Hosting
…”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 [...]
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 [...]
Summer program
Hello, Dear friends!
We are starting to work on the summer 2010 Hosting program. So, next week we will go to administrations of orphanages. Please, pray about that!
For us is very important to recieve permissions from these leaders. It’s necessary for children (from new orphanages) in order to be part of summer program.
Thanks for your support!
Christmas in America
As many of you know MIR partners on a hosting program with New Horizons for Children over 5 years now. This program had its ups and downs, has been through so many changes in terms of management, reporting to Russian government and orphanages participating. When we learnt this fall most orphanages have a concern about [...]
Update: Hosting, Short-term teams, Humanitarian Aid
New Horizons
We continue our hosting program; twice a year we send Russian orphans to live with American host families for 4-6 weeks. Twenty five children and four adults safely arrived in the USA on June 25. This is our second trip under new regulations the administration of the city placed on hosting programs. Gladly, the [...]