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.
I figured I better give an update about where we are on our journey to Ukraine. I haven’t written much about our move in this space recently just because there is so much still up...
kimnjed
September 26, 2012
God is on the move. I feel the rumblings. I have realized something about myself as we’ve traveled along on this journey over the past 2 years. Right before God does something...
kimnjed
July 1, 2012
How do you move your family to Ukraine? One baby step at a time. I’m not much of a baby-stepper. I’m more of a...
kimnjed
June 10, 2012
Two years ago today we had no idea what we were in for. It was a Sunday, I headed to the hospital to pick up a newborn foster baby. I remember the day clearly. It’s strange...
kimnjed
June 6, 2012
We’ve been home a little more than a week now. That was fast! I’m elbow-deep into diapers, homeschooling, and “happy heart” chairing (our main method of dealing...
kimnjed
May 13, 2012
Whenever someone says “Home again, home again” I always think of my friend Cody. When we lived together after college she would always say that as we pulled into the...
kimnjed
May 4, 2012
Today is our last day here. Late tonight, actually reeeeeeally early tomorrow morning, we’ll take a bus back to the capital and fly out at 6:00am tomorrow morning. We spent...
kimnjed
May 1, 2012
