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Last night we welcome Corrie Melawit Arkins home. What an incredible moment filled with hope.
Sallie Jane Studios Presents: Ethiopia on my mind…
These amazing prints are inspired by Scott & Mollie Page’s adoption journey and proceeds are benefiting Kidmia Orphans.
Check them out & take one home.
Famine in Africa (infographic of what is happening)
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Seed Adoption is Fully Funded!
Follow the link for full recap of all the partners, next steps & ways to follow this incredible story of hope.
Seed Adoption is a pastoral training workshop that brings together influential pastors of evangelical churches from across a country to discuss (1) the plight of orphaned and vulnerable children, (2) a Biblical perspective centered on the gospel, adoption, and the local church, and (3) appropriate strategies to bring holistic and lasting change to the lives of orphaned children, all for the glory of God.
We believe that the gospel, when understood and applied, must work through the local church and in the lives of Christians to effect such change. Therefore, in order to help address the orphan crisis, the Seed Adoption training aims to create, maintain, and encourage a national conversation with the indigenous church.
Seed Adoption 2011: Ethiopia
Three two-day workshops will be held in June 2011 in 3 strategic cities: Addis Ababa (Ethiopiaʼs capital city), Nazareth (capital of the Oromiya Region), and Awassa (Capital of Southern Nations Nationalities and Regional State). A total of 500 people will attend the workshops: 250 influential senior pastors and their wives. All 9 of Ethiopiaʼs regional states will be represented.
YOU can help bring local adoption to Ethiopian churches. Just $70 covers ALL expenses for a local pastor and his wife to attend the Seed Adoption training. Click here for more.
Goals
We are praying that these workshops are a first step toward accomplishing a number of goals:
- Create common understanding on the extent of the orphan crisis in Ethiopia and jointly identify the major root causes and consequences
- Through biblical and theological training, deepen our understanding of Godʼs heart for the orphan as well as our biblical responsibility to holistically care for and adopt orphaned children
- Design a joint strategy to address the orphan crisis at the national level through the cooperation of evangelical churches
- Develop effective strategies that facilitate holistic care and local adoption of orphans into Christ-loving families at a local, grassroots level
- Build a common forum of evangelical churches to share information, experiences, and best practices for sustainable orphan care and support
- Raise financial and non-financial resources locally for orphan care and adoption
Ethiopia (Home… part 8)
Leaving DFW & next stop is HOME!
…and we have landed in NW Arkansas
Time to wake and go celebrate…
Everyone is waiting to meet you!
Waiting for our sister…
And now to home…
Ethiopia (Return… Part 6)
…our time in Ethiopia is coming to an end & it is time to make the journey home.
everyone wants to know Sosi’s story… it brings joy
Left Ethiopia last night at 10:30 with Visa in hand…
Flying over Sosi’s place of birth (Gondar)
Out like a light as we land in Rome
Asleep again as we land in DC
Wow…2 hours to get through customs. Let’s do that again!
Got on an earlier flight from DC to DFW, but looks like no open seats on earlier DFW to XNA flights…
Quick ride to our gate…
Landed in DFW & Sosi’s asleep again…resting for final leg home
I think she’s doing super awesome considering the time difference (we are at DFW)
Back at home…Sosi we’re ready
Here we come! Next stop is home…
(meanwhile, back at home)
Uncle Viener and Big Sister Conley hanging out before the big day.
Getting ready to go to sleep. Tomorrow I meet my sister!
It’s hard to tell, but there is A LOT of excitement here.
Sosi says hi sissy, I’m coming!
Ethiopia (Being… part 4)
…the past few days have been a bit of blur, but here are some more photos of our time here. It’s been amazing!
After 4 or so hours with Sosi, we all loaded up into the van to watch the Epiphany celebration taking place in the streets outside where we were staying.
the poverty here in great & sights like these are everywhere
that was it for today…it was a quiet evening with just Corrie, Sosi and I
this is Sosi with Ginet (manages the Bijou)
next day sitting out in the courtyard
after some quiet moments, we decided to get out and see the “return” of the Epiphany Celebration.
this time we did not take Sosi, but Corrie & I and our driver Bekey walked the streets amongst the celebration…amazing!
that was the day for us…great day in Ethiopia
the next morning we woke and traveled to the Gladney Care Centers (sorry can’t post much) & had traditional coffee ceremony.
Lucky that Scott Brown (Gladney Ethiopian Program Director) came!
Read Scott’s blog entry from the day http://gladneyethiopiaadoption.blogspot.com/2010/01/selam-no.html
this is Rosa & Sosi. Rosa is Sosi’s “Special Mother” while at Gladney
these were all the Special Mothers & the children
and then the coffee ceremony…
after the care centers we went to lunch with all the families at a place on the hillside of Addis.
Epiphany celebration still going on below in the streets
that was our day…it was full. In the next two days we will go visit St. Mary’s church, cultural dinner & then the Govt Orphanages
Ethiopia (Being… pt 3)
…today’s the day!
it’s 7:45 a.m. and we slept incredible (I guess 24 hours without sleep makes that possible)
the view from our window…we can smell the stoves cooking
the courtyard in front of our guest house
received confirmation that Gladney is bringing the children to us (there are 3 other couples here as well) They will be here at 10:45
we are waiting for coffee & we are both a little nervous
this is Marta one the ladies hosting us & cooking us breakfast
just outside our laundry is being done…
call just came…they are 10 minutes away!
waiting on the front porch of the guest house
here she comes…
…this was an unbelievable great day. hard to believe it’s actually true.
Ethiopia (Going… pt 2)
…4:30 a.m. came quickly, but we didn’t really sleep to begin with. Time to get moving 1st stop? Coffee (an Ethiopian blend of course)
@jenarkins taking us to the airport (I think she’s expecting a tip)
Checking in…agent was so happy about hearing why we were going.
Hottie on an airplane
Corrie’s potato chip…nice (she almost ate it)
Off we go!!!!
Pushed back from the gate & then pulled right back in Something about a “primary flight instrument failure” Come on…they have “secondary” instruments also.
On the way from XNA to DFW & somwhere over Oklahoma.
Arrived at DFW…couple hour layover & on to Washington, D.C.
Arrived in DC Dulles airport & nothing to see way out here…except that plane in the middle.
Checking in for final leg…
Our route…
Fuel stop in Rome…
All instructions in Amharic, then English…puts us @ back of the line
Boarding with a beautiful welcome…
Next stop ETHIOPIA!!!!
Landed in Ethiopia and made it to our guest house. Have a little unpacking to do.
..but this is the fun part because this won’t be empty for long.
tonight we are Americans, tomorrow we become part of Ethiopia.
Good night!
Ethiopia (Preparing… part 1)
I guess our journey begins now as we drop kids off at my parent’s house and look forward to an early, early morning.
