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!
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Our family of seven is together at last. Vladik and Jed arrived from Ukraine on Thursday night. The wait is over!! After months of loving our Vladik and leaving him behind a gate, he...
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September 28, 2015
So I’m sitting here in a coffee shop ALL ALONE. I’m not sure the last time this has ever happened to me. Wait, has this ever happened to me before? It feels very strange and...
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September 11, 2015
This is Part 3 in our adoption story. You can read Part One here and Part Two here! After camp Jed and I both began to see Vladik differently. Our hearts toward him were changing, but...
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September 4, 2015
This is the second part in a series about our adoption story. You can read Part One here. After God turned our hearts to Ukraine, and orphans with special needs there, we knew we had to...
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September 3, 2015
This is the first in a series of posts about our adoption. It’s a miraculous story and I pray God uses it to speak to other families who are considering adoption. So...
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September 1, 2015
Vladislav Christopher Johnson- orphan no more! Today, in a courtroom in Romaniv, Ukraine, Vladik was legally declared to be our son. We are officially a family of...
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August 31, 2015
Where in the world is the Johnson Fam? Are you finding it impossible to keep up with all our comings and goings and craziness? Yeah, me too. 🙂 I did a big catch-up post here, for the...
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August 29, 2015
