Hello friends and family...today we celebrate Sammy's 3rd adoption day and can officially close the books on Sammy's suitcases. We never expected this project to be over a year in the making but delays in bringing Sam's brother home caused this project to go from year 2 all the way to year 3. So thank you for participating in giving back to Sammy's birth country.
The final tally of all the things donated and delivered by us or our friends is as follows:
64 cloth diapers
4 pairs of shoes
23 women's shirts
11 pairs boys pants
5 hooded sweatshirts
9 onsies
lots of infant toys
baby sheets
11 diaper ointments
4 antifungal creams
4 zinc oxide ointments
1 reusable tote
4 infant vitamin drops
8 babywashes
4 baby lotions
50 pk fruit snacks
60pk granola bars
3 antibiotic ointment
1 cortaid cream
Mediscope
10 packs baby wipes
1 LCD projector and adaptor (for the Bright Hope School)
11 Extreme Black Soccer Balls
11 Extreme Silver Soccer Balls
22 Hand Pumps
23 sets of needles
Bandaids
Baby clothing
Socks
Blankets
Monetary donation for drilling of a well in the Korah community
Monetary donation to self sustaining chicken farm feed at Bright Hope School
You overwhelmed us with your generosity and it was exciting for Sam to be part of this project that lasted throughout the time he awaited his brother's arrival. Thank you, thank you for helping us give back!
Love, Sammy, Allyson, Eric & now Joshua:)
Here are some photos:
Visiting the Bright Hope School which serves the Korah community giving them one of their wish list items.
The first well drilled in the school, you gave to the drilling of a second well which will be on the school property but service the community of Korah.
School was not in session when we were at the Bright Hope School due to the holidays in Ethiopia but we still got to see all the projects going on and hang out with some of the beautiful children that attend the school.
The self sustaining chicken farm...a really amazing sight to see especially watching kids from the community come and get eggs for their New Year's celebration.
Hanging out with some children along the road up to Mt. Entoto. The man in the photo was our interpreter Bizzy. He is an amazing man who distributed some of the donations.
If you don't know about Korah I encourage you to see the video below. Some of our donations went to Mission Ethiopia the organization that made this video. Many others went to the Bright Hope School which serves children that live in this community.Again, thank you on behalf of our family!
