{"id":1849,"date":"2021-05-09T04:58:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T10:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2021-05-09T05:03:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T11:03:12","slug":"russian-orphanage-to-american-adoption-with-oleg-lougheed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/09\/russian-orphanage-to-american-adoption-with-oleg-lougheed\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Orphanage to American Adoption with Oleg Lougheed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19034318\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/6BA342\/time-start\/00:00:00\/download\/no\/hide-show\/no\" height=\"128\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/show\/231848\/height_250_width_250_overlay_overcoming_odds_3000.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His start in life was inauspicious. At 9 years old, he relinquished his parents&#8217; rights and entered the Russian orphanage. At the age of 12, he decided to be adopted into a new family, in a new country, halfway across the world, to start a new life.<\/p>\n<p>At 24 years old, he began his journey of helping others live the life they have always dreamed of, despite their hardships and misfortunes by allowing them to recognize the uniqueness and worth within their own story.<\/p>\n<p>Oleg on the Web:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overcomingodds.today\/olegs-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overcoming Odds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oleg&#8217;s Ted Talk:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/oleg_lougheed_how_to_overcome_your_odds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/oleg_lougheed_how_to_overcome_your_odds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/oleg-lougheed-6aa2a1b5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/oleg-lougheed-6aa2a1b5\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oleg.lougheed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oleg.lougheed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IG:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqALlY7h01i\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqALlY7h01i\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Find All Our Links Here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:post-content --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/fostercarenation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/fostercarenation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Support Our Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/fostercare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/fostercare<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/fostercarenation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/patreon.com\/fostercarenation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fostercarenation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with us on our Facebook Page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/7timedad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/7timedad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect on Instagram<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fostercarenation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fostercarenation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His start in life was inauspicious. At 9 years old, he relinquished his parents&#8217; rights and entered the Russian orphanage. At the age of 12, he decided to be adopted into a new family, in a new country, halfway across the world, to start a new life. At 24 years old, he began his journey&#8230;<a class=\"read-more-link button\" href=\"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/09\/russian-orphanage-to-american-adoption-with-oleg-lougheed\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1760,"url":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/13\/faith-finds-hope-through-adoption-with-faith-ehiozewa\/","url_meta":{"origin":1849,"position":0},"title":"Faith Finds Hope Through Adoption with Faith Ehiozuwa","author":"Jason","date":"February 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Faith was born in Liberia and became an orphan at a young age. 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