Many of you have asked, "Why Ethiopia?" Well, for me (Stacy), it started with reading "Red Letters, Living a Life that Bleeds." This book, written by Tom Davis, challenges us all to live the red letters, those words in your Bible, that Jesus spoke. It is primarily about the AIDS crisis in Africa and the MILLIONS of orphans left to fend for themselves. It opened my eyes and the eyes of my family to the need for us to live what we believe.
Now, Children's Hope Chest, Tom Davis's organization, is partnering with our agency, America World, to help bring Nutramigen to the orphans in Ethiopia. It really is that important! Please, go to their website and read what Tom has written and pass the word around. Also, spend some time on the blog, but be careful, it might change your life, as it did our's!
The link to Tom's blog http://tinyurl.com/ccwuur
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Important way you can help! Long post- but a must read!
I copied this from a YG (yahoo group)friend's blog. She received the referral for a little girl the same day we received our referral and we hope to be traveling together. It describes the DESPERATE situation with regards to a shortage of good formula in Ethiopia...
From Cindy Foote: Our adoption agency is seeing an increase in the number of significantly malnourished babies coming in to their partner orphanages. Our agency has a transitional home in Ethiopia where children/babies chosen to be adopted are taken in and cared for until the parents can travel to get them. Many of the babies can not be referred to parents until they are healthy. This was our daughter's story. Our agency cared for her for 3 months before she was well enough to be referred to us. That entire time, America World was paying for our child's care - and the care and restoration of many many more.
Often, these babies tummies are suffering from Giardia or other illnesses on top of the malnutrition. And the malnutrition alone can be severe. Just south of Addis Ababa is a region hardest hit by the current famine. We are expecting to see many severely malnourished babies coming in to the orphanages as a result of this. For these reasons, our agency is hoping to build up a supply of 2 special kinds of formula which have a molecular structure that alloww babies to digest the formula with great ease, put on the necessary weight and take in the nutrients for which they are starving. But our agency can not take on this task without donations of this formula and then sending that formula over with traveling families who are headed to Ethiopia to get their children and can take extra suitcases of this formula.
From the Sweeneys: We hope to be traveling to Ethiopia by July (if we pass court). So we are currently accepting any shipments of these 2 formulas that are donated so that we can pack them up and take them to these precious orphaned babies.
The 2 formulas we need to send are called Nutramigen and Alimentum Powder Formula. They can be found at Wal-Mart - BUT since you are going to have to ship them to me from where you are, the best way to do this is to go to www.amazon.com to purchase the formula and then ship the formula directly to me through Amazon. We need the powder form - NOT the liquid as the liquid needs to be kept refrigerated once opened AND it is too heavy to fill our luggage with. It is usually around $27 a can. It takes 2 cans to feed one baby for a week. These formulas are broken down so that weak, malnourished babies can digest it and get the nutrients they need. These formulas will save lives! We used Nutramigen with all 4 of our other kids and know what a great formula it is!
If you are from Sheridan, we will be having a formula drive 2 weeks before we leave and hope to take several rubber maid tubs full of formula to these babies.
From Cindy Foote: Our adoption agency is seeing an increase in the number of significantly malnourished babies coming in to their partner orphanages. Our agency has a transitional home in Ethiopia where children/babies chosen to be adopted are taken in and cared for until the parents can travel to get them. Many of the babies can not be referred to parents until they are healthy. This was our daughter's story. Our agency cared for her for 3 months before she was well enough to be referred to us. That entire time, America World was paying for our child's care - and the care and restoration of many many more.
Often, these babies tummies are suffering from Giardia or other illnesses on top of the malnutrition. And the malnutrition alone can be severe. Just south of Addis Ababa is a region hardest hit by the current famine. We are expecting to see many severely malnourished babies coming in to the orphanages as a result of this. For these reasons, our agency is hoping to build up a supply of 2 special kinds of formula which have a molecular structure that alloww babies to digest the formula with great ease, put on the necessary weight and take in the nutrients for which they are starving. But our agency can not take on this task without donations of this formula and then sending that formula over with traveling families who are headed to Ethiopia to get their children and can take extra suitcases of this formula.
From the Sweeneys: We hope to be traveling to Ethiopia by July (if we pass court). So we are currently accepting any shipments of these 2 formulas that are donated so that we can pack them up and take them to these precious orphaned babies.
The 2 formulas we need to send are called Nutramigen and Alimentum Powder Formula. They can be found at Wal-Mart - BUT since you are going to have to ship them to me from where you are, the best way to do this is to go to www.amazon.com to purchase the formula and then ship the formula directly to me through Amazon. We need the powder form - NOT the liquid as the liquid needs to be kept refrigerated once opened AND it is too heavy to fill our luggage with. It is usually around $27 a can. It takes 2 cans to feed one baby for a week. These formulas are broken down so that weak, malnourished babies can digest it and get the nutrients they need. These formulas will save lives! We used Nutramigen with all 4 of our other kids and know what a great formula it is!
If you are from Sheridan, we will be having a formula drive 2 weeks before we leave and hope to take several rubber maid tubs full of formula to these babies.
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