I found a quote that I think describes the essence of what we feel: "Adopting a child and helping them reach their potential, they help us reach ours. An adopted child is not an unwanted child; to the contrary. They are a child that was searched for, prayed for, cried for, begged for; received by arms that ached, making empty hearts full. Love is meant to be shared."
In Ethiopia all children are so wanted and loved but the country, which allocates much of its finances to the care of orphans, is too strained by the millions of orphans that need... need and deserve the love of a family. While only about 1% are adopted that is just one way of trying to care for their children. There were no orphanages in Ethiopia until about a decade ago - the extended family/community always brought home children in need.
