Adoptions from Ethiopia Rise

I'm sometimes asked why we chose Ethiopia to adopt from, and my answer is that God narrowed it down for us (isn't it nice when He makes the decision clear like that?).  When we started the adoption process, we were looking for a country that you could adopt two babies from in less than a year, a country that cost comparatively less, and a country that required comparatively less travel time (some countries ask you to travel twice for six weeks at a time).  Ethiopia was the only man left standing!

Based on this article, it looks like many other families are finding the same thing.   Check out these interesting quotes:

Just six years ago, at the peak of international adoption, there were 284 Ethiopian children among the 22,990 foreign kids adopted by Americans. For the 2010 fiscal year, the State Department projects there will be about 2,500 adoptions from Ethiopia out of fewer than 11,000 overall — and Ethiopia is on the verge of overtaking China as the top source country.

Randy Daniels, Buckner's vice president of international operations, said the [Ethiopian] children who do head to adoptive families in the United States generally seem to flourish.  "They're some of the warmest, most loving kids of any I've worked with in the world," he said. "It's amazing to how quickly they adjust to the families stateside, to the language, the culture."

That's been our experience!  Our kids, and really all the kids we've met that have been adopted from Ethiopia, are definitely warm and loving, and have adjusted remarkably well to their new families.  Two thumbs up for Ethiopian adoptions!!