Hello!  We're a couple who are trying to raise money to adopt a child with special needs (like HIV or Down's Syndrome) from Eastern Europe. Hermann is a graduate of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Christian Seminary and is awaiting ordination.  Erin is a nurse in the Pediatric ICU at Mayo clinic.  Hopefully with the generosity of friends, acquaintances, and lovely friends-we-haven't-met-yet, our dream of children and our child's dreams of a family can be realized more quickly.