Wellll…I am 16 years old, I am a Jesus lover and I want to serve Him with my whole heart. I was born in California and raised in North Carolina, I play the piano, I’m homeschooled (yes.), and sadly enough… I am such a klutz. I love people, particularly babies (conveniently my house is full of them), I love to travel and cucumbers are my favorite food in the whole wide world.
I have an “Only in America” type of family ( more like “Only with Jesus” actually.) Two parents, five brothers and three sisters, a brother-in-law a nephew and a niece. I was the third child but now I’m the fourth ( my older brother Solomon is coming to America in the next three months from Ethiopia and we can not wait!) I have 120 brothers in Ethiopia at the Kolfe Orphanage who have become a huge part of our lives as well as an integral part of our hearts. Solomon was one of them. The five youngest kiddos in my family are six years old and under. My youngest sisters and my nephew and niece are only a year and two years apart.
The aunts and uncles and nephews have frequent play dates. The seven youngest live at home with the parents and my Grandma lives with us as well. Needless to say, if you want to be alone, go somewhere else. If you like being around people…come on over, we’ll feed you food.
God gave me a heart for orphans at a very young age but the adoption of my twin brothers in 2003 really set my heart on fire for the plight of the orphan. It placed a love in my heart for hurting children growing up without families because of how personal it had become. I could not imagine other children like my sweet baby brothers growing up without anyone to love them and protect them from harm. It became so clear to me why God tells us to care for the orphan (James 1:27) He created these little people in His image, they are His children and He wants them to know of His amazing love and plan for each of them.

In 2007, I traveled to Ethiopia, Africa with my parents for the adoption of three of my siblings; nine month old twin girls and a three year old little boy.
Through traveling to Ethiopia and witnessing the poverty, disease, orphans, and street children, God transformed my life and goals and set me on a path of striving to serve orphans around the world with my life and share the love of Christ with them. Before Africa, I was convinced I was going to be a cosmetologist and I had some big plans and goals and I was going to getting there. Then Jesus said “Uh-uh…” and I’m soo glad He did. His plans are so much greater than my ideas! God has called me into a whole new arena that is filled with Africa and babies and I find it so much more beautiful than glitz and glamour. Only Jesus could have replaced my sight with His like that.
Since then, I have traveled to China and Guatemala serving in orphanages and God has started my family on a speaking ministry on behalf of the orphan. (I didn’t even want to get baptized when I was younger because I would have to share my testimony in front of my church. Jesus has such a sense of humor. Luckily, He equips us for what He calls us to do.)
I believe that we can change the world for the 147 million orphaned children around the world through changing the expectations of youth in America and enabling them to make a difference for children around the world. We have voices and should be using them for those who can not speak for themselves.
I currently live in North Carolina with my lovely family.

You’ll most likely get to know me pretty well through this blog.
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