BLOG BUZZ Week 1

RLC has a Blog Buzz going on, each week they will post three new questions. I (& you fellow adoptees!) will answer one. Week one questions are listed here. By posting the RLC badge on your site your blog will be tracked and viewers can see what others said about the same topic!

I will be answering Question #2!
Why did you choose to adopt from Ethiopia? What are the pros and cons of adopting from Ethiopia?

This is still a kinda "I have no idea/it's a God thing" answer. Let me tell you what I do know! We met with a super sweet lady and met her super sweet J that was adopted from Ethiopia last August. Hearing her tell of her visit to Ethiopia kept me covered in goosebumps. Hearing her tell of meeting J's birth mother in a row of shanties in the city. Knowing his mother loved him very much even though circumstances prevented her from caring for him. These things all left me with my heart opened to this choice of a country.
I will not lie...the fact that Ethiopia is a cheaper choice as far as International adoptions go was a plus. The travel is much easier in Ethiopia, only one parent has to travel and it is one trip and only a week in duration. Let's not forget the quickness!! Most adoptions are happening in 6 -9 months! Another big bonus is that infants are being picked up under 6 months of age!

So know begins the part where we have fallin' in love with the country! There is such extreme sadness but such extreme beauty in this country. Every day I hear more about Africa and my heart is pulled in closer. I cannot wait to take my African children back to their country one day when they are older and explore it together!

I am not far enough in to the process to have any cons. Although I will say this closing down the courts for summer is really making me a nervous wreck!!