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Our Timeline....
Sep 2009 - Decide to adopt Oct 22, 2009 - Send application to AWAA Nov 2, 2009 - Accepted into the Ethiopia program with AWAA Dec 4, 2009 - First meeting with social worker Feb 2010 - Started Home study Aug 6 2010 - Last meeting with Social Worker for Home study Oct 2010 - See S & R on AWAA waiting child list Nov 2010 - Accept referral of S & R Jan 2011 - DOSSIER SUBMITTED!!! Feb 2011 - receive court date of APRIL 5th! Mar 28, 2011 - fly to Addis Ababa, ET Mar 30 - Metcha day Apr 5 - court day...we don't pass Apr 18 - WE PASS COURT!!!! Apr 18 - GOTCHA day!
Why Ethiopia? Well, did you know....
*There are approximately 5 million orphans in a country less than twice the size of the state of Texas.
*Between 60-150 million kids live on the streets
*One in six children die before their fifth birthday.
*One in ten children die before their first birthday.
*Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school; 88% will never attend secondary school
*Some areas still practice female circumcision
*82% of the population survives on less than 1 dollar a day
*In the 1980's one million Ethiopians died of starvation
*Only 24% of households have access to safe drinking water
*Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000
*1 in 3 people are HIV+, the average life expectancy is 37
I'm a want-to-be country girl with a big city heart, admitted serial killer of plants and fish, rescuer of pound puppies, night owl who goes crazy without my cell phone, I- pod or coffee. I have an uncontainable enthusiasm for my children, and honored to be the wife of Craig, the hardest working man I have ever met, but most importantly I am a child of God, still learning that his path is the most desirable path no matter how right I think I might be.
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