The fatherless have no hope of receiving the blessing without having an earthly father, so the importance of going on a mission trip to give the blessing, hope, and love is changing the life of an orphan. We visited hundreds of orphans throughout the 12 days in Ethiopia and constantly had the opportunity to apply what we learned, but had no idea we would meet a young boy who was going to need all 5 blessings at the same time. [read his story]
I want to tell you a story that I try to tell as many people as possible since my trip to Ethiopia in July. When I departed for Ethiopia to pick up Tedi, I had no clue what lie ahead of me. Due to work obligations, my wife Natalie could not travel…
Let me first say how excited I am to be a guest blogger on My Crazy Adoption. I met Kari through my blog design business, Blogs for a Cause- www.madebynikki.blogspot.com. I design blogs to raise money for different charities, and for my humanitarian aid work, and Kari was an early…
For several years now really God has been stirring my heart. He’s telling me that, as my blog friend Heidi says, my life is not my own. Well, I guess Jesus actually said it first (sorry, Heidi). For a long time after this began, I was educating myself: reading amazing…
My ministry started on a July 2009 missions trip to Jelgava, Latvija (say: Lot-vee-ah) through Mission:Hope, my church’s orphan care ministry in Hartland, Wisconsin (www.missionhope.us). I will tell you that I have promised myself that I would never get on an airplane, for my fear of heights. Obviously God had…
We have a winner!! Congrats Rebecca!!! {Winner # selected on random.org. I’m throwing a Funky Fish Giveaway today- 1.5 day only to win this stunning bracelet. I will randomly select the winner tomorrow morning (since I was late posting) and announce your name here on the post. Dawn Patterson is…
Will you help us bring 400 Headbands for Korah Girls ages 2-13! In 38 days, I leave for Ethiopia
In March, 2010, Sam Nuttmann and I traveled to Ethiopia to do work for Ethiopia Reads. Ethiopia Reads (ethiopiareads.org) is a non-profit that builds libraries in schools throughout Ethiopia, they also set up donkey mobile libraries to bring books to kids in more rural villages, and they publish books in…
