We are still working on a final Siberia trip report. We’re back at work and are making some progress. The trip was totally amazing. We affected countless people along the way, and they affected us as well. We thank you for your prayers and support along the way.

It’s hard to explain what a day with orphans is like. There are so many emotions that fill you. As you meet and talk with them there are emotions of love, caring, pain, happiness, joy, sorry, and fear. Each face is a story, each face is a life. Some stories are filled with abandonment and beatings, some with not knowing a parent, and others with seeing a parent murdered.

The one major emotion we experienced is one I would call ‘needing to share’. To experience a trip like this without sharing it with you would be a loss for everyone. The attached presentation was prepared to let you feel what our days with orphans were like and the hope we gave them. Please take the time to view this presentation if you have a high speed connection. I don’t think it will work over dial-up. Crank up the volume and experience a little of what we saw.

http://home.comcast.net/~fmkgain/orphans/slideshow.html

Mary and I know that we will need to make another trip. We don’t know when or how, but if you would like to make the journey with us someday, then email, call or write us. Your life will never be the same.