From Ukraine with love

By News Staff on Monday, October 17, 2022
Guillory family looks to adopt Ukrainian orphans
  • PROVIDING A LOVING, STABLE HOME - Deidra and Joey Guillory have taken these orphan refugees from the Ukraine into their hearts and homes since 2019 and hope to make it permanent one day in the future. (Photo courtesy of Deidra Guillory)
    PROVIDING A LOVING, STABLE HOME - Deidra and Joey Guillory have taken these orphan refugees from the Ukraine into their hearts and homes since 2019 and hope to make it permanent one day in the future. (Photo courtesy of Deidra Guillory)

    By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor With four children of their own, Joey (native of Basile) and Deidra Guillory of Mamou did not originally set out to adopt two young orphaned boys from Ukraine. Their journey began in 2019, when the couple hosted the boys, whom Deidra wishes not to name due to privacy issues with the adoption process, through a foster program. She says, “Upon gathering more i…