Rahel added a little boy to her family of three daughters, ages 18, 16 and 11, with the adoption finalization of Baby Daniel. Rahel was widowed four years ago and maintains her home in the capital city of Addis Ababa. She earns a good living as owner of a men’s...
School starts in Ethiopia after their New Year celebration in September. Interested in a bit of trivia? Ethiopia marks time by the Julian calendar that has 13 months and is 7 years behind our Gregorian calendar. September 12th is a huge day of celebration in...
The words of an adoptive dad in the video below, “These babies are our challenge…” is the heart of an upcoming adoption seminar NewLife is hosting in Shashemene, Ethiopia. Our orphanage director has met with leaders of evangelical churches asking for their support to...
by Joy Casey In April I wrote about a unique adoption – a very poor couple adopting an orphan from our orphanage and taking in a little girl from the streets. If ever you need a heart-warming, God-honoring story read this one. Despite hearts bursting with...
The transactional component of adoption is stunning when you stop and give it some thought. An orphaned child has no one in the world intimately invested in his life. Without the charity of others, an abandoned baby wouldn’t even survive. And then, with the crack...
by Joy Casey You would think after the decades I have worked in the adoption field stories of how God places children in just the right family would be old hat. Same-ol’-same-ol’ … or something like that. Just the opposite is true. Each adoption is like a...
