tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57467583062548772302024-03-05T08:11:25.871-05:00Planting Flowers of Freedom and PeaceSowing Seeds to Make a Difference in Ukrainecarpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-51855682977931636272015-08-01T19:50:00.005-04:002015-08-01T19:50:51.259-04:00New Project Update: To Ukraine, With Love<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It has been a busy month here, but I am excited to announce our <span style="color: blue;">very first project! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">This blog is dedicated to spreading the word about the humanitarian crisis that is shaking Eastern Ukraine and raising support for the people that the conflict has affected in the war regions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Currently, there are soldiers, refugees and others that are left behind in these war regions, with little hope. Now, we have officially started our first project through this blog!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Today, we have been given the opport<span class="text_exposed_show">unity to make a difference in the lives of these people. <strong>I am asking everyone here to consider typing a letter to a soldier, wife, or anyone left behind in one of the war regions of Ukraine.</strong> These letters will be <strong>hand delivered</strong> to these people, <strong>sharing the message of hope and God's love.</strong> There are people in Ukraine, that will <strong>translate the letters for us, so we just need to type it in English.</strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you would like to write a letter, here are the steps:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 1. Type out your letter...it could be to a soldier going to fight, or anyone still living in the war region. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 2. Email the letter to bulgarianrose1@hotmail.com </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 3. I will get the letter to where it needs to go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Thank you so much for joining us in this incredible ministry opportunity. Whether you send one letter or five or ten, you are making an eternal impact for Christ. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you have any questions, please let us know by commenting or emailing us at bulgarianrose1@hotmail.com. Thank you and God Bless.</span></div>
carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-12505336701576760132015-06-24T09:09:00.000-04:002015-06-24T09:30:09.951-04:00A Letter from Nadiya<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been months since we have heard any news about Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian fighter pilot that has been falsely imprisoned in Russia for over a year. At Planting Flowers of Freedom and Peace, we have done several posts on Nadiya, like this<a href="http://www.flowersoffreedomandpeace.blogspot.com/2015/02/one-day-to-go.html"> one</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Today, I would like to share the first update I have found on Nadiya, from <em>Maidan Translations</em>. It is a letter written by Nadiya and translated.</span><br />
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You write to me a lot. I’m sorry I cannot reply to all letters, but I am endlessly thankful to you for them, and for hearing what you think.</div>
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I know and understand everything about Ukraine, inside and out, and this all pains me very much!..</div>
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</span><br />carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-1493819882242115372015-06-23T23:17:00.001-04:002015-06-23T23:17:56.418-04:00Happily Ever After in the Midst of War<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a happy post to leave with you tonight. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">May these photos show you that even in the midst of tragedy and sorrow, there can be joy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A and S wanted are a young couple that wanted to be married for the past year. However, it has been prevented by the war in Ukraine, as A is a soldier. He has already been in the hospital twice, treated for injuries. So, the couple planned to simply go into a registry office and sign. However, friends and volunteers put together a beautiful wedding for them, on very short notice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Congratulations A and S! Many blessings to you in this new chapter of your life together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-9869648709738719912015-06-22T23:27:00.001-04:002015-06-22T23:27:25.865-04:00The Million Dollar Smile<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at this girl's precious smile!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is Julia. She and <a href="http://www.flowersoffreedomandpeace.blogspot.com/2015/06/help-find-hope-for-isolde.html">Isolde</a> are possibly in the same region. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Julia is thirteen years old, which means she is only three years away from becoming unadoptable. Julia is now the same age Isolde was, when I began advocating for Isolde. Both sweet girls are still available for adoption, waiting for their forever families to welcome them home.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Information/Pictures from Reece's Rainbow: <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/52637/julia">http://reecesrainbow.org/52637/julia</a></span></em></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Julia has such happy, giant brown eyes and a smile that lights up a room!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>From a volunteer who visited with her in July 2014:</strong> “I know Julia as a big Drama Queen. She loves attention and she’ll do anything to draw your attention. But not this year[...]The only thing she’d do was take my hand as I walked by. Normally she’d wheel after me and try to climb on me, but it seemed like there was no strength left. I missed my Julia as I know her, my little monkey. I want her to find back her energy to get out of life what’s in there. She’s an amazing girl and she deserves a loving family. <em>She always has a big smile on her face and she’s really caring.</em> She takes care of dolls as if they are real babies. She feeds them, changes their diapers. She loves to play with my hair and she actually tries to put the band in it. She is amazing! She would be such a good daughter! ”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>From a family who met her in December 2013:</strong> “I have to shout for this precious girl for a moment…we are here now and we see her everyday at the orphanage. <em>The pictures don’t do this dear one justice at all; she is gorgeous and so very sweet!!!</em> She can’t walk on her own (she can if she is assisted!) but she is still quick! She comes over to me everyday and wants in my lap, to shake my hand, or give me a hug. <em>She has SO much potential and I can just see the hunger for love and a Mothers touch in her eyes. She has been overlooked long enough!!! She is darling….truly!! ”</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>From someone who met her:</strong> <em>Julia is a girl that I know as the girl with the big smile. Somehow she just seems to smile almost always.</em> She’s a little monkey. Whenever somebody enters her group she would crawl up to that person and just start to climb on him/her. She doesn’t even need you to give her a hand, she’ll just climb up without any help and then she hangs on your neck, looking around, proud, as if she wants to say ‘Did you see that? Do you see where I am?’</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her favorite toy is a doll. She plays with it as if it is a baby. Keeping the doll up straight, putting her down carefully. She feeds and clothes the doll. One of the nurses showed her how she should put a cotton diaper on the doll, she totally loved it. She even sings lullabies for the doll and she’ll ask visitors to do the same. She also loves to play with long hair. She really tries to make ponytails or braids.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Julia is able to walk, but her legs are really crooked, and she needs help to keep standing or to walk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please, if you feel drawn to Julia and can see her million dollar smile brightening your home, contact <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/">Reece's Rainbow</a> right away! Thank you. ~Sasha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Click <a href="http://natashaskitchen.com/2010/10/09/kievsky-aka-kiev-cake-recipe/">here</a> to get the full recipe with step-by-step photos from Natasha.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>About Kyiv Cake, from Euromaidan Press: </em>In 2015, Kyiv Cake will celebrate its 59th anniversary. The factory Roshen remains the leader in producing Kyiv Cake - making around 15 toms of the cake per night!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It is known for its crunchy meringue layer hidden inside and is a classic Ukrainian recipe!</span><br />
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carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-44261681469897410162015-06-21T17:53:00.000-04:002015-06-21T22:59:19.563-04:00Are You Her Father?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On this Father's Day, <strong>for all of the fathers and daughters</strong>, I would like to share Veronica's information with you. <em>(This is NOT the same Veronica as in Veronika's Prom). </em><strong>Are you meant to be her father?</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">About Veronica:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">She AGES OUT SOON!</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>A family would need to have their I600A completed before her birthday, to be able to adopt her. I believe she was put on the list fairly recently, but inquires would need to be made to </em><a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/"><em>Reece's Rainbow</em></a><em> as to how much time she has left before her birthday.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Isn't she precious? My heart melts for her; as an adopted child from Russia, with mild Cerebral Palsy myself, I know the dire reality that waits for her. Most likely, she will be transferred to an institution, where she will receive very little care. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">However, I also know what great things her future holds if she finds her forever family! <strong>Doctors said that I would not be able to get around without a wheelchair and I would always need special classes.</strong> Now, I can run a mile with my friends and am heading off to Bucknell University after graduating with honors from high school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>I do not take credit for any of these accomplishments; all my abilities are given by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.</strong> Yet I share this with you, so that <strong>you may see a glimpse of the potential that awaits Veronica, if she is only given the chance!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Please keep sweet Veronica in your prayers! Thank you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Info/Pictures From: Reece's Rainbow at: <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/77322/veronica">http://reecesrainbow.org/77322/veronica</a></em></span><br />
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<br />carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-69555521381416318712015-06-21T16:44:00.001-04:002015-06-22T13:22:56.805-04:00Help Find Hope for Isolde<div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone. Today, I'd like to introduce you to Isolde.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Photos and Info shared by Reece's Rainbow: <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/52891/isolde">http://reecesrainbow.org/52891/isolde</a></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Girl, born November 1999<br /> Cerebral palsy<br /> Additional information coming soon</span><br />
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Isolde is described as creative and eager.<br />
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<strong>From a volunteer who visited with her in July 2014:</strong> “Isolde is really hitting puberty, it’s cute to see how her face starts to change and how tall she has grown this last year. Isolde is becoming a young lady, a wonderful young lady with a very strong but sweet character. Isolde is a good friend as well... She kept holding on to the bars of the playpen to keep herself on her feet. I had to tell her very strongly that she had to sit down and that she had to go back to her own group. She cried a little bit when I had to leave her again. Seeing her cry made me cry. She just wants to be loved and to give love. She has so much love to give. I wish someone would see what an amazing young woman she is. She is verbal, potty trained and very sweet. She is able to walk short paces, but to be honest, they wouldn’t let us this summer, so I hope she can still do it, because nobody has trained with her. They don’t have PT in her facility anymore, which she received a couple years ago. She needs to get PT. I stretched her legs a couple times those days and I could already see improvement in flexibility. It is amazing what a bit of stretching can do for her, imagine what PT can do for her. She can blossom in a family and I don’t have a doubt about the fact that she will be able to walk if she is given the chance.”<br />
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<strong>From someone who met her: </strong>Isolde is lovely. First I thought she couldn’t speak when I was there in the summer, ’cause it took her about 3 weeks before she would even say ‘thank you.’ But then she started to talk more and more. I started to do walking exercises with her. She could hardly stand on her legs by then. I practiced with her everyday and what I noticed is that she is a fighter. She worked so hard. She worked until she was bathing in sweat and totally tired. She wouldn’t stop before her legs couldn’t hold her anymore. Everyday we could walk further. First just one side of the building and in the end we could easily walk 2 rounds around the building. Though she needs quite some support. After the summer they gave her PT and she was walking way better when I was there in November again. She could walk with one hand then, which was totally impossible for her in the summer. And again she was fighting to learn more, but being inside the building all day would limit her. She is pretty smart too, I played games with her. One of the games was creating a ‘picture’ with little pins, just copying the example. The physical part of the game was the hardest. So we trained to pick up the pins, put them in and get them out. She is so wonderful! She smiles so sweet. She just stole my heart. In the beginning of the summer she had hardly any muscles in her leg and she was extremely skinny, but during the summer she got more muscles from exercising and in November she was doing even better. I’m so proud of this girl. If she will get the chance, she will reach so much, because she will fight for it. She would do so well in a family, because a family can give her the chance that she deserves and I know she will make the most of it.<br />
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<strong>Isolde Ages Out in November!</strong> I first heard about her two years ago and have been advocating for her since. I started a blog in her name (which has now been moved to this address). All a family needs to have done to move forward for her, before her 16th birthday, <strong>is their completed I600A.</strong> (This is the US government side of things).<br />
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If you feel called to Isolde, please contact Reece's Rainbow at the link above, or Ting Ministries at <a href="mailto:tingministries@coomcast.net">tingministries@comcast.net</a>. We would love to share our adoption experiences with you and answer any questions. <br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"Disability does not mean no ability." ~ London 2012 Olympic Swimmer Jessica Long, a double amputee adopted from Russia</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more information about help for Special Needs children in Ukraine (especially orphan care), please visit Ting Ministries at <a href="http://www.tingministries.blogspot.com/">www.tingministries.blogspot.com</a> </span></div>
carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-38268518193413460112015-06-20T14:21:00.003-04:002015-06-20T14:21:47.875-04:00New Photos from "Night Serenades"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you remember, I did a post a few days ago, on a group of Kyiv Soloists who were doing a concert on Friday night, called <a href="http://www.flowersoffreedomandpeace.blogspot.com/2015/06/songs-for-ukraine.html">Night Serenades</a>. Today I have some new pictures to share for the event that raised support and awareness for the <a href="http://www.flowersoffreedomandpeace.blogspot.com/2015/02/one-day-to-go.html">political prisoners</a> that are being falsely detained in Russia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here at Flowers of Freedom and Peace, we would like to extend our warmest thanks and support to the musicians, audience and everyone who made Friday night possible. Though we could not join you in person, you were in our thoughts. </span></div>
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carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-32428526169626958732015-06-19T21:15:00.001-04:002015-06-22T13:24:31.965-04:00 Океаны (Oceans) Hillsong United<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Recently I came across this beautiful praise song, by Hillsong United, in Russian. To every brother and sister in Christ in Russia and Ukraine...Please remember in the deepest waters of turmoil, our Lord has never failed us. Where our feet fail, His grace abounds.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For months, President Vladimir Putin has been denying the presence of Russian soldiers in the country of Ukraine. VICE News challenges this, tracking a Russian soldier moving into Ukraine by using social media. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span>carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-27217060494497732662015-06-18T18:01:00.003-04:002015-06-18T19:16:03.966-04:00Smachnogo!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This blog celebrates all things Ukrainian, and what better way to know and love a culture than through it's food? So, without further ado, I give you the first Ukrainian recipe:</span><br />
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<li>3 eggs</li>
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<li>800 g cherries</li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Divide yolks and whites. Whip the whites stiffly. Add milk, water, flour, and salt. Knead stiff dough. Leave it for 30 minutes.</span></div>
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<strong> </strong>Remove the seeds from the sour cherries. Mix them with sugar and semolina. Leave the ingredients for half of an hour. The semolina is used in order to prevent the runout of the cherry juice and the adhesion of varenyky during the boiling. The semolina does not influence the taste.</div>
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Then roll the dough, cut off the rounds. Place filling on each round, join the edges and paste them up.</div>
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Boil varenyky in salty water. Serve hot with sour cream.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Sasha's Words: On May 23, Ting Ministries Presented "Songs for Ukraine," a night of fellowship and music from local artists, to celebrate the people and culture of Ukraine. Now, a group of Ukrainian musicians are doing the same thing, in Kyiv, this Friday. While our two groups are very different in language and culture, we are both united in purpose and spirit.</em> <em><strong>We extend our best wishes to each of the performers as they spread messages of freedom and peace through the beauty of music.</strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that the National Chamber <strong>Ensemble “Kyiv Soloists” will hold a classical music open air concert “Night Serenades” dedicated to all the </strong></span><a href="http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/05/29/letmypeoplego-ukrainian-political-hostages-in-russia/"><span style="color: #05acfa; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Ukrainian prisoners illegally detained by the Russian Federation</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>. This concert aims to raise awareness in Ukraine as well as in the international community that Russia is violating these individuals’ human rights as well as disregarding the rule of law by continuing to hold them as prisoners.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>The outdoor event will be held on Friday, June 19, 2015 at 21.00 Kyiv time on Mykhailivska Square located in front of the Foreign Ministry</strong> between the columns and the facade of the building, a location with uniquely beautiful acoustics. This project is an important step in the process of developing the Foreign Ministry not only as a governmental office but also as an art venue. <strong>Join the</strong></span><a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F108114206193695%2F"><span style="color: #05acfa; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> fb event here</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The National Chamber Ensemble “Kyiv Soloists” will perform its program entitled “Night Serenades,” <strong>consisting of musical compositions dedicated to lyrical hymns of love and tenderness</strong>, including works by Peter Tchaikovsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, Edward Elgar, Fritz Kreisler, Johann Strauss, and Astor Piazzolla.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Serenades,” from the Italian word for “calm” and “serene,” “serenada,” harken back to musical concerts performed in the warm air of Italy and Spain. Now they will be played under the night sky in Kyiv’s historic Mykhailivska Square.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Partners of the event are</strong>: Ukrainian Human Rights Group EuromaidanSOS, Amnesty International, Українська правда. Життя, Ukraine Today, <strong>EuromaidanPress, Kyiv Post</strong>, <strong>hromadske.tv</strong>, Zinteco Design & Engineering, LoraShen, and Camellia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>The National Chamber Ensemble “Kyiv Soloists” is unique in both diversity and sound</strong>. As each of the musicians has an impressive history as solo performers, the resulting ensemble has an extraordinarily beautiful sound. The musicians of “Kyiv Soloists” are all from the conservatory founded by the “Ukrainian Paganini,” conductor and teacher Bohodar Kotorovych. The Chamber Ensemble has held the title of “Ambassador of Ukrainian culture in the world” for more than 10 years. The Ensemble’s current musical director is world renown cellist and conductor Dmitry Yablonsky (USA/Israel). Its artistic director is Honored Artist of Ukraine Oles Yasko. You can find more information on Kyiv Soloists </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/KyivSoloists"><span style="color: #05acfa; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://belenalonsomanagement.com/portfolio-item/nce-kiev-soloists"><span style="color: #05acfa; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.dmitryablonsky.com/"><span style="color: #05acfa; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Dmitry Yablonsky</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> has performed on such famous stages as Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Moscow Great Hall, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Taiwan National Hal, Théâtre Mogador, Cite de la musique and the Louvre</strong>. His chamber music partners have included Victor Tretyakov, Leif Ove Andsnes, Yuri Bashmet, Vadim Repin, Boris Berezovsky and many more. In 2007, the cellist was nominated for a Grammy Award. <strong>Dmitry Yablonsky has organized many international festivals all over the world, including the Qabala (Gabala) Festival in Azerbaijan, the festival of “Wandering Stars” which is held by young performers in Europe, Russia, the U.S. and Israel.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Concert organizers and partners invite everyone to this unique concert (please note that while seating is limited, there will be plenty of standing room to enjoy the music). Let’s spread our hopes and good wishes that our compatriots will return home to their loved ones soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>"All the democrats in Russia were sent into exile," teenager Vlad Kolesnikov says, "and I feel like I have been sent into exile."</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For some weeks now, Kolesnikov has been leading a quixotic and lonely campaign to protest Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea and Moscow's involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Most recently, he wore a T-shirt with a Ukrainian flag and the words "Return Crimea" on it to his school in the Moscow suburb of Podolsk.</strong> He tells how a school official met him outside the classroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"You know, I will never forget how he looked," Kolesnikov tells RFE/RL's Russian Service. "At first he looked at me like a normal, sane person. But when he saw my shirt, he looked into my face and I saw such hatred!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few days later -- after Kolesnikov published a couple of Facebook posts about the incident -- he was jumped by some classmates. He insists that he wasn't beaten up. "It was just a split lip, a few bruises, some bumps on the head, and three drops of blood," he says.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That was the last straw for Kolesnikov's grandfather, a former KGB officer in whose apartment the youth was living in Podolsk. He packed Kolesnikov off on a train to his father in the Samara Oblast town of Zhigulyovsk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[...] When he called to tell his grandfather he had arrived safely, he was told a couple of police officers had stopped by asking where he got a Ukrainian flag and what had become of the infamous T-shirt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The blue-and-yellow T-shirt, though, was not the beginning. Kolesnikov's life as an outcast began a few weeks earlier when he showed up at the local military commission for his medical examination and his conscription registration.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kolesnikov says he had no intention of serving in the military or fighting in Ukraine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>"As I was going in, I decided to turn on the Ukrainian national anthem [on his cellphone] because I do not support the Russian Army and consider it shameful to serve in it. So I turned on the Ukrainian hymn and said, 'Guys, I will not fight in the Russian Army. I will not go.'"</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stunned silence was quickly followed by outraged shouting. In the end, the registration commission handed Kolesnikov a form in which it said he had "a personality disorder."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kolesnikov admits that very few people in Podolsk share his views. But, [he says] </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I am already planning to leave Zhigulyovsk, go to Moscow, and stage a couple of protests," he tells RFE/RL. "If anyone thinks I am going to get a passport and leave for Ukraine and that will be the end of this, they are mistaken."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life has been busy here! Banquets, ceremonies, final exams, graduation, gymnastics...the list continues! I have also been busy advocating for more Ukrainian orphans through<a href="http://www.flowersoffreedomandpeace.blogspot.com/2015/04/today-i-am-burdened.html"> Veronika's Prom.</a> Now that the advocating has slowed down, I wanted to get the blog updated!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here is a beautiful photo post, courtesy of <em>Euromaidan Press: </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">#Veronika's Prom Fund: <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/veronikasprom">www.gofundme.com/veronikasprom</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">#Veronika's Prom Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1411838665792146/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/1411838665792146/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi everyone, I have an URGENT plea for you...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /> Let me tell you about V. Like Veronika, <strong>V is a teenage orphan in Ukraine.</strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Veronika's Prom is dedicated to spreading the word about the aging out orphan crisis in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. We have dedicated ourselves to raising funds for Veronika, that she may be adopted by her forever family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Yet sadly, as of today, V will never get the chance to find her own adoptive family.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong> Today, V turned 16. Today, she aged out. She has become unadoptable. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong> However, V is still available to be hosted this summer! I am making an urgent PLEA to everyone who sees this post.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Will you please pass along this information and consider donating a grant or hosting V? Though she is not adoptable, a family could still show her love and be her mentor over the summer and as she goes to trade school after leaving the orphanage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong> In Honor of Veronika, let's find V a family!</strong> This post is not just about one child. It is about every child. We have raised support for Veronika, that she would not age out, yet this is exactly what has happened today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> But we can still DO SOMETHING about it. <strong>Please, share this, give a grant, or be the ones to say "We will." Let's rally together to see V hosted, in Honor of Veronika. A host family would have to notify Jo Hershon by this Friday,</strong> the night of Veronika's Prom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Go to the Facebook group listed above for more information. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> ~He Who Saves One Life, Saves the World Entire.</span></div>
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carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-85562321509963735502015-04-27T21:52:00.000-04:002015-06-18T21:29:29.130-04:00Saying Goodbye...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-66419521278749221332015-04-19T22:20:00.002-04:002015-04-21T20:10:19.938-04:00Pork BBQ Fundraiser for Ting Ministries<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> Fairland Brethren in Christ Church</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">PORK BBQ and sides and deserts</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">all welcome and no advance notice needed! </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">come and enjoy the fellowship and food</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">support orphans in Ukraine, China, Philippines, and Pakistan</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">and be an answer to the LORD's mandate to care for the ORPHAN in James 1:27!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Proverbs 31: 8 - 9</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">He is Risen</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">on Facebook #Veronika's prom to help an aging out orphan come home!</span></strong></div>
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carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-8870293005742872562015-04-17T21:07:00.001-04:002015-06-18T21:29:29.137-04:00And My Soul Ached<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Please take time to watch this trailer.</span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I had the opportunity to see this documentary several days ago. </span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And my soul ached.</span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This is real footage from the Maidan protests that occurred from November 2013 to February 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Having been to Ukraine around this time, I can say that I have fallen in love with the country, the culture and the people. </span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have celebrated with them. I have cried with them. </span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Even though I am not Ukrainian, I support them. </span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Their tragedies are my own tragedies. </span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Their heroes, my heroes.</span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I know that it may sound strange. How can someone feel so deeply about a culture that is not their own, whose people are not theirs? I do not know. </span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">All I can tell you is this. </span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My heart cannot express its' sorrow.</span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>As column of vehicles with the bodies of the fallen Ukrainian Soldiers are brought home, Ukrainians fall on their knees in honor and respect of their sacrifice. (Kolomiya, Ukraine. Spring 2015)</strong> ~Shared by Euromaidan Press</span>carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987306609636741946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746758306254877230.post-45236522525596216312015-03-27T15:28:00.001-04:002015-03-27T15:28:24.393-04:00#Veronika's Prom
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">#Veronika's
Prom</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, cursive;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Make
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Did
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Russia
and Ukraine do not like each other.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In
Ukraine and Russia, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>orphans
who turn 16</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> become
unadoptable and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>age out</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
of the orphanages. Many are forced to live on the streets with no
way to survive.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">60
percent of girls are lured into prostitution. </span></b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">10-15
percent of orphans commit suicide before they turn 18.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">50
percent of Eastern European orphans don't live to their 20</span><sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
birthday.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sasha
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> My
name is Sasha. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I
was adopted from Russia</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
when I was 17 months old. Now I am a senior at Cedar Crest High
School. Since I was adopted, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I
was rescued from becoming a nameless statistic.</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
Now, I have the chance to experience the love of a family, get an
education, and be a normal teenager. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Veronika
is a teenage orphan in Ukraine.</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
She is fifteen and if no one adopts her, she will age out and become
a statistic. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>A family has
stepped forward to adopt Veronika</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
and show her what it means to have a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>forever
family.</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Now, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>she
will get to experience things that we take for granted.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Demi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">#Veronika's
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> This
year, as a senior in high school,<b> I have the opportunity to attend
prom.</b> Next year, <b>Veronika will have the chance to attend prom
too.</b> However, had a family not chosen to adopt her and welcome
her home, she would be one of the statistics I shared above. <b>She
would not have a family. She would not be loved. She would not matter
to anyone. </b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> In
Honor of Veronika, I am choosing to not go to prom. Instead, I am
fundraising for her adoption. </b></span></span>
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<span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Average Cost of a Ukraine Adoption: $25,000</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Average Cost for 200 students (half my senior class) to attend prom:
$55,400</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>On
Cedar Crest Prom Night, Friday, May 1, 2015, there will be party
Dedicated to Veronika. This is for anyone, from any school! You can go to BOTH Prom
and #Veronika's Prom, for a night of pizza, movies, games and more!</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Time:
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<span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Cost:
Donation at the Door</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>RSVP:
April 17, 2015</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Or
Make a Donation at: <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/veronikasprom">www.gofundme.com/veronikasprom</a></b></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #280099; font-family: Arial;">JOIN our Facebook Group at #Veronika's Prom!</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Please
consider the impact that you could help make in a child's life. By
donating to #Veronika's Prom, you could help someone know what it
means to be loved.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">He
Who Saves One Life, Saves the World Entire.”</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It's an extraordinary contrast with just a few years before, when Donetsk was a thriving city that helped host the European Football Championship. Now the streets are empty and most of the shops are closed. <strong> The shelling is so incessant that our driver tells me it feels like having techno music playing constantly in the background</strong>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hear a lot about the politics of the Ukraine conflict: which leader has said what to whom, the provenance of arms, the big picture. <strong> What is missing from the debate is the people -- it is ordinary citizens who are suffering the most.</strong> Behind the grand headlines, there are children in desperate need who are suffering now and who will continue to suffer the consequences of the crisis in years to come. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">That is why in Debaltseve, for example, aid organizations are bringing body bags with them. Children are unbelievably stressed. They have seen friends and relatives die. They are afraid to even step outside of the cellars, as they fear they will never come back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On a recent U.N. aid convoy into Donetsk, UNICEF delivered more than 27 metric tons of essential hygiene supplies, education kits and drinking water. <strong> We made sure we prioritized the neediest children -- those in underground bomb shelters as well as those who are living with disabilities, who have been orphaned or who are affected by HIV. But this is not the sort of childhood one would imagine for 21st century Ukraine.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In a country where children are too often institutionalized, the ongoing crisis can only exacerbate the problem. <strong> Social systems are collapsing and children are bearing the brunt. In an orphanage for babies born to HIV-positive women, we found there were no tests to check if babies were HIV positive or not, let alone the necessary medication to treat them. These babies are in limbo -- nobody wants to adopt them and their status is not known.</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This area of Ukraine had one of the highest level of HIV before the conflict began. Now we just have no idea how bad the situation has become. Elsewhere, we found children in detention in Donetsk who hadn't seen relatives in more than a year. In a center for children with disabilities, mothers told us they had no insulin for their diabetic sons and daughters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We have to help these children now, but also plan for when the fighting stops -- people will need new homes, and we'll have to deal with unexploded ordnance and the terrible psychological damage on children, among other things. <strong> This is not a case of delivering aid now and that's the end of the story. We need to commit for the long term.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Until then, though, the needs are huge and resources are scarce. In December, UNICEF called for additional support of $32.4 million to scale up its humanitarian response to address the urgent needs of children and families in conflict-affected areas in Ukraine. Today the needs are even greater.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ukrainian news agency Interfax-Ukraine reports that a total of 26 world leaders have confirmed their attendance at Moscow events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, according to a statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>"Invitations have <strong>been sent to 68 heads of state, as well as leaders of the United Nations, UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the European Union.</strong> As of yesterday, leaders of 26 states, UNESCO and the Council of Europe confirmed their attendance,"</em> <strong>Lavrov said at a meeting of the Victory Day organizing committee</strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Confirmed attendees include the leaders of China, North Korea, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Greece, Slovakia and Cyprus,<strong> <a href="http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150317/1019605623.html" target="_blank">according to the minister</a>.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">However, a number of prominent world leaders have snubbed the celebrations over <strong><a href="http://uatoday.tv/politics/us-senator-john-mccain-ukraine-can-win-the-war-if-given-weapons-to-defend-itself-415533.html" target="_top">Russia's military intervention in Ukraine</a></strong>. <strong>Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed that she </strong><a href="http://uatoday.tv/politics/merkel-snubs-putin-s-wwii-victory-day-invite-over-ukraine-414688.html" target="_blank"><strong>will not attend Victory Day celebrations in Moscow</strong></a><strong> this year.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>US President Barack Obama has also confirmed that he will not be joining the ceremony on May 9, which marks 70 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Also not attending are the leaders of France, the UK, the </strong><a href="http://uatoday.tv/geopolitics/lithuanian-post-soviet-leader-says-we-are-now-in-putin-war-era-414596.html" target="_blank"><strong>Baltic states</strong></a><strong> and Poland.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The snubs from major world leaders will have particular resonance in Moscow, where the Soviet victory in WWII is regarded as a source of great national pride and serves as one of the cornerstones of the post-Soviet Russian national identity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Bulgaria has also declined the invitation to the Victory Day parade</span><br />
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