So much to tell and on borrowed time with the internet... Arrived on Saturday night after a day delay with our flight...left thursday! Went to a wonderful service at an international church Sunday morning...great way to start our week. After, we went to the new orphanage to visit 11 children who were darling and tiny. We also visited the transition house and had some successful meetings.
Yesterday was maybe one of the hardest and most rewarding days of my life. We arrived at an orphanage to find one child close to death and 3 others very fragile. I have never experienced such desperate prayer in my life as I held a child of 8 months, weighing 7 lbs, her mouth hung open, stiff body and sagging skin. My wonderful team joined me in a car, each of us holding children that should have been in the intensive care unit of some wonderful hospital, as we struggled to hang onto them bouncing violently through giant pot holes choking fumes of black smoke. 4 babies needing hope and help.
The hospital doctor said that the one I held was 2 hours from death and critical...fever 103, sepsis, pink eye, upper gi infection, respiratory infection, roda virus and a severe case of dehydration...please pray for her. Her name is Hirwot...meaning LIFE.
Today, we visited the children in our home who are matched to families and waiting court. They were healthy, vibrant and loving...what a difference a little support makes! I was able to see little Melat...lovely; Bereket....Adorable; Dawit....Precious (gaining weight) Many of the children were in school but we will return on thursday.
Tomorrow we head to Nazret! Please keep us in your prayers! We are visiting a very needy area. Continue to pray also that God will arise in strength and power to have victory in Ethiopia.
Much Love,
Susan
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
How Will We Answer Them?
15 million children, orphaned by AIDS worldwide.
That number is equivalent to the populations of New York, Paris, and Bangkok, combined.
"I believe that this could very well be looked back on as the sin of our generation. I look at my parents and ask, where were they during the civil rights movement? I look at my grandparents and ask, what were they doing when the holocaust in Europe was occurring with regard to the Jews, and why didn't they speak up? And when we think of our great, great, great-grandparents, we think how could they have sat by and allowed slavery to exist? And I believe that our children and their children, 40 or 50 years from now, are going to ask me, what did you do while 40 million children became orphans in Africa?"
--Rich Stearns, President of World Vision
That number is equivalent to the populations of New York, Paris, and Bangkok, combined.
"I believe that this could very well be looked back on as the sin of our generation. I look at my parents and ask, where were they during the civil rights movement? I look at my grandparents and ask, what were they doing when the holocaust in Europe was occurring with regard to the Jews, and why didn't they speak up? And when we think of our great, great, great-grandparents, we think how could they have sat by and allowed slavery to exist? And I believe that our children and their children, 40 or 50 years from now, are going to ask me, what did you do while 40 million children became orphans in Africa?"
--Rich Stearns, President of World Vision
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Good News
Good News...All 3 families had a smooth process in court yesterday! Heading home Friday...pray for safe travel!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Pray Please
Please keep the B family in your prayers as they adjust after their recent return home with their 3 children....Also, pray for the N, M, and R families as they travel this week to Ethiopia to pick up their children.
Friday, July 10, 2009
All Together Now!!!
A BIG welcome home to the C family from Wisconsin who is finally ALL together! What a great example of perserverance, prayer, and faith lived out loud. Friday, June 26, 2009
Big Thanks!
A big thank you goes out to all those who have gone the extra mile lately to help the children of Ethiopia...
*Thank you Dr. Andy Gould for making a special trip to visit our partner orphanages and examine our children
*Thank you Hollie Colwick for taking soooo many beautiful photos of our waiting and matched children while there
*Thank you Cindy Lowe for holding down the fort and supporting ARISE in so many ways
*Thank you Lesley Scott and Tera Melber for continuing to advocate for our program
*A special thanks to my husband, Pat, for putting the needs of orphan children above his own for 12 days!
*Thank you Dr. Andy Gould for making a special trip to visit our partner orphanages and examine our children
*Thank you Hollie Colwick for taking soooo many beautiful photos of our waiting and matched children while there
*Thank you Cindy Lowe for holding down the fort and supporting ARISE in so many ways
*Thank you Lesley Scott and Tera Melber for continuing to advocate for our program
*A special thanks to my husband, Pat, for putting the needs of orphan children above his own for 12 days!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Pat with the C Family in Ethiopia!!!
Pat made it to Ethiopia in time to say good-bye to the C family as they head home to Kentucky...please pray for them as they travel this weekend and for Pat as he has much to do over the next 10 days.
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