Getting Yuri!

Well this is our first official "blog posting" so excuse me if it is too much info or not enough!
Want to tell you how we met Yuri and give a little background info on our experience. I can't catch this up all the way because... well, it would take entirely too long. :)


We met Yuri on a mission trip to the Ukraine in December of 2007. We went with Hopeful Hearts on the blessing bags trip. Little did we know what a Blessing it would be!

Yuri came right up to us in the foyer of Gargarina (orphanage) he grabbed my hand and just beamed. We've been in love with him since the minute we saw him.

You can see a video of this day and some footage of Yuri and us at Gargarina. The link is below. Please check it out-- it is really special.

http://www.hopefulheartsfoundation.org/hh_our_videos.php

This should take you right to it... if not it is the second video clip called:
Impressions from the Mission Field