Garage Sale - Adoption Fundraiser

	We've had lots of great donations: a drum set, a toddler-size doll house, canvas umbrella with stand, decorations, refinished dresser, antique chair, clothes, purses, shoes...and much more (seriously, we are bursting out the garage door! Our girls will be selling baked goods and handmade headbands, hair clips and I Spy Bags. Saturday only 8:00 - 3:00!

D.R. Congo

There are millions of orphaned children worldwide due to wars, natural disasters, AIDS, marlaria and other diseases. Less than 1% of foreign orphans will ever be adopted. (From:http://www.africanorphans.com/)

AT-A-GLANCE

• DR Congo is struggling to recover from Africa's ''world war'' in which millions died between 1998 and 2003
• Former rebels joined a power-sharing government
• Eastern regions are still plagued by army and militia violence
• DR Congo hosts the UN's largest peacekeeping mission

From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1076399.stm 

We're on our way!

We've got our application in and we are right in the middle of our home study. We are so clueless...I don't know what happens next. We'll update as we learn more. Something exciting though - we were sent a link to our adoption agency's website. It has a slideshow of the new orphanage there!

Here is a link to our agency's site. The slide show is about half way down:

http://oneworldorphanage.org/DRC.html