Category Archives: Ethiopia
Good News from Ethiopia!
This good news just in from Ethiopia this morning……
U.S. Embassy announces that CWA has been removed from the “prescreening list” as of today.
We will now revert to our former practice of submitting documents to the embassy two weeks in advance of proposed embassy dates. Cases currently under review will continue to be [...]
Children Moved to Acacia Village!!
TODAY IS THE BIG DAY! Our first children spent their first night the new children’s building at Acacia Village! Wouldn’t you love to have seen their faces when they left the small confines of the foster homes and drove up in the van to a roughly 2 acre campus? I can [...]
Shared Video from Ethiopia Family
Thank you to the Dumouchelle family for sharing a video they made chronicling portions of their adoption journey as well as offering inspiration to rest of us.
“Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.” -James 4:14b
CWA Statement on Ethiopian Adoptions
Our agency has been in the news recently and has had to endure, regrettably, false allegations of unethical adoption practices in Ethiopia. Because of this, CWA has undertaken a time-consuming and costly investigation of our Ethiopian adoption program. We sent our very capable Christian attorney to Ethiopia to gather accurate information regarding these allegations. The [...]
He is Jehovah Jireh, The Lord Who Provides
The following post was originally posted by CWA adoptive Mom, Kristin Pichura/Ethiopia Program, on her personal blog site. It is re-posted here with her permission. You can read more about the Pichura adoption journey at www.justtheclay.blogspot.com Thank you, Kristin!
If you are interested in allowing us to post your CWA adoption-related story, please let [...]
The Joys of Working the CWA Ethiopia Hope Project
Written By:
Emily Beddingfield/Administrative Assistant-Ethiopia Team
Working with a waiting children’s program has its joys and its challenges, as I’m sure you would imagine! The joy of seeing children finding families… the struggle of heartache for those who still wait. The only peace is knowing that God is in control of each one [...]
Waiting Patiently… Most of the Time
The following post was submitted by a CWA family. If you are interested in allowing us to post your adoption-related story with our readers, please let me know!
Our journey of adoption began in an unlikely place – the plains of Dire Dawa Kezira in Ethiopia. In February 2005, we began sponsoring a child named Henok [...]
Melissa’s Myth Busters
Melissa is a CWA seminar facilitator, home study provider, wife and loving mother to two adopted daughters. We first posted Melissa’s Adoption Myth # 1 on Facebook several weeks ago. Before posting Myth #2, I wanted to allow anyone who missed Myth #1 an opportunity to catch up. Myth #2 WILL be posted next week.
Myth [...]
God is in Control
Here at CWA we believe God is in control of our agency and your adoption (before, during, and after.) That’s why no matter how the devil tries to derail our work through economic uncertainty, delays, or fluctuation in the international adoption climate, we continue to trust in the Lord. Adoption is God’s idea and therefore [...]
