The Ethiopian Minivan

As we mentioned in the past few posts, we are now making the city (the Capitol) our home base. After deciding that the children were going to be adopted we started trying to process all the paperwork that needed to be processed and came to the realization that the town where the orphanage is is [...]

Adoption

There is so much I would love to say about adoption but when I sit down to type, I really never know where to start.  Jessie and I always talked about being people who inspired other families to adopt but had a hard time getting people to move off the line and get started.   [...]

Levi and I decided to share the blogging so this is from me, Jessie. We are back in Addis now and trying to get settled. We have rented a house here so that we can work on the paper work that is required for the adoptions. Life in Addis is totally different for us and [...]

On the road again

We are getting ready to head out again to the town where the orphanage is, after a 2 and a half week stay here in the city spent collecting information and starting the ball rolling with adoptions we will be on our long journey once again.  This will be the 11th full day we have [...]

Social structures

We have thought a lot about what it is going to be like for these kids once they are in homes and all we can think is that its going to be a real shock.  The town where the orphanage is as you I am sure figured out by now if you have been following [...]

Thank you

I just got done reading the comments on the past few posts and want to say thank you to everyone who is standing behind us in this. I know that we could not keep going every day if it were not for all of you keeping us in your prayers and helping pay the way [...]