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Leslie Broadland hugs Vanya Pitirimov, 10, before he leaves for school on Thursday, Nov. 16. The Broadlands decided in October to adopt Vanya, a Russian orphan they have welcomed into their family. Born with severe facial deformities, Vanya was languishing in a Russian orphanage where Bay Area missionaries discovered him and decided to bring him to the United States for medical treatment.

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