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.
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
It’s Thursday! Can you even believe it? So, yeah, I missed my phone-pic-emptying-post on Sunday. Oops! But it’s because I felt so strongly that I just had to tell you about...
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January 29, 2015
One year ago, at seven years old, he was transferred to our institution. We were shocked when we saw him. He was so beautiful. His skin was soft and unblemished, his eyes were bright,...
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January 25, 2015
Happy Sunday my friends! Lately I’ve been getting some requests to show more of our daily life here on the blog. Thank you for asking! It’s hard for me to know what people...
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January 18, 2015
