Praise God for orphan care conferences that are uniting government officials, priests, ministers, & Christian workers in Eastern Europe. Former director of the adoption and orphan care ministry Father’s House Roman Korniyko has good rapport in several spheres. Since 1999, those who had no desire to meet each other would meet at Father's House and talk. For example, he knows the main Bishop of the Orthodox Church. "We made an agreement together—that we would never talk about something that will build a wall between us, but would talk only about things that unite us. It has been 14 years; each year we are finding new things to unite us! It has been surprising to us both."...August 20, 2013

Recently our national partners in Ukraine told us just how rampant corruption is with International Ukrainian adoptions. "Facilitators" for legal work are the middle-men for [American] families who want to adopt; they charge families from $30-40,000 per child. The Ukrainian government doesn't charge for adoption, only these middlemen. At the present time you can only go through these "facilitators"—American agencies are connected with facilitators in Ukraine or Russia, and they won't allow those wanting to adopt to go through anyone else. Although what they are doing is illegal, there......August 13, 2013

Pray for the Krechun family, who the Pilgrim organization has been working closely with. Ivan, Kolya, Andrev, Arun, Ingan, and David’s father is in prison. Their mother, who has health issues, has nowhere to live and is trying to find a permanent residence; the children have been living in a shelter for the last 3 years. Pray that their mother would find a solution and this family would be able to have some consistency....August 06, 2013