Ukraine in Photos

Getting our boarding passes. First flight en route to Ukraine!


The following pics were taken in Kyiv...

Motherland statue

Beautiful!

Us with the Trumps, another American family adopting.

And now on to Ochtyrka, the town close to Sergei's orphanage...

Our first day reunited with Sergei

Brad challenging Sergei to pull-ups

The school at the orphanage

This is what many of the buildings in Ochtyrka looked like.

The scenery we enjoyed on our trip to the orphanage each day.

Pronounced "Ochtyrka"

Swimming in the river

Giving tattoos to the boys

Brad with Sergei and his best friend Sergei

Old churches in Ochtyrka

The favorite pastime.

Our taxi driver, Sergei.

Spent alot of time doing this

The older boys were constantly challenging Brad to physical competitions.

Ivan - a great, funny kid!

Sergei took this photo. Thought the angle was artsy. Like it so I posted it. :)

Bacon anyone?

They grow the crayfish big in Ukraine!

We were SOOOO excited to find Lay's potato chips!

Saw a lot of this - boys running around in their undies.

Lunch with some of the mission team members.

Dancing with Vica at the carnival we had.

Yes, that is Brad. :)

Andriy - for sure a cutie!

Brad with Natasha, my favorite little girl there.

Painting faces

Brad with some of the mission team members.

Bible lesson time

Ukrainian cookout. They cook bread dough on sticks over an open fire. It was quite yummy.

This is seriously how they get baths. In the river.

Me with Nastya

Denis - What an awesome boy!

Natasha again - I could always count on her for some snuggling and kisses! Such a sweetie!

Team pictures

Me and another Vica

Brad with some of the older boys he befriended

Last few minutes at the orphanage - Sergei with some of his friends.

The two Sergei's

Sumy bound...

Sunflowers everywhere!!

Bumper cars in Sumy

Relaxing by the pool at our lovely hotel.

What a happy face! Love it!

McDonald's in Sumy. Tasted great after 3 1/2 weeks of barely eating anything!

Back to Kyiv to finish it up...

Breakdancing in Kyiv

Cheryl Trump and I. We were so blessed to be in Kyiv with them again for the end of our trips. We even got to fly out of Ukraine together.

Me, Sergei, Tatiana, and Cheryl

Souvenir Lane

Dinner at an authentic Ukranian restaurant. REALLY yummy food!

Hope you all enjoyed the pics. I know there were a ton of them, but these weren't even the tip of the iceburg. We took over 1000 pics! Crazy! Can't wait to get them made into photobooks. I'm making one for our family and one for Sergei to have.