North Mississippi family welcomes Ukrainian family

GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Miss (WCBI) – A household in our space helps Ukrainian households fleeing from the Russian invasion of their homeland.

As a result of battle in Ukraine, many households are in search of refuge within the U.S.

Rodney Mast, a North Mississippi farmer who can also be the caregiver to 3 Ukrainian youngsters, wished to do extra for the Ukrainian folks amid their hardships.

“You simply can’t think about the ache that these individuals are going via; they misplaced their house, they misplaced their neighborhood, their grocery store, the folks they went to purchased espresso from each morning, the locations they performed ball, the locations they went fishing, the locations their grandma and grandpa took them. It’s gone. It’s over. They acquired to begin residing once more,” mentioned Rodney Mast.

Compelled to flee from the Ukraine, Nadiia Romanova remembers what she describes as a terrifying morning leaving every little thing as she was informed to take what was dearest to her. And that was her household.

“We didn’t have an opportunity to suppose. It began at 4 am within the morning, and we have been within the coronary heart of the town. Which is the town that borders Russia and we heard bombing and missiles. And we needed to rise up and transfer someplace to the central a part of Ukraine so as to run away from being attacked proper at that second. It was exhausting, and I don’t want anybody to reside via that,” mentioned Nadiia Romanova.

Nadia moved to the usa couple of weeks in the past and mentioned she is grateful to her host household for his or her southern hospitality.

Nadia additionally believes that transferring to the Mississippi gave her household an opportunity to be secure, to begin over, and be collectively.

“It’s tough to say what hopes and plans proper now we’re simply comfortable to be right here removed from the conflict and to have an opportunity to regroup and a very good life. It’s tough to say what our plan is. Our plan is simply to reside, our plan is to carry my youngster up understanding that she didn’t hear the missiles and rockets and didn’t know the world of conflict anymore,” mentioned Nadiia Romanova.

As for the Mast household, they are going to proceed to assist the household as they begin over.

So it was very straightforward to simply join with them, and understanding a few of their tradition and a little bit little bit of who they’re, from having go to there and being concerned in Ukraine, gave me the guts and want to present them one other probability in life,” mentioned Rodney Mast.

If you’re in search of methods to present or to assist in the course of the Ukrainian Disaster, go to www.internationalhostconnection.com