Orphans of God

Hi there, I would encourage you to watch the following video.  Some people still do not understand why we are adopting and why we chose ethiopia.  i saw this video and these statics on another ethiopian adoptive moms blog and it just may help to answer your questions.  people who know us, know we have two of the most well behaved, biggest servant hearted kids, a son and a daughter, we are an extremely busy family why would we add more to our full plate?  see that is where they go wrong, it is not about us, it is about HIM, IT IS ABOUT BEING HIS HANDS AND FEET TO THE WORLD.  HE ADOPTED US FIRST, WE HAVE BEEN ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY, THE KINGDOM OF GOD.  WE ARE JUST BEING OBEDIENT TO HIM AND HE HAS CALLED US TO ADOPT.  WE ARE SO BLESSED, so very blessed in so many ways.

luke 12:48  from everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

STARTLING STATS ABOUT ETHIOPIA

* One out of every 20 children born alive die in their first month of life

* One out of ten die before reaching their first birthday

* One out of six die before reaching their fifth birthday

* There are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia

* The median age in Ethiopia is 18

* 1.5 million people in Ethiopia are infected with AIDS

* Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa