Category: Adoption


  • Adoption News

    We heard from our agency, but the news wasn’t so great.

  • This week, our agency director is in Ethiopia. She is looking into our case and trying to get some answers for us. We are looking forward to hearing from her soon. Please pray that our case will be looked on with favor by the Southern region reps, the MOWA officials, and the judge. Since our…

  • Adoption Thoughts

    I keep waiting, hoping I’ll have something wonderful to share. So far, very little has changed in our case. BUT, there is something…

  • Sometimes, I feel like communication with our adoption agency and Ethiopian officials is completely one-sided. We write, we call, but there is no news. Nothing. It is as if they have been snowbound for 6 months and can’t get word to us. It frustrates me. It discourages me. I want to know what is going…

  • Adoption Update

    Last September, we were confident that our kids would soon be home. Yet here we are asking, hoping, pleading that they make it home before Christmas. This is truly the longest, hardest road I have ever traveled and yet I can’t imagine not walking it.

  • Adoption News

    We received news of an upcoming meeting in Ethiopia. As most of you know, our kids were moved back to their “home” region mid July. Because of politics and money flow, hundreds of kids were moved around to different homes. The meeting this week is to discuss our children, and the others like them, who…

  • Adoption Update

    I’ve been reading blogs, news reports, Embassy notifications, and letters from other agencies to try to figure out just what is happening with adoptions in Ethiopia.

  • Adoption Update

    We are still waiting to hear what will happen regarding our case. More and more orphanages are closing in order for the government to investigate. Several sites have put the number at 25. Some blogs offer a glimmer of hope, while others seem to destroy it. We are still choosing to believe that K and…

  • We haven’t received any new news regarding our case. We have found out that there are close to 20 orphanages that have been shut down, all in the southern region. If you want to read what others are saying about the situation you can read more http://etorphanage.blogspot.com/ .

  • I am thankful that we were able to talk to our agency. I am thankful that our agency is sending someone to visit our kids every other weekend. (The new orphanage is at least 4 hours away, near the kids’ hometown.) I am thankful that the director at the current orphanage is willing to work…