My baby sister Tessa has to be the most excited over our adoption. She talks about it all the time, no joke this kid tells everyone her hair lady, women who shop in our store, she tells random people she just meets out and about. Africa has been on her mind a lot lately especially Ethiopia.
Tessa really wants to travel with us when we go to Ethiopia, Mike and I told her she could if she paid her own way. Tessa just opened up her first bank account with over $500 she is saving for our trip, I am amazed I could never save money when I was 17.
I bough Tessa a Amharic phrasebook last week, she came over the yesterday and she already know how to say like 5 or 6 phrases. I asked her how she knew she was saying the words properly and she informed me she found a website so she can hear exactly how they pronouce them. She is Amazing!!!
Tessa also wants to do some sort of a donation drive at her school for the orphanges in Ethiopia. She asked me one day what size of clothes the kids in the orphanges wear, I told her the kids vary from birth to 18 years old… Tessa’s eyes started to water she didn’t realize there were kids that old who lived in orphanges.
She has already informed me that she plans to adopt after she gets married, she truly has the biggest heart out of everyone I know. Our baby will be so blessed to have her as a aunt!!!
Another great thing about Tessa is today she got her drivers licence!!!! Congrats cheech!!!!
salamanda1920 said,
July 22, 2008 at 8:30 am
Your sister sounds like a wonderful person.
One of my students is very globally aware and she informed me that she plans on adopting, even if she doesn’t marry.
I smiled and told her it’s a big challenge but I’m sure it’s well worth it.
It’s great to know such young people with such big hearts.
(And, I couldn’t save that kind of money at 17 either!)
tiffanyengelhardt said,
July 22, 2008 at 11:31 pm
so, so sweet! my eyes so welled up reading this post. your sister sounds like an amazing young woman. the world is a better place because of people like her. at 17, i was far too selfish to think of doing anything this amazing, much less save up my dough to do something so monumental!
Nicole said,
July 23, 2008 at 12:03 am
I have a sweet younger sister like yours! What a beautiful pair of sister you two are!
Kristine said,
July 24, 2008 at 4:31 pm
I’m a high school teacher…can you clone your little sister for me so I can fill a class with kids like her??? : ) She is so sweet!