Derar

We thought it would be fun to introduce our blog readers to Derar, who is one of the kids we sponsor through Compassion International. Eric started sponsoring Derar before we were married and before we knew that his country would be the birthplace of one of our children! Derar lives in Ethiopia, not too far from the capital - Addis Ababa, which is the city we'll be going to when we travel to bring home the baby. So we are really hoping to be able to spend some time with him while we are there! Derar is quickly approaching the age of 18, when he'll graduate from the Compassion program, so we are especially grateful for the timing of this adoption since it might be harder to contact him or arrange a visit with him if he were already done with the program. Needless to say, we are very much looking forward to meeting him!!