Fundraiser #1

You may have noticed a new icon on the side of our blog. Isn't that boy precious??This is our first fundraiser. Just Love Coffee is a wonderful company that is dedicated to helping orphans and adoptive families. The founder, Rob Webb, and his wife have adopted from Ethiopia also. This company was created as a result of their adoption. Here is a part of thier story from their website:

Rob Webb knows coffee. When Rob was two years old, his father started Webb's Coffee Service, which blossomed into a full-blown refreshment service supplying businesses in Nashville, TN and the surrounding areas, and is now run by Rob.
Rob Webb knows the adoption process. In the summer of 2008, Rob and his wife Emily were called to adopt from Ethiopia. After much prayer and discussion with their first two children they started their adoption journey in August 2008. During the flurry of paperwork and preparation, Rob & Emily read books not only on adoption in general, but specifically on Ethiopia. Learning that Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee caught Rob's attention, and after reading about the living conditions and wages of the average coffee farmer, he was compelled to take action. What developed through his reading and his trip to Ethiopia to unite with his daughters was a realization that he could combine his expertise and longstanding desire to roast his own coffees with his desire to help others. Just Love Coffee Roasters was born! Roasting Fair Trade Specialty coffees, Just Love uses proceeds to help an Ethiopian orphanage and families adopting not just from Ethiopia, but from anywhere in the world.

This is such a great fundraiser for us because it costs us nothing! All we had to do was sign up and we recieve $5 from each bag of coffee sold through our website. You can click on the icon to the side or go to http://www.justlovecoffee.com/Bobofamily to check out all of their wonderful coffees. They have light, dark, medium roast as well as decaf and expresso. We have ordered some and I can't wait to try it. I have heard it is absolutely wonderful!. Our goal is to sell 200 bags. If you love coffee, we would love to have your support. If you know someone who loves coffee, let them know about it.

Also, congrats to 6 families from our agency that recieved word yesterday that they will be traveling to pick up their children next week!!! Woohoo!

Rubeinna