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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. 

Orphan CareYes

It’s Ukrainian Tradition!!!

(Jedge here)…. after 4 rounds of Konjac and toasting to who-knows-what, my name affectionately sounds more like “Jedge”, in the mouths of Ukrainians on a midnight train...

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kimnjed April 24, 2012
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Full Bellies

Today we spent the day doing what we do best in Kiev: walking and eating.  Oh yes, our talents in those areas grow daily.  Let’s talk food! Today we found a cool indoor market....

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kimnjed April 21, 2012
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Romaniv

Today was a day like no other.  I’m not even quite sure what to say or how to say it.  Today was wonderful, horrible, beautiful, ugly…and everything in between. Today we...

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kimnjed April 20, 2012
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4 Thoughts and a Coffee Date

1.  I’m not sure if this is widely known, but Ukraine is being overrun by hot pockets.  Let me explain. There are at least 1, usually 2 notary offices on each block.  Why so many...

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kimnjed April 19, 2012
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Zhitomir

What a great day!  Sorry we are late getting this update out, but we don’t have wifi in our hotel now that we are in Zhitomir.  We went to a café tonight to Skype the kiddos and send out...

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kimnjed April 19, 2012
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Today so Far

 This blog has a couple of purposes.  One of them being a way to keep friends and family informed of the process and journey God’s had us on, and the other purpose is just to have...

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kimnjed April 17, 2012
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Contact Made!

We went exploring! Independence Square Today we ventured out to explore some of the city and get our bearings.  It was a blast!  The pictures above are of Independence...

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kimnjed April 16, 2012
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