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Iskra is near and dear to our hearts – This dining room is in desperate need of renovation. The floors are lumpy and have broken concrete; the walls broken, tables broken, chairs broken. The nicest thing in this room is what you see – the wonderful man and the simple table covers purchased by a team member last year.

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WHEN YOU ARE NOT PROTECTED – IN THE EYES OF OUR NEIGHBORS

Last night around 12:30am we received a phone call – very shocking at that hour. It was a friend of ours from Mercy Foundation. Seems one of our babushkas had been checking every couple of ...

PLEASE READ THIS – THIS WAS JUST POSTED BY OUR STAFF IN UKRAINE…IT IS HEARTBREAKING – WE NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS ONE.

ILDC: THIS IS THE SAD REALITY!: “We have a new family that we work with right now and we would like briefly to share with you about this family and their story. A widowed f…”

KEMIN VISIT TODAY WAS TO TAKE FOOD AND STOCK THE PANTRY WITH ESSENTIALS – This appeared to be lunch today at Kemin Senior Home. We joined with the rest of our team and a family here from Sterling – the Snarrs and took a load of food to them today. Tonight is a different story – food has been delivered. ...

WOMAN’S DAY CELEBRATION WITH OUR SENIORS…BABUSHKAS; Anya, Tonya, Ryesa, Katya and Olga.

Anya – she said she had American legs (wearing warm boots from the United States) and a Kyrgyz head (wearing a nice warm hat from Kyrgyzstan). Anya is always cold, but here pictured with our Country ...

YESTERDAY – met with Natasha and did our planning, shopped for food and saw the increase of food prices – dreadful for our families here. We also met with John and Christa for more planning. John is the President of Mercy Foundation. Some very exciting things will be happening there and with the new International University of Central Asia.

TODAY – heading to “Jessica’s family” soon. Will take food and lots of love to them. ...

WAHOO – THE BLOGS ARE WORKING TOO! LYNN INSTALLED WIRELESS HERE AND IT IS ALMOST LIKE LIVING IN CANADA OR THE US.

We arrived about two hours ago, have unpacked 5 suitcases and are now getting settled for the day. Later this afternoon we start our planning with Natasha – flip chart on the wall and away we go.

Keep checking for the RADICAL ROAD REPORT!

WHEN WILL THIS BE FIXED?

This is such a sad situtation here. There are five Somolians still here at the airport – WAITING. The United Nations has been able to find countries for several. Three (including Aihan) went to Sweden, two are going to Norway and three will remain – waiting and waiting. Those who when back to Somolia – some are dead – they were forced into the fighting and did not survive. They ...

WE JUST ARRIVED THE MOSCOW AIRPORT AND ARE SITTING IN THE AIRPORT

We met up with Natasha at JFK – without a hitch. She was with Ruby in Ohio – Ruby came home and repacked and away we went yesterday. Our overnight flight to Mosow was uneventful.

We are just getting settled here and I am off to see if the Somalians are still here. We pray not. The Moscow airport has changed dramatically and they ...