Post Orphanage fun..

Summer camp is probably one of the most anticipated events of the year, for grads and leaders. Just this week, we had multiple kids ask us when camp would be. Sadly, we had to tell them that there would not be a camp. Ukraine has had and is still in much turmoil, which has caused there to be many families displaced all over the country. We searched for places to have camp but all were full with refugees who had to flee their homes.

Camps are such a huge part of our Post Orphanage Ministry. We may not be able to have camp but we plan to still get these kids together, have some fun, share about Jesus, and feed them some good food. We are going to have a lake day on the 4th of July. This will include games, swimming, a bonfire with s'mores, a bible lesson, fellowship, and fireworks. It may not be the camp we were planning for but we plan to pack a lot into this day. 

If you would like to help cover the cost so we can shower these kids with some great food and lots of memories, then click the donate button below. Any amount will help. Thank you so much!

Spring Grad Camp 2014

Spring Grad Camp... These kids are pretty amazing :)

The last 2 months

I am embarrassed to see that the last time I wrote a blog was in April :( I guess I wasn't kidding when I said I am terrible/hate writing blogs... So I will give no excuses... But since the last one, life has been full of craziness good and bad. Let me give a quick overview of what our life has been:

-Spring grad camp
-Chelsea came back
-Annie came back
-bought a van
-celebrated birthdays
-took the van to the shop
-Vala's pre-school graduation
-took the car to the shop
-Orphanage graduation
-took the car to the shop
-Orphanage camp
-took the van to the shop again
-went and hung out with refugees at a camp here in Sumy
-took the van to the shop again
-Helped at a camp for village kids with our local church
-starting to the think the van lives in the shop (you get the point, we bought a lemon)
-Have had many village days ministering to Dusya and her kids
-Went to a village to spend time with one of Losha, his girlfriend, and adorable son (he used to live in the Open Arms home)

I know I left out many things... quite honestly, not much has gone as we had planned but we have realized that God's plans are always better. So there is a quick update on the past 2 months :)

Celebrating Vala at her graduation

Orphanage graduates

A day in Krasnoply doing outreach with our church

Some of the cute kids at orphanage camp

Vika is TOO cute...

My amazing group at camp

Village camp

Some really awesome kids

Our lemon we call Dusty(he looks like a dust buster)