Dispatches from the Congo – A Journey of Love (Part 4)
~Kinshasa Forget whatever I told you last night….I love the Congo! Well, more importantly, I love my son — he is just the sweetest little thing. But I really am finding myself loving Kinshasa despite the overwhelming poverty and dispair. The people are just amazingly friendly — it’s been fantastic. I woke up bright and early this morning so I could be ready to meet Andrew. Reverend Bashaka brought him to the hotel along with Timothee, a local woman whose name I didn’t catch, and his foster mother Sarah. He was dressed for Alaska — those red shorts from…
Dispatches from the Congo – A Journey of Love (Part 3)
By Erin Pohland On October 15, 2010, my world changed forever: it’s a boy!! I listened with wonder to the news of my little one: 10 months old and healthy. Due to lack of medical care and extreme, crushing poverty, his mother had died as a result of childbirth, just 8 days after giving birth to my baby boy. His father, an itinerant farmer, didn’t have any way of caring for his son. Through these very tragic circumstances, I received the gift of a lifetime: my son! I was the first adoptive family for the Congo for my agency, and we…