After patiently
waiting for Children’s Hope Ethiopia licensure, Kevin and Stacie
submitted their adoption paperwork and received the referral for
their beautiful healthy boy just one month later. On July 18 in
the Ethiopia courts, their adoption became official!
His name is Yabsira,
“work of God the Father”. The new family will travel in three to
four weeks to meet their adoptive son and bring him home to
Missouri, where they will rename him Micah Yabsira.
“His name is an
affirmation for me,” says Sharon Turner, Ethiopia Program
Director. “Truly this is God’s work...and I’m reminded here of
how He can use even a baby to deliver His message. For our first
referral to come with his name speaks volumes to me.”
Congratulations to
our first family!
In the last few
weeks, Children's Hope has received two additional referrals for
our first pioneer families, one for a sibling group of a
2-month-old boy and a 2˝-year-old girl, and the second for a
3-month-old baby boy. These children are receiving direct care
in Children's Hope transition home, House of Hope, while the
families wait for adoption approval in court and their travel
dates. As courts finalize these pioneer family adoptions, their
happy photos will be shared with their permission.
Children's Hope
families will continue to receive referrals while Ethiopian
courts break beginning August 5. The courts will remain closed
for 3-12 weeks.
ETHIOPIA PROGRAM UPDATES
