Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
So I thought I would post some stats from Paige's blog (she just
came home with her precious babies!!!) that help explain why we are
choosing Ethiopia. Lots of people have been asking, so here are just a
few of a million reasons:
-1 in 10 children die before their 1st birthday
-1 in 6 children die before their 5th birthday
-60% of children are stunted by malnutrition
-The doctor to child ratio is 1 to 24,000
-Half of the children will never attend school
-Life expectancy is 45 yrs of age
-There are roughly 4.8 million orphans
As for news on the adoption front, we are quickly approaching
2011.....we received all the paperwork for Abe's job and are waiting on
our final HS approval (because we had to make financial and insurance
corrections now that Abe has a job) and then we are sending in our
I-600A. We don't know how long that will take to process but it could be
up to several months. Then we send in our dossier......come on US
government! Let's get this show on the road! :)
Welcome to Ruperville. This is the story of two kids who got married and then adopted an ever-growing number of teenagers from Africa. This journey has been wild, and we've learned a lot.... Love always wins. Jesus is bigger. And faith + God = MIRACLES.
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