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Valiant
Welcome 2015! 2015 sounds so futuristic, like we should all be wearing shiny suits and ordering our meals from a robot or something. I wouldn’t mind the robot thing. Less time spent in the kitchen?...
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FOUND.
Not a lot of words needed today. VLADIK IS FOUND. A family has found their boy. Vladik doesn’t know it yet, but in just a few months, Lord willing, he will be a beloved son, orphan no more. We are...
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A Nervous Confidence
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you were afraid to ask God for it, afraid of what His answer might be? Me too. I remember back in 2011 when Jed and I were planning our first trip to scout...
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The Beauty in the Journey
If you’ve been reading this blog long enough you know that learning how to mother my kids in a new culture has been a big fat challenge for me. It was something I worried about before we moved, and it...
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A Week in Photos: ‘Merica Edition
Last week Ezra and I were in the good old US of A! We had to go there for some document stuff and had a grand time! It was the first time either of us had been back since we moved to Ukraine 17 months...
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BIG, FAT ANNOUNCEMENT!
The secret is out! The Johnson family is expecting! We are so happy to share the wonderful news that we are pursuing the adoption of one of our Boys! This is something that God has had in the...
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Unexpected Blessings: England!
Did you know that I could be the perfect criminal? All these years earning money like an honest person, and I could have just been a thief! ;) You see, unbeknownst to me, I have almost no...
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Revisiting Yes.
A couple weeks ago at church a young guy came up to me that I’d never met before. He spoke some English and wanted to try out his skills, so we chatted for a bit. He said “I heard you guys work at...
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Introducing…
Vladislav Christopher Johnson- orphan no more! Today, in a courtroom in Romaniv, Ukraine, Vladik was legally declared to be our son. We are officially a family of seven! Ours was the first...
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Together At Last
Our family of seven is together at last. Vladik and Jed arrived from Ukraine on Thursday night. The wait is over!! After months of loving our Vladik and leaving him behind a gate, he is out and ours...
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The Most Important Post, Revisited
November is a good month. We have two family birthdays, it’s Thanksgiving, the holiday season begins, the weather is cozy, and it’s National Adoption Month! Did you know? Have you heard? There is a...
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In Loving Memory
I was sitting at the doctor with Vladik yesterday when I got the text. Our sweet Dima had left this earth, gone to be with Jesus. He was twenty-seven years old and he was my love. Dima had been ill and...
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Winds of Change and a Voice
A couple weeks ago at church, a friend introduced us to her friend, who then met Vladik, and this story began. The friend we met, Vera, is a local activist here in Zhytomyr. She is involved in some...
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Her heart pounded in her chest and her stomach churned as the van turned onto the gravel road lined with trees. Two weeks earlier she and he had left their four small children and flew all the way...
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