Chris and Melina Birkenfeld and their children, of Nazareth, are hoping to bring home a son they are adopting from Ukraine, though the process has been disrupted by the war.
The war between Russia and Ukraine is hitting especially close to home for one of Nazareth’s local families.
Chris and Melina Birkenfeld have Ukraine to thank for their daughter, Yaroslava, or “Yara” as they call her. On April 13, 2021, after nine months of paperwork and two trips to Ukraine, Chris and Melina were declared official parents to Yara by a Ukrainian judge. She is now celebrating one ye…
