Alyssa’s Story

Alyssa comes on the podcast and tells about living as a newlywed in Ethiopia, adopting 5 beautiful children, and then having 2 more children, biologically. She talks about helping her husband through a traumatic brain injury, their divorce, and what she is doing now. When Alyssa was talking with us, we couldn’t help but feel like she was interviewing us! She has such a calming spirit about her, and she wanted to learn about us, just as much as we wanted to learn about her. To sit and listen to her tell her story of getting married, and just a few weeks or months later, her and her husband travel to Ethiopia to live. That in and of itself is such a huge change, but they don’t stop there. They both feel very strongly that they should adopt 5 Ethiopian children, and that those children were supposed to be a part of their family. I couldn’t love that situation more! I love adoption, because it is meant to bring children to their homes that they were meant to be a part of. Alyssa then talks about her husband getting hit in the head with an axe, and having to have major brain surgery in Ethiopia! And just when you think that their family has been through enough, there is more. Go and listen to Alyssa speak about her life and everything that has happened. She is so courageous, and we loved sitting and listening to her speak. Let us know what you think!

XOXO - Whit + Kels