I cannot even BEGIN to tell you how excited we are for you all!! We will keep you and all your babies in our prayers. God Bless and have an AMAZING trip!!!
I am so happy for your family. Enjoy the time you get to spend w/ your amazing new family members. You have such a loving family and those to kiddos are so lucky! Tell Jill to love on her new family members and they to are so blessed to be brought into a loving family. Safe travels!!!
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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.
I cannot even BEGIN to tell you how excited we are for you all!! We will keep you and all your babies in our prayers. God Bless and have an AMAZING trip!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for your family. Enjoy the time you get to spend w/ your amazing new family members. You have such a loving family and those to kiddos are so lucky! Tell Jill to love on her new family members and they to are so blessed to be brought into a loving family. Safe travels!!!
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