Monday, November 3, 2008
Forever Families for the week!!!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
An OFFICIAL day of Emotions!!!!!
This is how my day started:
Was one of the best emails to open!!!
Dear Traveling Family,
Congratulations!
We are happy to announce that you have passed court. With this news we are now able to confirm concrete travel dates. Your group will depart for Ethiopia on November 15th and will return home on November 22nd .
Friday, October 24, 2008
Traveling Families and Preparing to Travel ...
http://markredfern.blogspot.com/ Baby Boy
http://lusseadoptionjourney.blogspot.com/ Baby Boy
http://www.yellowblackandwhite.blogspot.com/ 2 girls
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Can you say Travel Dates ...
*** Edit***
Dear Ethiopia Families
Our new tentative date of departure to Ethiopia for your group is November 14th. You will be in Ethiopia for approximately 6 days.
So, change is the name of the game in adoption and we are gonna roll with it (today is a good day!) :):):)
Redfern Wempe Schmidt Lusse VanWetton
Tentative travel November 1:
Laughner Britton Hammond Nunez Terwilleger
Court November 8:Wistrom VanWetten Hutchinson
Tentative travel November 21-28:
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Project Impact = 40K!!!!!


Well, what do I say? First off, I must thank the Van Wettons for their absolutely generous and gracious time and effort to put this weekend together. So many more than we know I am sure were blessed. I just love the love their entire has for our Lord and each other, the servant hood was incredible. Thank you for the stories you shared that have given me courage to get through those tough days ~ I will be calling on you! :):)
I must also thank the Joner family for "putting me up" for the weekend! What a joy it was to share in your life, even if only for a short time. You are a wonderful family and the boys are going to be awesome big brothers!! I love you guys! The sharing of your heart about Julia this weekend will continue to touch many. I am so praying the next time we meet it will be in Ethiopia picking-up our children!! :):)
It was a great time getting to meet so many special people that are on this journey with me. A couple are home and the rest of us that were in attendance all have referral and are waiting to pass court and bring our kiddos home. It was great to talk with Duni in person and see her with her family. Caleb is adorable! It was almost surreal to hear him walking around saying words in Amharic (English will be his second lang.).
I came away a much more enriched person and I love you all!! We must get our kiddos together!!!
P.S. So many boys seems to be in pink girl outfits ~ I had a tshirt made for Amy's little guy!!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Court is in ...
Monday, October 6, 2008
Where, oh where, has my Duni gone ...
Ethiopia Updates
October 06, 2008
Duni's Transition within America World. Duni Zenaye, Africa Program Director, will be moving to Ethiopia with her family (husband: Abenet and son: Kaleb) to oversee our Ethiopia and Rwanda programs from there. Duni will focus on developing our Ethiopia program to respond to the growing numbers of families pursuing adoption from that country. It was decided that Duni would be the most effective by overseeing the intricacies of the program and the transitional home by being on location in Addis Ababa. Her last day in the corporate office will be the day before Thanksgiving, Wednesday, November 26. Duni says "I love working with the families here but I am looking forward to meeting all of them personally as they come to finalize their adoption. I feel that my move will better serve families as I will be able to be in the frontlines of their adoption". Nicole Wiegold, currently working in the China program, will be coming alongside Terra Bailey as Africa Family Coordinator.
Well, I think this will be great on the Ethiopian front lines but we will miss our Duni very much here in the States!!!!









