Dec192009

Korah – The Cursed People of Ethiopia

Published by Xavier Pacheco at 11:00 PM under

I have written an article about the leper community in Addis Ababa called Korah. That article is posted to my personal blog at:

http://www.xavierpacheco.com/post/Korah-e28093-The-Cursed-People-of-Ethiopia.aspx



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Dec102009

SeleEnat Orphanage on Google Earth

Published by Xavier Pacheco at 11:06 AM under

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While in Addis I plotted the location for the SeleEnat orphanage and two of the guest houses commonly used by adoptive families. These are the main Ethiopia Guest house and the new Ethiopia Guest House.

You can click on the links below to retrieve the Google Earth .kmz file. If you do not have Google Earth, you can get it from here: http://earth.google.com.

 

SeleEnat Orphanage
Main Ethiopia Guest House
New Ethiopia Guest House



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Timeline

  • -Thinking about adoption (3/1998-4/2009)
  • -Decision to adopt (4/11/2009)
  • -Submitted Application to Agency (4/23/2009)
  • -Began paperwork!
  • -First homestudy visit (5/11/2009)
  • -Identified a waiting sibling pair (5/22/2009)
  • -Second homestudy visit, 4.5 hours! (5/30/2009)
  • -Third homestudy visit (6/6/2009)
  • -First adoption training class in Denver (6/13/2009)
  • -Signed completed homestudy (6/17/2009)
  • -Homestudy is approved by State of Colorado (6/29/2009)
  • -USCIS (Immigration) completed (7/6/2009)
  • -Biometric fingerprinting done (7/7/2009)
  • -Complete package of paperwork sent to WA DC (7/13/09)
  • -Paperwork on its way to Ethiopia
  • -Officially referred!!! WooHoo! (7/16/09)
  • -Waiting, waiting, waiting!
  • -We have a court date set for Oct 19! YES! (8/19/09)
  • -WE PASSED COURT! Our family has grown! (10/19/09)
  • -Flew to Ethiopia (11/28/09)
  • -Met Yemi and Abe! GOD IS GOOD! (11/30/09)
  • -Arrived home, our family is whole (12/5/09)

Ethiopia

 

Flag of Ethiopia

Time in Addis Ababa

 

Sele Enat on Google Earth

 

SeleEnat Orphanage
Main Ethiopia Guest House
New Ethiopia Guest House