Are they with our children?

We heard from two of our American in-country representatives from Ethiopia. Three years ago, a couple from DFW realized the plans they had so carefully detailed for their family were not the plans the Lord had for them. Prayerfully considering what the Lord was communicating, they made a life-changing decision. Stepping away from their comfort, they sold their suburban home and the majority of their belongings and moved with their 10-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

For three years, this family has lived in a small concrete compound with little to no running water, little electricity and a small garden for their produce. Working for our adoption agency, they spend their days at the orphanage preparing children for the families that so eagerly await them. After three years of living in Ethiopia, they have adjusted to the slow pace of life and the beautiful simplicity of the culture and have no plans of returning to America in the near future.

When we arrive in Ethiopia, we will be working directly with this couple who will introduce us to our children, take us to our court hearings and help us learn as much about the Ethiopian culture as possible in the short time we are there.

It is very likely that this sweet family knows our children. My prayer is that they have already picked them out and begun preparing them for our family. Please add this family to your prayers for our children. Pray they will show our children the love and attention they need and that we long so desperately to give them.