Waiting for Africa

I was just looking through my email database and realizing that there are a lot of my friends that I still don’t have addresses for, which means those friends miss out on a lot of information that I send out from time to time. For that reason, I decided to post some highlights from one of my recent emails. Hopefully those interested will find this blog and also my website so see my latest updates, www.hollychapa.com

I have an exciting opportunity coming up in a few weeks. Laura, my best friend since childhood, is adopting a baby girl from Ethiopia. If everything goes as scheduled she will be able to fly there to pick her new daughter up mid-February. From the very beginning of the adoption process I told Laura that when she goes to Africa, I want to go as well to be a part of this special moment for her family. It looks like that day is almost finally here! Jeremy has already agreed to stay home & take care of the boys so I can go...as long as God provides the money for my flight. Yeah ladies, he really is that amazing!!!

I feel so honored that I get a front row seat seeing Laura's dream of bringing home her baby girl become a reality. And that is more than enough reason for me to go. :o)


Jeremy and I have been doing all that we can to save toward the $1800-$2000 needed to make the trip. I have sold several copies of my book, so that has helped with some of the cost of the trip. The reality is that now all I need to do is sell about 85 more copies of my book to cover the cost so I'm continuing my January special for $16 of which all the proceeds will go towards my flight to Ethiopia. If you haven't bought a book yet, now is the best time to do so! Not only will you be encouraged in your faith, but you will also be helping me get to Africa to be a support to Laura. So, please pass the word to your family & friends and help me sell some books. Thank You!

Today is the day that we have been waiting for & praying for. Laura & Sean are waiting on the results from the court date in Ethiopia today to find out if they get to bring baby home! Pray that all goes well & that the court hearing goes on as scheduled. It’s only a matter of hours now! Stay tuned for, what we are believing to be, some really good news!


You can also click through to my latest update letter here: http://www.hollychapa.com/news/news.htm