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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Holy Garage Sale Amazingness!!! What kind of crazy garage sale brings in that kind of money? I have absolutely no idea how that happened, other than the fact that God must have...
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September 3, 2013
Today. Today is a very big day. Today we sat down at the computer and bought 6 one-way tickets to Ukraine. After we finished our transaction Jed and I just stood there looking at each...
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September 3, 2013
“Then he isn’t safe?” said Lucy. “Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe?...
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September 3, 2013
We are alive! We really are! I have been a bit of a blog slacker lately, it’s true. It’s not because I have nothing to say…we all know that would never be the case!...
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September 3, 2013
“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”...
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July 15, 2013
We have some pretty fantastic news to share! We know where we get to live in Zhitomir!!!!! THIS IS HUGE!!!! When we were in Zhitomir in May we stayed in a house that we talked about...
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July 10, 2013
