A Bevy of Boys: Welcome..... drumroll please....

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Welcome..... drumroll please....

MAXWELL JUDE WOMELDORPH
10/1/2010
3:46pm

10 lbs, 11 oz.

Huge congratulations go out to my dear friend Carlina and family -- Jim, Gracyn, Addison, Hendrix, Lincoln, and Bella -- who waited (and waited -- 11 days late, thank you very much!) for this sweet bundle. We are so very happy to welcome Maxwell Jude into the world!

1 comment:

KendellOctober 6, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Awwww! SO sweet! Love those chubby cheekies! Sorry you couldn't be there to hold & snuggle him.
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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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