One Year Ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 8:33AM
Leslie (leslie@lifesongfororphans.org) in Adoption, Africa, Church Orphan Ministry, Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Family, Grants & Loans, Lifesong, Lifesong for Orphans, Lifesong for Orphans, Louisville Orphan Care Initiative, Orphans, Parenting, Prayer, Spiritual Life, adopt, adoption, church adoption funds, orphan

A year ago today in Ethiopia, Kenny and Jana were introduced to two little boys... two little boys who had consumed their prayers for months... two little boys born in a different land with a completely different culture... two little boys for whom they had traveled across the world to rescue and call their own.

 

When Kenny and Jana first decided to adopt in May 2008, they knew they would face some financial barriers.  They received a matching grant through Highview and Louisville Orphan Care Alliance in partnership with Lifesong for Orphans, and by January of the following year they raised almost $26,000 for their adoption!

Now, 7 year-old Charlie and 3 year-old Sam are thriving.  And though this road has been anything but easy, Kenny and Jana would choose nothing else.  As they watch their boys grow, they are excited to instill an understanding of God's mighty hand in their lives.

I can’t wait until the boys are old enough to understand the testimony of faith that brought them to America and forever into the Cook family. I pray that they will use this awesome story as a part of their own personal testimony and share it for years to come!

~Jana Cook

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