A Bevy of Boys: REFERRAL!!!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

REFERRAL!!!

Oh happy day!! This morning, our wonderful adoption coordinator, Leah, called us with the best news ever. We are going to be parents once again! Our new son is 3 years old and just the most precious little boy. His Ethiopian name is "Shimeles". I can't post any photos of him until we pass our court date, which will be sometime in September (hopefully). If all goes well, we hope to have him home by Christmas. But trust me, he's just beautiful.

Now, onto the interminable wait until a court date and finally, traveling to Addis Ababa to bring him HOME! We'll keep you posted....

6 comments:

JocelynJuly 30, 2009 at 1:03 PM
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
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KendellJuly 30, 2009 at 1:07 PM
We are SO happy and excited for you guys!!! I cannot wait to see him (and smother him with hugs and kisses!!)in just a few weeks!!!
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The AndersonsJuly 30, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Congrats!!!!
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Leah ReevesAugust 4, 2009 at 11:19 PM
So Happy for you! and he is sooooo cute!
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The AndersonsAugust 6, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Just sent you an email through the yahoo group - just in case you never check that email I wanted to let you know. How is that for a very interesting blog comment :)
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Kristen, pajama mamaAugust 12, 2009 at 7:55 AM
I'm sure he is just precious...but I want to see pics at our next get-to-gether!!!! Praying for a quick & successful court-date for Shimeles Briola!
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Why Ethiopia?

In Ethiopia, approximately 1 in 10 children die in infancy, and nearly double that number die by their 5th birthday, due to infections, tetanus and diarrhea. Ethiopia is considered the 3rd worst place in the world to be born, better only than Burkina Faso and Djibouti. Of the children who survive, many will lose their mother in childbirth and many more will lose one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.

As more and more parents die, the capacity of extended family members to take care of orphans shrinks. Ethiopia has reached the breaking point where orphaned children are now forced into the streets, into difficult working conditions and/or into heading their households.

In 2001, 13.2% of the population, 3.8 million children, was orphaned. In comparison, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in 500,000 orphans and the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia resulted in 10,000 orphans. In 2006, American parents adopted only 731 orphans. 3,799,269 orphans remain vulnerable.

(courtesy of www.ethiopianrelief.org)

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