A light in the darkness of KharkivSeptember 6, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, The ChildrenA good friend of ours, Roman, worked for two years on replacing a small dacha house with a total rebuild for a main residence for his family. He continued to expand his new home. The war came to Ukraine, and…
Do you talk the talk and walk the walk?July 22, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, A friend of ours introduced us to Sasha, in the Kyiv Region, who is quite the family man. He has ten children and his wife has one on the way. Sasha is a musician and teaches…
How does your imagination work?July 11, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, So much is happening. So many people are seeing change for the better in their lives. News tends to focus on the brutal parts of the war. Four months ago, Sveta and I saw the war…
Massage therapy is helping autistic children overcome the trauma of warJune 18, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, The Children, Therapeutic Massage, UkraineDr. Natalia started the massage therapy program with me in 2004. Many things have happened since then. About ten years ago, she opened a private clinic in Chornomorsk, a city by the Black Sea, not far from Odessa, Ukraine. She…
How does massage therapy help children experiencing wartime trauma?June 17, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, Therapeutic Massage, UkraineHello family and friends, The stories below were recently shared with Sveta and me by our massage therapist working in northwestern Ukraine. She shares her experiences with children who have intellectual disabilities and those who have "normal" intelligence, but have…
Helping refugees: Evacuating children with disabilitiesMay 14, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, It will be two months on Saturday May 14, since we were evacuated from Ukraine. We are in Krakow, but our hearts, as are the hearts of many throughout the world, are in Ukraine. Sveta has…
Chornomorsk and KrakowApril 27, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, We are safe in God's hand's. His hands are working through us! These first two months have been a nerve bending challenge as we struggled with moving money from America to Ukraine (MoneyGram), and later from…
Hunger for the Easter Spirit!April 27, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, Easter 2022 This Easter we shared the tradition of Easter breakfast with Lusia’s Family. It began at 10AM and continued through 4PM. We had a great feast that was followed by a walk to the children’s…
April 7, 2022 How many hero groups did you count?April 27, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, We are safe in God's hand's. His hands are working through us! My friends, I will tell you honestly, I struggle with my feelings about Russians. I divide them into groups that I have identified. Putin,…
April 2022April 27, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, We are safe in God's hand's, understanding what it is like to be a refugee from the eyes of Mark and Sveta, residents of this world, Citizens of Heaven. Mark’s Moments When God showed us the…
