Ukraine in the Membrane! Our First Thoughts on Orphan Hosting

When the idea of hosting an orphan was first presented to me, I have to admit the whole thing sounded completely and totally insane.

*DJ...Cue Insane in the Membrane by Cypress Hill*
for those of you who are not fine connoisseurs of 90's rap... it can be found on youtube.com (but only if you are over the age of 18, because it comes with a parental advisory.  Thanks, Tipper Gore!)




The conversation in my head went a little something like this:

"So, let me get this straight....somebody takes a bunch of kids who don't speak English, have little to no experience living with a family, brings them to the US and drops them at someone's house to live?"

"for weeks???"

"with NO chaperone or translator around the clock?"

"and then you have to send them back?   To the ORPHANAGE?!?!"

" and when this all goes smoothly and you fall madly in love with each other there is absolutely no guarantee that you can adopt the children and live happily ever after?"

"and it costs HOW MUCH MONEY?"

"OH MY GOD!! Please, please, please sign me up!!!!"

"What kind of crazy people would EVER do this?"



Most of you who are reading this blog, already know the answer to that question.

So, the real question is how did we get from "there"  to adopting a sibling set from Ukraine? 

It's a beautiful story that begins with these two pictures.  

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