These last two weeks FLEW by!! Our days have been full of meetings, planning, starting a new program, spending time with kids, and so much more. Here’s another glimpse of Open Arms Lately…

vanya
We celebrated Vanya’s birthday! Vanya lives in the Open Arms home and is one of our more reserved post-orphanage kids. We often say that it takes forever to truly build a relationship with these kids. He is a perfect example of this. We have known Vanya for around 10 years and are just now starting to feel like we have had a break through.

snow day
When we first got back the weather was beautiful and we thought Spring was here to stay… and then we woke up to this.

meeting
Our weekly planning meetings have been fun as we prepare for programs in the weeks to come.

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We have spent a few days in the village and what a blessing that has been! I mean how can you not love seeing this kind of joy?! Andre is only slightly obsessed with Lightening McQueen.


Time for some target practice! Dusya may be little but she can definitely hold her own.

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We spent time with the kids at the orphanage as well. I think we have some future hair stylists in our group.

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Last week we launched an English Club! We are really excited to see this group grow as we reach out to our kids and other people here in Sumy.

Well, that’s just a glimpse of all that has been happening here. Until next time!