Category Archives: Africa & Ethiopia

{thank you}

Thank you to everyone who came out to our House Party Tuesday night!  Can you believe this set up?  Lindsey & Kate showed up at our house around 4:30 & unloaded their fabulous van with these amazing displays and products.  They seriously made my living room look like a beautiful store! I’m excited to now...

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{celebrating: one year}

Yohannes has been home one year today!  You can read about our journey home HERE and HERE and HERE.

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{the best of both worlds}

If you’ve read this blog long, you know that Brad and I both have a Starbucks addiction.  You might also remember that one of our favorite baristas, Mimi, is from Ethiopia.  Today she did a traditional coffee ceremony at the store, and we were excited to attend!  Isn’t she beautiful?  The smell of the coffee...

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This is Love

Last night Brad and I had the opportunity to attend the This is Love Banquet hosted by Global Support Mission.  It was fun to step out of my jeans and t-shirt for a night, get dressed up, and go hear about life-changing work taking place in East Africa.  We hardly ever get dressed up, so...

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urgent: call to action

The Ethiopian Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA) has announced a proposal to decrease the number of adoptions they will process and approve—even by as much as 90%. They are planning to accomplish this decrease by limiting the number of approved cases to only 5 per working day. This change is currently set to begin on...

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