Families Needed Urgently

Adoption Advocates International is seeking experienced families who have up to date homestudies that would be willing to consider adding one or two girls to their family.  For the first time since Layla House Ethiopia opened its doors, children who were promised families may not get them.  AAI has 4 girls that are about to "age out" of the orphanage because of changes in Ethiopian law.

*Real names not used in descriptions

Mescrem A is 15.  She is active and outgoing and loves playing soccer and ping pong.  She wants to remember always her original family as well as the country she came from and hope to one day find a husband who is a "good man."  While Mescrem admits she sometimes has a short temper, she also says that, "when there is love, there is everything."


Konjit A is 14.  She would like to become a dentist some day.  She is very neat and organized and describes herself as reserved.  She hopes to return to Layla House and adopt a child from there.  Her best memory is of getting to see her Mother after three months to say good bye to her before she died.  Konjit means "Promise" in the language of Ethiopia.


Freyewat and Konjit T are sisters ages 14 and 15.  While Konjit loves to sing and wants to record her own album of love songs some day, Freyewat is more interested in playing soccer and other sports.  Freyewat remembers many funny stories of their original family like hiding porridge under the bed and her father trying to test to see if they had eaten sugar.  Konjit's fondest memory, however, is a year she spent at her brother's house being cared for after an illness.  Both of these girls are popular in the compound at Layla and both are interested in returning some day to build homes for the homeless in Ethiopia.

For more information call Adoption Advocates International at (360) 452-4777 and ask to speak to Gay or Linda.  Please pass this information on to anyone who might have an open heart and room in their home.

Blessings....