There and Back Again: Will this be the week?????????????????????

Monday, July 21, 2008

Will this be the week?????????????????????

Will this be the week we become parents? Today is our court date but as of yet all is quiet, painfully quiet. Our agency has had trouble getting any communication from Addis since Friday, so we have no idea if our paperwork is complete in order for us to pass court and be parents. I never thought that I would be excited about having a case in court, but at the moment it consumes me. Keep sending up your thoughts and prayers for our pea!

4 comments:

Kami said...: Hi Mary! I have been thinking about you and saying lots of prayers for court. Sending good thoughts your way from Durango!

Kami; July 21, 2008 at 9:07 AM
Stefani said...: You have been on my mind all morning. Sending lots of prayers and thoughts your way. Keep us posted!; July 21, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Paula Leflar said...: We've been thinking of you guys all day! Keep us posted if you hear anything!; July 22, 2008 at 5:44 AM
Anonymous said...: we had court this week too... paperwork missing...
we are still waiting to hear...
maybe we'll end up traveling together!!!
email me!
angela in barcelona at yahoo dot com; July 26, 2008 at 9:30 PM

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Why Ethiopia?

• One in ten children die before their first birthday
• One in six children die before their fifth birthday
• 44% of the population of Ethiopia is under 15 years old
• 60% of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition
• The median age in Ethiopia is 17.8 years
• 1.5 million people are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world)
• 720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia.
• Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
• In the 90s the population (3%) grew faster than food production (2.2%)
• Drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (first year no crops, second year no seeds, third year no animals)
• Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school. 88% will never attend secondary school.
• Coffee prices (Ethiopia’s only major export) fell 40-60% from 1998-2002.
• Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000.
• In 1993, after 30 long years of war, Eritrea broke from Ethiopia and became an independent nation leaving Ethiopia landlocked without any major seafaring ports.

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Monday, July 21, 2008

Will this be the week?????????????????????

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