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This book is a MUST read for all interested in Ethiopian adoption.

Melissa Fay Greene

Here's a great video summary of the book by MF Greene and here is the full length version

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Mesgana Dancers

Here is a video from the website for the Mesgana Dancers, which is a group of adorable Ethiopian girls who do a dance tour every year in the U.S. The dancers are affiliated with the Children of Ethiopia Education Fund (COEEF) which is aimed at improving the lives and futures of girls in Ethiopia through education. It is an great video and undoubtedly a great cause! Many people in our local Ethiopian adoption group are planning to go see them and so are we. We feel spoiled because it appears as though they only have a half a dozen stops in the US and two are in our area! Probably because there is a huge Ethiopian population here. Can't wait to see them. For those of you who have already been to Ethiopia and perhaps dined at Fasika, the dancing will remind you a bit of the evening there!!!! :) Good memories...

7 comments:

Susy Q said...

Hello,

My name is Susanna and I am (almost) 16 years old. My family just returned home from Ethiopia a little less than three weeks ago with my adorable 18-month-old sister. I was interested to see this post because we, too, went to Fasika while we were there, and loved it- in fact, I have a video of the dancers there posted on my blog right now! I think we made a mistake in ordering there though- we ordered three servings of the chicken, which consisted of one small piece immersed in sauce. But we loved the dancing and atmosphere!

Both of your girls are absolutely adorable. I can't wait to read more about and see more pictures of your family!

-Susanna
Big Sis to two bio brothers (11 and 8) and one sister from Ethiopia(18 mos.- home forever 7/3)
http://www.bigsisdiaries.blogspot.com

Oh, I just noticed- we have the same blog background :-)

Amy said...

Such sweet faces those girls have! I am so bummed they are not coming anywhere near Oklahoma! Dang. They are going to be in Denver but 2 weeks AFTER we are there. Dang again.
Hope you guys are doing well!

becky said...

Hi there! Found your blog a while back and keep meaning to comment.Your daughters are beautiful! We live on the Eastern Shore and are in the beginning stages of adopting from Ethiopia. would love to maybe email or talk sometime about your experience-- are there many others near you all that have adopted from Ethiopia? There is nobody on the Eastern Shore yet....Also thinking about getting tickets to see these girls....God Bless!

The Elliott Family said...

These kids were on our plane!! I am so sad that they weren't coming to Texas. They were beautiful!!

The Elliott Family said...

These girls were on our plane coming back to Washington on Friday. They are ready to dance!

And Eyerus is every bit as beautiful as you said...Saw her at the orphanage last week


Rachel

Anonymous said...

I can't wait to see the dancers! how are you. xo, SMM

Jesse and Amy said...

Unfortunatly Anne, we aren't able to come... I am so bummed! I was really looking forward to it. & I know Rachel would have loved it.

Hopefully we are able to have another get together soon & we can finally meet :)

Have a great time!