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.
Oh man, today is your lucky day! Today is the day I introduce you to some beautiful treasures. I promised that I would begin to advocate in earnest. I warned you this day was coming....
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March 10, 2015
Oh my goooooodness! What an awesome week we had! It was go go go and packed with amazingness. Jed was in America for 12 days and just got home last Thursday. He had an awesome time of...
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March 8, 2015
If you’ve been reading this blog long enough you know that learning how to mother my kids in a new culture has been a big fat challenge for me. It was something I worried about...
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February 25, 2015
Hi! How are ya? We are just fine and dandy. Many good things are happening- in our family and in Wide Awake. I wish I had the time to just sit down with each of...
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February 23, 2015
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you were afraid to ask God for it, afraid of what His answer might be? Me too. I remember back in 2011 when Jed and I were planning our first...
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February 14, 2015
Hi Friends! Time to unload my phone again. Every time I go to make a picture post I have to first delete like 50 or 60 pictures of Seth. He’s a selfie-aholic. Really. We may...
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February 10, 2015
