Elama — Time to Get Ready

Elama is a summer camp overseen by our Russian partner MIR; the camp is located north of St. Petersburg. Yesterday MIR director Sergei Tovstopyat and I went to Elama for the first time after the winter. It’s always a bit of a concern to see if anyone has broken...

Sunbeam — Looking Good!

Sunbeam has passed the final inspection and will receive the Certificate of Occupancy later this week! Program director Ursula Randlaine reports that everything is in very good shape. She and the staff have begun meeting with families and have finished the official...

Living Stones

Quite a few of our partners have been visiting the USA recently. Vladimir and Marijana Cizmanski are in the States for an extended sabbatical. They spent a few months in Athens, GA, where they met with Artur Põld when he was there to attend the Friends of Estonia...

Humbled

The following blog entry, by Brian Schroller, was prompted by a meeting Yura Belonozhkin had with some men when he was recently in the States. I think you’ll appreciate the message: “What we find in our heroes and martyrs is a living witness to the fact that the...

More News Regarding the Bus Accident

We’re getting more news about the bus accident and the children from #8: From Sergei Tovstopyat: Today at 10 am, I talked to the director Tatyana Alexeyevna. At the moment, three children are in serious condition at a hospital in Cherepovets. Five children have...