Dasha and I are so grateful for the hospitality of Stefi and Luminita Micliuc. We loved learning about the Romanian countryside cottage that Stefi and his wife have lovingly restored. ...
Such a beautiful day in the countryside of Romania, photographing adoptive families in the village of Micesti. Dasha and I loved meeting Ionel and his wife Anca and hearing stories of how their faith in God has sustained their family through three adoptions. ...
It was a beautiful autumn day in the Romanian countryside, just outside of Pitești. Dasha and I were in the village of Micesti to learn the stories of two families who have embraced their pastors message of “every child should have the love, support and...
Have you ever thought about the fact that we are “created by God in His own image” (Genesis 1:27) and that we change throughout our lives? Our thoughts, actions, and attitude towards people are different from year to year. This is especially true in times of...
I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING STORIES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THAT LEFT ME INSPIRED AND FILLED WITH HOPE. THE JOURNEY STARTS WITH MY FIRST POST, SHARING ABOUT THE MINISTRIES THAT MY CAPTURING GRACE TEAM WENT TO SERVE. ...
Four years ago when Maria Shestopalova came to live at Sails of Hope, her life had been a very difficult story. In Maria’s ten years here on earth, surviving was the only goal. She had never received any formal education and was unable to read...
I am often asked, “how do you hear all of the difficult stories without it just breaking your heart?” There are multiple answers to this question but I am just grateful that for the most part, the heartbreaking stories are a part of these children’s...
In 2014, Marina was a happy mom with a husband, four children, and two more on the way. Life was good here in Sloviansk and the future was bright for this sweet family. After the borders of Ukraine were breached in 2014 by the Russian army,...
Our time at Sails of Hope in Slovyansk Ukraine was amazing, witnessing the work of an angel named Eva and her very kind husband Andrew. ...
Photographing children for child sponsorship means a great deal to me since It was my daughter's sponsorship of a little boy in India that started my path of Capturing Grace. I have since made my way through 45 countries in the last 7 years, putting...
