January 29, 2014
I am going to try to catch you all up on our lives since we returned from Ethiopia in Nov. 2011.
Our hearts had been changed forever and our vision for the future included returning to Ethiopia and helping to bring clean water to as many people as possible. We did not know how, but we knew we would.
We returned the week of Thanksgiving and several of our children and their families came home to share the traditional Thanksgiving dinner with us. It was challenging for me to prepare that meal for our family when we had just been in a country where food was so scarce. It was humbling for us and our children saw a dramatic change in their parents.
In Feb 2012, Doc had several TIAs (otherwise known as mini strokes) which left NO residual effects, but did terminate his lifelong profession of being a large animal veterinarian. He was forced to stop practicing instantly and this was a difficult change in his and our lives. We did not know what to do. It seemed that now we had the time to go back, but his health would not permit. We spent the next year and a half trying to find our way and timing to return. In the summer of 2013, the doctors cleared Doc to return.
However, in this same time frame, Helen's 91-year-old mother needed more of our presence as her health started to decline. She was still independent and caring for herself, but we needed to spend more time with her. The summer of 2013 found Helen in Florida with her most of the time, and then in Sept, the Lord chose to take her home on September 15. This was a very difficult time for us, as Nana had been a very crucial part of our lives and our biggest supporter of our call to providing clean water and help to the dear people of Ethiopia.
After Nana's passing, we began to make plans to return to Ethiopia. We finally purchased tickets to return from Feb 22,2014 to March 16, 2014 and to take our youngest daughter, Brieanna and our niece, Brittany with us. They will be staying only until March 3rd due to their job situations.
So, we are busily preparing to go and to take gallon bag care packets with us to the children we will visit and to travel to the village where our completed water project is. Also, we will see a couple villages where our next water projects will be built.
Also, we are planning a 5K Walk/Run on April 26 in Mansfield, PA to raise the monies for our next water project. Please visit Doc's Well of Hope on Facebook for more details: https://www.facebook.com/docswell.
We will update as more details of the trip and fundraiser become available.
I am going to try to catch you all up on our lives since we returned from Ethiopia in Nov. 2011.
Our hearts had been changed forever and our vision for the future included returning to Ethiopia and helping to bring clean water to as many people as possible. We did not know how, but we knew we would.
We returned the week of Thanksgiving and several of our children and their families came home to share the traditional Thanksgiving dinner with us. It was challenging for me to prepare that meal for our family when we had just been in a country where food was so scarce. It was humbling for us and our children saw a dramatic change in their parents.
In Feb 2012, Doc had several TIAs (otherwise known as mini strokes) which left NO residual effects, but did terminate his lifelong profession of being a large animal veterinarian. He was forced to stop practicing instantly and this was a difficult change in his and our lives. We did not know what to do. It seemed that now we had the time to go back, but his health would not permit. We spent the next year and a half trying to find our way and timing to return. In the summer of 2013, the doctors cleared Doc to return.
However, in this same time frame, Helen's 91-year-old mother needed more of our presence as her health started to decline. She was still independent and caring for herself, but we needed to spend more time with her. The summer of 2013 found Helen in Florida with her most of the time, and then in Sept, the Lord chose to take her home on September 15. This was a very difficult time for us, as Nana had been a very crucial part of our lives and our biggest supporter of our call to providing clean water and help to the dear people of Ethiopia.
After Nana's passing, we began to make plans to return to Ethiopia. We finally purchased tickets to return from Feb 22,2014 to March 16, 2014 and to take our youngest daughter, Brieanna and our niece, Brittany with us. They will be staying only until March 3rd due to their job situations.
So, we are busily preparing to go and to take gallon bag care packets with us to the children we will visit and to travel to the village where our completed water project is. Also, we will see a couple villages where our next water projects will be built.
Also, we are planning a 5K Walk/Run on April 26 in Mansfield, PA to raise the monies for our next water project. Please visit Doc's Well of Hope on Facebook for more details: https://www.facebook.com/docswell.
We will update as more details of the trip and fundraiser become available.
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