Okanagan Families With Children from Africa – May 2009 Potluck
May. 12th | Posted by Nicky
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our gracious host, his son and me
This weekend we got together with a bunch of other families who
- have children adopted from Africa
- are somewhere in the adoption process
- have African cultural heritage
Our group is called Okanagan Families with Children from Africa. We formed… when was that? two years ago now? wow! and have been growing ever since. This potluck get together had over 50 people in attendance – isn’t that cool? And we have families with kids from Ethiopia and Swaziland… and soon Ghana too.
Jrock showing pictures of our girls to a couple interested in adoption
We are also lucky to have several families in our group with one or two adults of Ethiopian heritage – in fact, our hosts for this event were Ethiopian, and boy, did we get treated to some awesome food. I stayed afterwards and talked injera shop – I’ve managed to get the texture pretty good with injera, but the flour composition hasn’t been quite right. So next time I’ll try 3 self-rising flour to 1 corn, 1 whole wheat, 1 brown rice, 1 dark rye… and see how it goes.
A great group of people – if you have kids from Ethiopia or are considering adopting, I highly encourage you to reach out and meet some other families – it’s invaluable for the adults and for the kids.
For example, there were three girls who attended (all from different families) who had slept together in the same bed in Ethiopia and hadn’t seen each other in Canada until last Saturday. What an invaluable connection for those girls.
I am so excited about this! ^^ We are moving not far down the pond, back to our old diggs and will actually be able to join this group! I am so excited…did I already mention that?? really! even though our adoption is a few years down the road I can’t wait to be able to be a part of a community of folks on the same/similar path.
Wow! Look at that food! (In the additional pictures) I hope you got some recipes….
I’m glad to see that you decided to go to this event. I know that you were a big part of this group forming in the first place, and it must make you feel good to be bringing so many people together. I hope that it was also a support to you, given the rough time you two have been having lately with the many delays in your adoption. Your family and friends all support you, but since we’re farther away, its tough. It must feel like we’re always saying the same things over the phone and email (sometimes it does to me!). Having some people close by that can understand the process more and be there to support you in person is, I hope, good for the soul.
That food also looks pretty good for the soul. ;D
That’s really cool Jenn! I can’t wait to meet you…
Sorry, no recipes other than the injera, Auntie Ena. BUT – I have her phone number
I am so glad that you decided to go to this… I know you weren’t sure. It looks like it was fun and positive and that is important. Thinking about you lots… A
DH and I were so close to coming up from Cranbrook – we couldn’t make that weekend though. Next time there’s an event we’ll come with our friends who are also adopting sibs from Ethiopia.
It looks like a great time!