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.
A couple weeks ago at church, a friend introduced us to her friend, who then met Vladik, and this story began. The friend we met, Vera, is a local activist here in Zhytomyr. She is...
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April 7, 2017
I’m happy to report that THE SNOW IS GONE. The streets are (mostly) dry(ish) and the debate over which shoes to wear has simmered down a bit. In my previous life, in Oregon, the...
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March 14, 2017
I was sitting at the doctor with Vladik yesterday when I got the text. Our sweet Dima had left this earth, gone to be with Jesus. He was twenty-seven years old and he was my love. Dima...
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February 24, 2017
I’m sitting here at the table in a super quiet moment. Ooooh I love it. I’m debating getting up and making a cup o’ coffee, but I’m too afraid to disturb the...
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February 22, 2017
I haven’t written much about it lately, but work on the Wide Awake Homestead has continued strong and steady. The process is slow going, and we are learning much patience, but...
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February 1, 2017
Happy New Year! Yeah, I know I’m late to the New Years party, but time to write is scarce these days. Better late than never, am I right? 2016 was a DOOZY. Surgeries and goodbyes...
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January 23, 2017
Yay December! Pandora comes to life in our house around Christmas time. We’ve got the “Peaceful Christmas”, “Ray Conniff Singers Christmas”, “Amy...
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December 8, 2016
