We arrived at the swank hotel where the dinner was being held, only to realize that we may be a tad underdressed and to learn that we would be eating with some government officials, business owners and then thankfully other adoptive families like us! Here are some pictures of us outside waiting to go in for the dinner.
We ate an incredibly delicious meal and I so would have taken a picture of it, but it wasn't that kind of environment if you know what I mean.... Regardless, the food was awesome and the evening got even better when the other families shared their stories and the wonderful impact that Bethany Chrisitan Services had been in their journey to adopt their sweet kiddos. It was a great evening filled with scripture, testamonies and seeing precious kids happy and healthy in loving homes. The main speaker of the evening was Mike D. and he shared about their many adoptions through BCS. They have a wonderful testimony about God breaking their hearts for orphans and special needs children. We especially loved hearing about their two Ethiopian girls who were adopted and when they learned English, informed their new parents that they had a sister that was still in Ethiopia. The family was able to find the girls sister and bring her home to America to be a part of their family! He said the reunion in Dulles Airport of the three girls was unbelievable! I love it! We got to meet one of their Ethiopian girls and talk with Mike about some of their experience in Ethiopia which was really cool. It was a great evening and we were so glad that we made the trip and also earned some education hours towards our adoption!
The following is a quick recap of their story that was in the Washington Post.
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