April, 2010
“Why would they care?”
This was on the first country wide TVcannel at 9 pm news release April, 29.
Thousands of Americans are watching the consultations in Moscow with anxiety and anticipation: those who already have brought orphans from Russia,and those who are still dreaming to do it. They are confident that each child [...]
…”The Rest of the Story”
In the fall of 1986 a baby boy, Valera Pavlov, was born to a young married couple in the small village of Chubaksari, Russia. He was the 2nd child born of their 3 children and everyone was quite happy! However, in the height of the Soviet Union rule, the family did what they could do [...]
Artem Saveliev send back home to Russia
Home Alone
In the center of attention today is the fate of 8-year-Artem Saveliev
The day before he flew to Moscow on his own from the United States.
The note, which he had brought, said that his American adoptive parents, namely, his mother decided to abandon him. According to some reports, the boy at the airport was supposed [...]
A letter to an Orphanage Director
The Hosting Program is entering it’s last few weeks when families and Russian orphans from Saint Petersburg along with orphans from Ukraine and Latvia are matched.
In the list of participants Russia is traditionally the most difficult in terms of permission from directors and first one to close [...]
O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting?
Moscow has had a terribly, horribly hard week. The beginning of the Easter Sunday celebration was hailed by two young women committing suicide by blowing themselves up on the metro. Forty people lost their lives.
We grieved for those who lost their lives including the two women who strapped bombs to their bodies, who came from [...]