This Stuff is Easy Part 2

There are typically at least four moments that will shatter your heart on these trips. 1) The first day of camp when we meet campers. It’s both extremely happy and extremely touching to see the the campers for the first time. The range of disabilities combined with the obvious strength and love these people have [...]

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Camera Time with Sanchez

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This is Love

He’s usually one of the last to leave the cafeteria at all three meals and both snack times every day. He isn’t very outspoken unless he’s approached first. He’s got a daughter who can’t speak to him or make extended eye contact. He doesn’t have a small group at camp, but his attention has been [...]

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Just a Slide

It just looked like a slide. It was just 15-feet tall and inflatable. Slide on the left hand side, a rope ladder on the right. It looked like something that you’d see in any American child’s yard at their birthday party. But here it’s something that these people have never seen before. Going down a [...]

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Outside of the Lines

One of the concerns before coming to Ukraine has always been, “how will we be able to communicate with these people if we can’t speak their language?” Here’s an answer: Not only does Vitalek not speak English, he doesn’t speak at all. He also has extreme trouble walking. Usually someone is there to walk alongside [...]

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