‘Sisters’ – one American, one Kazakhstani
01.07.2010
By Virginia Shank
Twenty years ago, Melissa Holmes of Howland, Ohio, was praying for her new baby sibling to be a sister.
Halfway around the world, Jannat Kairatbekova was about to be born in a village in Kazakhstan.
Four years ago, Holmes would stay with the Kairatbekovas as a Peace Corps volunteer...