Welcome to our blog! I am new to the blogging world, but decided to start one. With living away from many of our family and friends, I wanted a place where we could keep people up to date on our adoption.
We have been "officially" waiting with our adoption agency for 21 days. We are hoping to adopt a 0-4 year old child from Ethiopia, and are adopting from an orphanage I visited there last year.
Many people have asked us why we are adopting and why Ethiopia.
I have wanted to adopt since I was a little girl. Paul and I both have extended family members who joined our families through adoption. We can't imagine what our families would be like without these individuals. Over the years, I was blessed to have been able to visit orphanages in Asia, South America, and Africa. I have had many children ask me if I would be their mom, or help them find a mom. I will never forget those faces and pray for those children often. Paul spent a few years working for an inner-city ministry and saw many children who came from broken homes.
Paul and I met at an African missions conference, so we knew from the beginning that we both had a heart for Africa. We have traveled to East Africa a few times together, to visit a church I served with for several months. We have a deep love and respect for African people and their culture. Through our seminary friends in St. Louis from Ghana and Togo, to our immigrant friends from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Congo, through our travels internationally, God has used these people and experiences in our lives to prepare our hearts for international adoption.
While it may not make sense to others, it makes sense to us to start our family through adoption. We have chosen to start our family through adoption because we want this child to know that he or she was chosen first and chosen intentionally. Our child will know that there is no other child that we would rather have as our son or daughter. We now are waiting to be joined with the child in Ethiopia, already born, whom God has set apart for our family.
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The story of our adoption of Kenyon Belachew and Hudson Musse and our life together
About Me
- Cindy
- I am a full time mom and a part-time social worker. Paul and I were married in January 2005. We talked early in our relationship about adoption and both felt led by God to start our family this way. Kenyon Belachew was born in Ethiopia and joined our family in June 2008. Hudson Musse was also born in Ethiopia and joined our family in December 2009. We are passionate about Africa, advocating for orphans, and excited to see the plans God has for our family.
Information on Adoption
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