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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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The MoveVillage LifeWide Awake HomesteadWide Awake International

Meanwhile, Back in Ukraine…

We made it!  We’ve been back in Ukraine for almost a week now, and all is well.  We hit the ground running.  I guess I’m learning that that’s kind of our style.  We...

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kimnjed August 3, 2016
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Be PresentThe MoveUSA Trips

On Leaving 

How to begin?  We head back to Ukraine in 12 days.  What the what?????? My last blog post was June 3rd. I have known I needed to write, but it felt like there was too much in...

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kimnjed July 15, 2016
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AdoptionAdvocatingVlad

The Beauty and the Grief of Older Child Adoption

Vladik will turn 16 next month. It will be the celebration of the century, because our baby finally has a family. I can’t wait to celebrate the life of our boy. He is a warrior. He...

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kimnjed June 3, 2016
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USA TripsWide Awake International

An Invitation

We would like to invite you to a very special event! Thursday, June 30th at 7pm we are hosting “An Evening With Wide Awake” at the Kroc Center in Salem, Oregon. Our...

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kimnjed May 25, 2016
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Wide Awake Property!

Jed came back to Oregon on Friday after spending the last month in Ukraine.  He had a great, full time working with our church community, interns, spending time with the boys,...

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kimnjed May 17, 2016
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RomanivThe MoveWide Awake InternationalYes

The First Time

Four years ago today we met our boys for the first time. On that day we had no idea that those beautiful boys would become the loves of our lives.  We had no idea they would become our...

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kimnjed April 20, 2016
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All About Vladik: Seven Months Free

I wish every single person who ever met Vladik at Romaniv could see him now.  You would not know this child. Jed is back in Ukraine right now and has been sending me tons of pics of my...

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kimnjed April 15, 2016
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