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As many of you know, I have been to Ukraine the past two summers with my church, Midtown Fellowship. Each summer, we have attended a camp in Kharkov, Ukraine, which hosts kids from several different orphanages for the summer. During these summers, I have gotten to know a girl named Sasha (picture below) who is just one of the kids who has especially touched my heart. I had wanted to go by a Russian name and was given "Masha." Last summer, Sasha took my name one step further & started calling me "Masha Macaroni." A Russian word that sounds like "ver-michelle" (макароны) apparently means macaroni and thus I became "Michelle ver-Michelle...Masha Macaroni." It seems our mutual love of puns transcended language barriers. And thus, Masha Macaroni was born, the part of me that will always have a part of my heart in Ukraine.
It's funny to think back to 2009 and remember boarding the plane for Kiev, nervous and telling myself that I could do anything for 12 days and that I just had to get through it. Twelve days later, I got off the plane in Nashville knowing I would go back the next summer, and the next...
So excited to be signed on for trip #3 this summer! Going to use this blog to give some background on my past two trips, provide updates on the kids I'm in touch with and this summer's trip, and to provide more information on how you can be involved with Midtown's
More details to follow!
Michelle
Masha & Sasha, circa 2009
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