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Redeeming Love: How the Ukrainian Church Is Reaching Orphans During War
Every orphaned child in Ukraine has a name. Yet because Ukraine's rate of institutionalization is the highest in Europe, according to data from the European Union and UNICEF, it's easy to think of orphans in terms of statistics. Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, an estimated 250 children entered…
Q&A with One of the Last Adoptive Families Out of Ukraine
In February 2022, the Jagge family's amazing adoption journey went viral as they left Ukraine just days before the Russian invasion began. But this Lifesong family's road to adoption started long before they set foot in Ukraine. And even with their son home, their journey is only getting…
Bringing Home the Boy in the Pink Shirt: An Adoption Journey
As Jackie scrolled through Facebook one day, she saw a photo that stopped her in her tracks. At 15 years old, the child in the photo looked like a baby. He wore a little pink shirt and lay in a crib in a Ukrainian orphanage. Shocked, she sent…