Day TWO

This blog update is coming from my phone while lying under a mosquito net deep in the heart of Ethiopia so please excuse the brevity.
Today was spectacular, comical, heartbreaking, treacherous, educational and humbling all mixed together – a cocktail of emotions, of which words alone can not describe, which left a bitter sweet taste in [...]

Day ONE and Pictures

So today was a very good day!  We arrived safe in sound in Addis Ababa after about 19 hours door to door (15 hours of flying time).  Being six foot one on Ethiopian Airlines is a bit of a liability but overall I got say it was a great flight.  The highlight of the flight [...]

Day One in Ethiopia

This is Andrea blogging for right now. Pete has arrived in Ethiopia, and just sent me a message that said, “At our first orphanage now, kids are beautiful!” 
Oh, my heart! Right now the team is at the Promising Orphanage in Addis. 
Tomorrow they will be getting up early and heading 6 hours north of Addis to [...]

Discomfort Zone

A little less than a year ago my wife Andrea and I attended a holiday dinner party at the home of good friends of ours – the Smiths. In the classic tradition of this excellent hostess, each of the eight dinner guests was presented with a card containing a thought provoking question. Our task was [...]

Painfully Waiting

The following is an excerpt of an email that my wife Andrea sent to an expecting (adoptive) mom to help her deal with a key pain factor of international adoption – WAITING. I believe this email is relevant to all of us who are WAITING for anything in one way, shape or form. More specifically [...]

Adoption: Not Immune To The Enemy

I was informed of this article from today’s (10/1/09) NY Daily News related to an adoption Ponzi scheme on Long Island. It’s an unfortunate example of the fact that even the most beautiful of expressions is not immune to attack. I can’t even imagine what these prospective parents are feeling after being ripped off (financially [...]

Orphan Care: Get Rich Quick!

I was recently talking to a friend of mine at work and told him that I had a great idea for him to consider. The conversation was quite revealing to me and it went a little something like this:
Me: Man I’ve got an idea that I want to talk to you about.
Ben: Is it a [...]

Ethiopian Adoption & Orphan Blog Christening

So this is the maiden blog post that I’ve been putting off for months now (that’s right months!). Why? Well I might as well be honest with you and me right from the get go – fear:
Fear? That’s right I said it – fear! I’m not proud of it, but it’s the truth. Isn’t that [...]

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