$5 Friday - GRAND FINALE

This will be our last week for fundraising for Acacia Village - Ethiopia.
As of 10:15 a.m. - Thursday, March 19th we need $1,650 to reach our $10,000 goal.

In January, 2008 Phil attended the ground breaking of Acacia Village located in Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA. At that time Christian World Foundation had purchased the land for the building of the village and begun their fundraising efforts.



To date CWF has raised over $640,000 and begun the Children's Home in the village. We're thankful to be a part, with you, of this provision for the orphans of Ethiopia. It's VERY real to us now that we're adopting from Ethiopia too!!


To see all of the details for the project visit the Acacia Village website.
The following excerpt is from Christian World Foundation...
Acacia Village’s impact is threefold:
Acacia Village rescues children from the streets of Ethiopia and connects them with a forever family;
Acacia Village provides employment for over 100 Ethiopian citizens, thus providing opportunity to improve their lives;
Acacia Village helps U.S. adoptive parents by easing the transition of a child from Ethiopia to the United States.

With Acacia Village, you can help build the property and then go to Ethiopia to see how children are being saved. This project enables you to participate in the vision and then witness firsthand the fulfillment of the dream.

When Jesus stood among 5,000 people, the disciples encouraged him to send them away. "How can we feed these people with just a few loaves and fish?" they said. But Jesus refused to be overwhelmed by the problem — He refused to look at what they could not do. Instead, He took the food that was there, blessed it and multiplied it to feed thousands (see Luke 9:12-20).

As we build Acacia Village, we trust Jesus will do the same — not according to our efforts, but by the grace of God. Jesus says again, "Do not send the people away. Bring what you have to Me and I will bless it and multiply it."

Now is the time to stop being overwhelmed by the immensity of the problem. Now is the time to help.

Please consider giving $10 today via our blog link.
With grateful thanks!! The Horton Family

Adoption Update

Sarah Mei with my sister's dog, Chelsea


We're EXCITED to announce that we submitted our dossier to Ethiopia!! The Lord provided the last of the money we needed to pay an international fee for one daughter. We decided to go ahead and send in our dossier for one daughter and if a sibling group becomes available, we'll pray for God's provision for the 2nd child at that time.
Our request is for a daughter under the age of 4, healthy or with mild to moderate special needs. Please pray for God's hand of protection on our daughter(s) until we get matched and can pick them up.
My understanding is that we could get our referral anytime in the next six months. Then our child will undergo more medicals, and we'll be assigned an Ethiopian court date. Once we pass court (and that may take more than one time), we'll travel 5 weeks later.
Our prayer is that we'll travel and be home by Christmas. We'll see what God's timeline is??
I'm praying that God will "lead them by a straight way to a city (our home) where they can settle." Ps. 107:7

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say this---those He redeemed from the hand of the foe,
those He gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for men,
for He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things." Ps. 107:1-9