just tell us the truth please

Ally and I just saw an email from one of our Addis friends.  So we checked the CHS website.

Mussie orphange has been closed.

seriously?!?!?!

Yes......seriously.

it made no sense and rang so false to us when we were told that Israel had been moved a few weeks ago(did we even Post about that? ).

allison kept asking "why was he moved?"

i recommend going back to the Maarta post. the one where we all kept asking questions in the conference room at CHS-Addis about how the process really works. we were told in no uncertain terms that israel(and samuel, and bereket and ereftu and obama--wait-- well obama was already in Addis but anyway)....NO child.......would be moved until the adoption was legal. no question.

so BEFORE the adoption was legal we were told that israel had been moved to Addis...  to the orphanage called Help for the Needy which is right across little valley from the Guest House that Ato Tefara runs.  The house where we stayed......  but the Orphanage that we were told has no room, so Israel will go to the other Orphanage that we never told you about but don't worry its fine.......!  :)

Allison kept asking "why was he moved?"  response was "i dont know"...."well help me figure it out" Ally says and asks again with the same non-response......and then finally.....our fear...."is it his health?"  "oh no no no" Jill said......so Ally asks again.."then why"......" i'm not sure" she says.

that was last Tuesday June 28? Or maybe Wed?

...and then we get an email from a friend tonite July 5th that says he just read on the CHS website that our orphanage had been closed.

According to CHS website/self proclamation (almost proudly?), "it was not for reasons related to care or community development, but for  'leadership reasons'..."  ..........  No duhh.

oh and I forgot to mention.  Ato Desta-- the new boss of CHS Addis-- is in the USA right now.  Don't you know that THAT bit of information learned two fridays ago elicited a barrage of new questions from momma-bear-Ally.

"no big deal" says Kjrstie (head of all international adoptions at the soon to be defunct CHFS) Olsen.  "There is a big Ethiopian community in Minneapolis.  That's why he is here."

Wow.

Just tell us the truth please

( but also thanks for moving him ahead of time, we do appreciate that part, heads up play)....

praying for the families and children who are now thrown into dissarray.  we pray that you didn't have to learn it by reading the website.  and that the Lord will intervene.