21 years ago, Patricia Bozzano had a dream to provide a home for 'orphans'. This quickly became a reality in the children's home she shared with her daughter Valeria. Today, what was a large institutional home is now transitioning to a multifaceted family-based model of...
I doubt I will ever find the words to convey the emotions of Christina’s passing from this earth. However, I do know that my life’s greatest privilege has been sharing Christina’s story as I travel the world, endeavoring to give the ripple affect of her...
At the end of a journey that has taken me through Germany Austria Slovakia Ukraine and Poland, my arrival to Paris was filled with a mixture of exhaustion and euphoria....
The interviews we conducted with Ukrainian refugees here In Poland reveal deep wounds from tragic loss. But thanks to Lifesong, that’s not the end of the story, lives are being mended and wounds are being healed through God‘s redeeming love....
Today our World Without Orphans team (Karmen Friesen , Ruby Johnston, Susan Hillis & Andrii Fedun) met with members of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) along with Nehemiah Uzhhorod to learn and listen about the IDP (internally displaced people) crisis in...
ONE OF THE LITTLE TREASURES THAT CHRISTINA LEFT BEHIND WERE JOURNALS FROM HER TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD. I loved having them for reference in Paris several years ago, reading her words as I enjoyed the visual feast of the Notre Dame. I remember standing where...
In 2017 I photographed at Father’s House in Ukraine and It did not take long to understand why this special place in Kyiv, has ben called holy ground. Sitting across from Roman and his daughter Anastasia in 2017 during a 1 1/2 hour interview, I heard...
During mine and Dasha’s time in Latvia, searching for solutions to her being unable to return home to Ukraine due to the war, we had the opportunity to work with one of my favorite ministries, Dallas based Orphan Outreach. ...
After our flight from Zambia to Uganda, mine and Dasha’s work in Africa abruptly changed. As our plane pulled to the gate and cel service resumed, news of Russia’s attack on Ukraine flooded our phones...
Political unrest and safety issues on Zambian college campuses sent Helen Mumba to the US to pursue higher education. While at Criswell College in Dallas, TX, she received a bachelor's degree in Business Management and a master's degree in Counseling....
