Bringing Home Elias: Pure Love...

Monday, June 8, 2009

Pure Love...

This is a video of some of the children we left behind in Ethiopia....

Each of them needs a mother and father's pure love to carry them through life.

My heart breaks with that thought. Such a taken for granted possession... a mom and dad.

2 comments:

Erica said...: Sobbing. Beautiful. Beautiful.; August 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Rachel said...: Hi Heather! I am a friend of Patty and Karl's, just beginning the process to adopt form Ethiopia. Glad to know your story and connect with you.

Blessings,
Rachel; August 9, 2009 at 7:34 AM

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Why Adopt from Ethiopia...

~ 720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone.
~1.5 million people are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world)
~A child adopted into a Christian home is a child who will know the love of Christ!
~88% will never attend secondary school.
~Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa.
~Ethiopia has approximately 4.3 million orphans and the country is twice the size of Texas.
~44% of the population of Ethiopia is under 15 years old.
~One in six children die before their fifth birthday.
~Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school.
~Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000.
~One in ten children die before their first birthday.