I just wanted to give a brief introduction of myself as I start this blog and explain the purpose behind starting it. My name is Eric, and I have been married to my lovely wife Tara for almost 6 years now and going strong. We currently live in Oklahoma City, and have been doing so for the last 3 and a half years. We moved here from Vancouver, Washington so that I could finish school. Over the course of the last year and a half or so the Lord has laid Africa on our hearts, and through that, a deep desire to do anything we can to help the people who are aflicted by extreme poverty, disease, and malnutrition in Africa. As we began to feel the impact of wanting to do something to make a difference we began to look into adoption. It seemed perfect we both wanted to have children and at the same time we were giving an orphan a loving and healthy environment. That was almost a year ago and now as long as things go smoothly we are just a few short weeks away from going to pick up our son Malak Kidus from Ethiopia. We cannot wait to be in Africa for the first time and hopefully not the last by any means.
The reason I started this blog is for the simple reason of raising awareness. I believe that if people know the truths about the crisis in Africa and around the world about things like extreme poverty, and AIDS to name a couple that they too will feel compelled to do something about it. With this blog I hope to raise thought provoking questions that lead people to re-evaluate how they see these issues. I don't claim to take credit for any of these ideas on my own because most of them I'm presenting in the same way they were presented to myself. I hope they will have the same impact on you as they do me.
