Ethiopia - Food Crisis

Right now, the most devastating food crisis is going on in Ethiopia.

When people show surprise that our girls are not 'true orphans', I try to explain that is not simply their mother giving them away. Poverty in Ethiopia is not the same as poverty in Canada. In Canada, we have food stamps, welfare, help in many forms. In Ethiopia, poverty means death to many people.

Can you imagine being in a position that you will see in the following video. Could you or would you hold onto your child, until it was too late? Or would you sacrifice your love for your child to give them a chance to live?

That is a question that I am so thankful I don't have to answer, but it breaks my heart that my little girls' mum had to. I think of the fact that Mesai is old enough to remember her mum and understand that she had to give her up. It breaks my heart to think that one day she is going to realize that her mother, while giving her up to give her a chance for life, did not have that same chance herself.

How will this affect her? Will it grieve her deeply? Will it haunt her? It causes my heart pain to think of my daughter aching for her mother's sacrifice. I can only hope that I will be able to offer her the comfort and words she needs to hear when that time comes.

Please watch this video and see the tragedy that is enfolding right now. Give if you can give. Pray either way. This does not need to happen. England is giving $10,000,000 right now. What is Canada giving? I can only pray that our country is reaching out.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7444998.stm