One Dollar...

The generosity of our family and friends through out our adoption journey has been unbelievable but there is one act of generosity that completely touched my heart....

In December, some of my co-workers threw me a baby shower (it was a total surprise...oh, they got me good).  There were a ton of gifts, toys and gift cards which I appreciate very much.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  :) 

This same group of  people also collected a monetary donation for our boys orphanage.  I was floored with the money in the envelope...I could buy the orphanage diapers, formula and all of the things that Sister Asayech told me they needed when we were there in November.  

As I went around to thank everyone, my friend Jen pulled me aside and said "I have something else for you".....You see, Jen had been telling her sons my story and about all the children in the world that don't have what children have here.  There are children without the basics like clothes, food and shoes.   The next morning  her son Sebastian, who is 7 years old came to her with the dollar from his piggy bank.  He told his Mommy that he wanted to give this dollar to help the children who didn't have anything.  I wanted to cry when she told me the story.......

Sebastian's dollar was added to the rest of the money and we bought 8 lbs of formula, 464 diapers, onesies, sippy cups, pacifiers, socks, t-shirts, shoes and classroom materials....in total we will have 8 bags when we go to Ethiopia between checked and carry on.  The good news is we won't come back with that many ( Jim took 4- poor guy.   I shipped him over there like one of those little Ethiopian pack mules...LOL)  See picture below of the "Ethiopian pack mule"...there is actually a mule underneath that stack of hay.

But this is how great God is....after buying all those things I still have Sebastian's dollar and his dollar along with the rest of the money that we have left will go with me to Ethiopia where I will give it directly to Sister Asayech at the Tikuret Orphanage.   We could really use more "Sebastian's" in the world.....look at all one dollar can do!