Welcome… really. That’s not just a pleasant way to say hello. I am glad you’ve visited. If you’re here, you’re either interested in who we are, or what we’re doing. You can learn more about us and our motivations in the “about” section at the left of the menu above. If those aren’t consistent with your motivations, that’s fine - you’re still welcome. There is no pressure here to fit into any specific categories. What we will be doing is changing the lives of orphans and hungry families around the world. We’ll also be changing lives here, including our own. After our trip to Ethiopia to bring home our two children who started their lives there, we understand the quote: “we need Africa as much as Africa needs us”.
Despite the crushing poverty we saw, despite the devastation of a lack of work, food, medicine, and shelter - we saw people who thought first of helping us. People who cared more about people and relationships than schedules, money, or possessions. We saw a culture that valued things of real value. We saw the contrast with the stress, tension, animosity, and unhappiness that is pervasive in our society where we have more than enough. We need them as much as they need us.
The key concept in that statement is that we can all benefit from the relationships that will be built. We can support orphans in the ways they need us. We can grow in ways that will help us find the contentment that is so elusive in our society. It will be a journey and an adventure here. This is just a start, and there is much more to come. We will identify a community in Africa we will connect with sometime in October. We’ll also begin to identify local needs and opportunities in the coming months - because we believe the concept of loving others as ourselves does not only obligate us to orphans overseas, but should also be the core of our everyday lives. In the interim, we will share our adoption experiences, and our perspectives on our obligations to others and why we believe what we do. You are truly welcome… we greatly desire the contribution you can make to our growth, whatever form that contribution may take. We know we don’t have all the answers, and we welcome dissenting perspectives since we believe challenges to our way of thinking help us grow. I hope and pray that our journey is anything but safe and comfortable. You are welcome. Join us.
