Ukraine | World Next Door

Intern Commissioning May 30th!

Posted May 18 in News by Barry Rodriguez 2 Comments

You are invited to join us for the World Next Door 2010 Intern Commissioning! Read on for details…

Meet the Team!

Posted Apr 22 in News by Barry Rodriguez 4 Comments

Meet the 2010 World Next Door Summer Internship team!

Beyond Our Wildest Dreams

Posted Oct 31 in Articles by Weekend of Service Team 1 Comment

The eyes of disabled orphans and volunteers attest to a coming harvest sure to overflow any earthly storehouse.

Peter: Home at Last!

Posted Jun 17 in News by Barry Rodriguez 8 Comments

Over the past few months, God has been working powerfully in one little boy’s life. I am overwhelmed just to say this: Peter has a home…

Hope in the Shadows: Ukraine 2009

Posted May 22 in Trip Recaps by Barry Rodriguez 1 Comment

Orphans, crazy driving and an intense Ukrainian sauna. Read this recap of my trip to Ukraine and see why I fell so much in love with the place!

Meet Peter.

Posted Apr 18 in Articles by Barry Rodriguez 19 Comments

At Romaniv Disabled Boys Orphanage, there is one story that breaks my heart more than the rest. The story screams of injustice. But yet again, in the most unlikely of places there are whispers of hope…

An Interesting Evening…

Posted Apr 17 in Travel Journals by Barry Rodriguez 7 Comments

“What series of events in my life could have possibly brought me here?” That question ran through my mind the other night as I experienced a Ukrainian Banya for the first time… Wow.

Photo Gallery: Kiev

Posted Apr 16 in Photo Galleries by Barry Rodriguez 1 Comment

After seeing the poverty of rural Ukraine, big, glamorous Kiev came as a bit of a surprise…

In the Shadow of the Past

Posted Apr 15 in Articles by Barry Rodriguez 2 Comments

Here in Zhytomyr, the soviet era is not just a chapter in a history textbook. It is real. The sorrow and pain from that time still cling to the culture, but so do glimmers of a powerful new national identity.