Comments on: A Window to the Past http://holtinternational.org/blog/2009/02/a-window-to-the-past/ Trusted leader in international adoption for over 50 years. Mon, 21 May 2012 20:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christa Bertram http://holtinternational.org/blog/2009/02/a-window-to-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Christa Bertram Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:55:31 +0000 http://holtintl.org/blog/?p=407#comment-515 Will, I have printed your touching story and will share it with our son when he is older. He is one of the children you hugged and held while at the Care Center in Durame on this very trip. I hope he too will find a way to reflect about his beginnings when he is older and will appreciate the wonderful country of his birth. Thank you for taking the time to love on our boy while you were in Ethiopia. The HOLT Eugene staff has sent us pictures of your trip and we were touched to tears to see you and our son together. You have no idea how much seeing your interaction with him meant to us. Sweet Blessings, Christa Bertram Will,
I have printed your touching story and will share it with our son when he is older. He is one of the children you hugged and held while at the Care Center in Durame on this very trip. I hope he too will find a way to reflect about his beginnings when he is older and will appreciate the wonderful country of his birth.
Thank you for taking the time to love on our boy while you were in Ethiopia. The HOLT Eugene staff has sent us pictures of your trip and we were touched to tears to see you and our son together. You have no idea how much seeing your interaction with him meant to us.
Sweet Blessings,
Christa Bertram

]]> By: Oregon Faith Report » Adoption memories re-awaken as Holt chair visits Ethiopia http://holtinternational.org/blog/2009/02/a-window-to-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Oregon Faith Report » Adoption memories re-awaken as Holt chair visits Ethiopia Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:10:35 +0000 http://holtintl.org/blog/?p=407#comment-486 [...] Holt Chairman, Will Dantzler remembers his childhood as he connects with the children in Ethiopia By Holt International [...] [...] Holt Chairman, Will Dantzler remembers his childhood as he connects with the children in Ethiopia By Holt International [...]

]]> By: Gayll Phifer-Houseman http://holtinternational.org/blog/2009/02/a-window-to-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Gayll Phifer-Houseman Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:40:58 +0000 http://holtintl.org/blog/?p=407#comment-469 Will: Thank you for sharing your story. I just returned from Addis in January, having taken our four adopted Ethiopian children back to see their grandmother (for the first time since they were adopted 6 years ago). Our girls (now 14 and 16) could remember very little of their earlier life, but the connection to home/grandma and culture was strong and very moving. Our prayer is that they will, like you, live out a destiny of care and concern for the least of these, in Ethiopia or in some other place that God may guide them to. It is moving to me to hear that how you have been led. Many thanks! Will:

Thank you for sharing your story. I just returned from Addis in January, having taken our four adopted Ethiopian children back to see their grandmother (for the first time since they were adopted 6 years ago). Our girls (now 14 and 16) could remember very little of their earlier life, but the connection to home/grandma and culture was strong and very moving. Our prayer is that they will, like you, live out a destiny of care and concern for the least of these, in Ethiopia or in some other place that God may guide them to. It is moving to me to hear that how you have been led. Many thanks!

]]> By: Hirally http://holtinternational.org/blog/2009/02/a-window-to-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Hirally Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:34:31 +0000 http://holtintl.org/blog/?p=407#comment-465 This is a beautiful article! thank you for sharing some of your heart! This is a beautiful article! thank you for sharing some of your heart!

]]> By: Jini Roby http://holtinternational.org/blog/2009/02/a-window-to-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Jini Roby Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:50:56 +0000 http://holtintl.org/blog/?p=407#comment-464 Dear Will: As a fellow Korean adoptee and an international advocate for children, I found your account here deeply moving. Thank you for your courage to share such profoundly personal thoughts and feelings. Your account of the experience in Ethiopia is a testament to the love and humility that is behind the work that Holt International does. I hope you will have a chance to visit Cambodia where I am working with UNICEF and the national government to establish a comprehensive system of child welfare with an emphasis on family preservation. Sincerely, Jini Roby, JD, MSW, MS UNICEF Consultant, Cambodia Associate Professor Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 Dear Will:
As a fellow Korean adoptee and an international advocate for children, I found your account here deeply moving. Thank you for your courage to share such profoundly personal thoughts and feelings. Your account of the experience in Ethiopia is a testament to the love and humility that is behind the work that Holt International does. I hope you will have a chance to visit Cambodia where I am working with UNICEF and the national government to establish a comprehensive system of child welfare with an emphasis on family preservation.

Sincerely,
Jini Roby, JD, MSW, MS
UNICEF Consultant, Cambodia
Associate Professor
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

]]> By: Katy Johnson http://holtinternational.org/blog/2009/02/a-window-to-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Katy Johnson Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:55:51 +0000 http://holtintl.org/blog/?p=407#comment-463 Hello, We met at Susan Cox's brunch --Old Ebbitt's Grill in DC. You shared your travel excitement with us at brunch. I read your article with great interest. My biological past is a mystery and I too felt such overwhelming emotion the first time I visited Seoul. My husband and I were part of the "first" couples tour to Korea in 1984. It was a memorable trip,,,,I was morning sick across the pennisula. Hope that your family is well, tell your wife Hello from me. Katy Johnson Hello,
We met at Susan Cox’s brunch –Old Ebbitt’s Grill in DC. You shared your travel excitement with us at brunch. I read your article with great interest. My biological past is a mystery and I too felt such overwhelming emotion the first time I visited Seoul. My husband and I were part of the “first” couples tour to Korea in 1984. It was a memorable trip,,,,I was morning sick across the pennisula.

Hope that your family is well, tell your wife Hello from me.

Katy Johnson

]]> By: Michelle Achtemeier http://holtinternational.org/blog/2009/02/a-window-to-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Michelle Achtemeier Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:19:55 +0000 http://holtintl.org/blog/?p=407#comment-462 Thank You, Thank You, for sharing your story. Thank You, Thank You, for sharing your story.

]]> By: Scott Oothoudt http://holtinternational.org/blog/2009/02/a-window-to-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Scott Oothoudt Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:32:51 +0000 http://holtintl.org/blog/?p=407#comment-461 Wow. A very moving article. I'm really looking forward to my trip to Ethiopia. I'm sure that it will be a life changing experience and hope to return to the States with a burning passion to make it a life long mission to help the children of Ethiopia in any way that I can. Wow. A very moving article. I’m really looking forward to my trip to Ethiopia. I’m sure that it will be a life changing experience and hope to return to the States with a burning passion to make it a life long mission to help the children of Ethiopia in any way that I can.

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