Our Ethiopian Expansion: One Month Down!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

One Month Down!

We have officially been on the wait list for one month-wohoo! That means we are one month closer! Even though technically we started this process back in January the time on the wait list is what really matters.

Jonathon and I were just saying last night that we both have such a peace about the timing of this whole thing. We know we are going to get our referral at just the right time, whether that is 3 months from now or a year from now. There is nothing that compares to peace from the Lord!

Psalms 27:14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord!

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Why Adopt from Ethiopia?

• One in six children die before their 5th 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.