There is our friend, Pastor Elenya - whom we love and deeply respect...whose journey of healing from cancer we chronicled last year. We have just a glimpse of the incredible needs of this adoptive mom, her children and her church.
There is a single mom, her beautiful daughter, her mom and sister - doing all they can to make it...waiting for words of support. Galina, holding her daughter, will help us with translation this trip
There is Valera and Luba - a family where a lot of healing has happened...waiting for words of encouragement...
There is an awesome group of kids at the orphanage waiting for lots of hugs.... and maybe an English lesson or two...
There are excited, committed students , Vitali and Tedros, who start back to the new university this fall - whose scholarships come from dear friends here.