We opened our online coffee store tonight to start fundraising through Just Love Coffee Roasters. It seems silly, but I am actually feeling a little nervous (and excited!). If you visit the site, please feel free to repost it on Facebook or forward it on to friends and family. I am hopeful that this will be a good way to raise funds to help offset our adoption expenses.
Just Love was founded by adoptive parent and long-time cofee connoisseur, Rob Webb, who realized the expense of international adoption firsthand when he traveled to Ethiopia to bring home his daughter last year. After much prayer and discussion with their first two children they started their adoption journey in August 2008. During the flurry of paperwork and preparation, Rob & Emily read books not only on adoption in general, but specifically on Ethiopia. Learning that Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee caught Rob's attention, and after reading about the living conditions and wages of the average coffee farmer, he was compelled to take action. What developed through his reading and his trip to Ethiopia to unite with his daughter was a realization that he could combine his expertise and longstanding desire to roast his own coffees with his desire to help others. Just Love Coffee Roasters was born! Roasting Fair Trade Specialty coffees, Just Love uses proceeds to help an Ethiopian orphanage and families adopting not just from Ethiopia, but from anywhere in the world.
We are about 4 months into our wait now. I am told by our agency that it will be about 8 to 14 months from here. It seems like a long time, yet at the same time it seems so short. We will not have any expenses until that time, so this is the time for us to prepare! When we receive our referral, which will be any time after next July, our second installment of agency fees, as well as our international fees, which are the bulk of our expenses, will be due. We will also have travel expenses as we finally travel to Russia to meet Hope for the first time! We hope you will purchase some of Just Love's coffees for yourself or as a Christmas gift this year and help us on our Journey to Hope!
Thank you everyone for your continued prayers, encouragement and support through this long process. We can't wait until the day we finally bring Hope home from Russia!!!
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