jerry, Author at Embracing Hope Ethiopia

Jerry

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Name: Jerry Shannon
Date registered: August 12, 2010

Latest posts

Look What God Has Done – Celebrating 2 years! — April 23, 2013
Cricket. Cricket. Cricket. — April 18, 2013
Love with abandon. — March 9, 2013
Announcing a New Season — March 6, 2013
Our Newest Additions — March 2, 2013

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Apr 23

Look What God Has Done – Celebrating 2 years!

Categories:

Day Care

by jerry

Embracing Hope recently celebrated our 2nd Birthday. Two years ago we welcomed the first 20 children into the first floor of our house to love on them and try to provide them and their Moms with a tangible hope. To be honest with you, we had no idea what we were in for. We had …

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Apr 18

Cricket. Cricket. Cricket.

Categories:

Sponsorship

by jerry

It has been way too quiet on this website, since it has been over a month since I posted anything. Yes, one whole month. Inconceivable. Unacceptable. Unforgivable. I could give you a whole bunch of excuses for why nothing has gotten posted over this month, but to bottom line it – something had to give …

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Mar 09

Love with abandon.

Categories:

Spiritual Formation

by jerry

Almost every person who goes on a short term mission trip or travels for an adoption is deeply impacted during their time in-country. They are confronted with the complexities of poverty as well as the fact of their own poverty. They leave after 10 days in a country not their own somewhat different and ready …

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Mar 06

Announcing a New Season

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Uncategorized

by jerry

Four years ago this month, when we finally said yes to God and started to proceed with moving to Ethiopia, we had no idea what God had in store. Had He said, “You’re going to move in next door to the slum and open a day care that will grow to 110 kids in a …

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Mar 02

Our Newest Additions

Categories:

Family Sponsorship

by jerry

While we do not yet have our newest additions to the project up on the website, I did want to tell you a bit about them and share a couple of photos. Over the past month we have added 5 new children to the project. These children came to us in great need and …

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Feb 27

Visiting Embracing Hope Ethiopia

Categories:

Orphan Care

by jerry

We’ve been fielding some Frequently Asked Questions on the website the past couple of weeks, but today is the one that we get asked perhaps the most “How can I visit Embracing Hope Ethiopia?”. To start with, if you are already headed to Ethiopia for a different reason, we’d love to have you stop …

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Feb 21

Another Round of Frequently Asked Questions

Categories:

Vulnerable Families

by jerry

Last week we started a series of Frequently Asked Questions that we get from teams when they tour our Day Cares. Here are a few more for this week. How do you choose the Families you work with? Our mandate as an organization is to serve the poorest of the poor. Therefore, we have …

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Feb 16

Courageous Mom.

Categories:

Vulnerable Families

by jerry

I have shared on here before about a huge struggle we face in the lives of mothers. For the uneducated and underemployed, the promise of work in Arab countries as a houseworker is very difficult to pass up. It is hard to be courageous when you have nothing to bank on. There are …

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Feb 12

Answering Some Questions

Categories:

Family Sponsorship

by jerry

One of the things that we enjoy is having teams come through and tour the Day Care Centers. It is wonderful to have them see first hand the impact that EHE has been able to make as well as to have their awareness raised to not only the complexities of poverty but also the opportunity …

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Feb 06

Make Valentines Day Extra Special

Categories:

Family Sponsorship

by jerry

Valentines Day is only 8 days away and I’m sure you are looking for a way to “Wow” someone special in your life. This year provides an opportunity to not only honor someone special for Valentine’s Day, but at the same time provide a way for Jesus’ love to be demonstrated to a very special …

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