Clips taken at an orphanage in Dmitrov for handicapped children. Vlad is the goalie despite having lost his legs in a train accident.
In August of 2006 I was fortunate to be part of an in-service Mission team that spent a week at the Renewal Orphanage in Dmitrov, Russia. Dmitrov is about 45 miles north of Moscow and the orphanage is one for handicapped children. While there we were touched by the lives of these children.
You can view the pictures that I took during the trip at http://jrsrussia.multiply.com/photos/album/1/Russia_2006 These pictures include pictures of the children, the orphanage itself, some sightseeing we did while there, plus a trip to Yuzhniy, outside of Krasnodar in southern Russia, where we visited with members of a sister-church to one in our town and did service projects for them and their community. One of the things we did at the orphanage was to play soccer (USA vs. Russia); we didn't have any advantage over these kids as many of us had never played soccer before and our goalie was age 78! However, their goalie, a 16-year old boy by the name of Vlad, had lost his legs in a train accident when he was 12. To tend the goal, he would get out of his wheelchair, tie his pants up around his legs and go at it. Vlad really captured our hearts.
From the time we returned to the states we began our own mission we called "Legs for Vlad". Through the efforts and kindheartedness of many, and despite many setbacks, Vlad, now 17 years of age, arrived in the states on December 17, 2007. The local paper had a nice front-page article on Christmas Day. You can access the article and picture here: http://cid-b8cd40765b7f43dc.skydrive.live.com/embedgrid.aspx/Judy%7C4s%20Russ...
It has been two months since Vlad has been here and he is doing well with his physical therapy using his prosthetics. Another article about him ran recently. You can access it, along with the pictures, here: http://cid-b8cd40765b7f43dc.skydrive.live.com/embedgrid.aspx/Judy%7C4s%20Russ...
For those of you who may have linked to this video from a Tokio Hotel site, what does this have to do with Tokio Hotel you may ask? Well, Vlad is a big Tokio Hotel fan! My daughter and I have had fun listening to TH's music and sharing pictures with him. He prefers the German to the English versions of the songs and I think his favorite song is Vergessene Kinder. Next time you listen to this song - think of Vlad and the other kids at the Renewal Orphanage, I know I do...
We recently helped another boy from the orphanage to receive prosthetics. Here is a link to a news article: http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/nov/15/homeward-unbound/
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Ummm... yeah... you noticed. He's the goalie - but as of 2008 he has prosthetic legs - see the article links in the "more info" section.
fanmamma 3 years ago
He cant realy plat FOOTball hes got n feet
allensfilms93 3 years ago
The links in the About This Video are hopefully fixed... thanks for your patience!
fanmamma 4 years ago