, 2020
The Year to be Present
I love the beginning of a new year. I love a clean slate, a fresh start, a chance to start over and try again. Even though my life circumstances on December 31, 2019 were exactly the...
kimnjed
January 2, 2020
2019: A Year of Learning and Miracles
Well this year sure flew by in a flurry! I was just looking through the 2019 blog posts to find the highlights to link here and saw that I really didn’t write a whole lot. That in...
kimnjed
December 30, 2019
An Anton Update
We can’t thank you enough. All of you who have been praying, all who sent messages, all who emailed and called. Thank you for loving us, for trusting us, and for loving Anton. It...
kimnjed
December 20, 2019
