The Paperwork That Changed Everything
In 2019, a couple from Nashville named David and Maria Chen finally walked out of a county courthouse in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, carrying their three-year-old...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Galatians 4:4-7.
In 2019, a couple from Nashville named David and Maria Chen finally walked out of a county courthouse in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, carrying their three-year-old daughter, Liya, for the first time as her legal parents. For two years, Liya had lived in an orphanage — fed, sheltered, but belonging to no one. She had a cot number, not a family name.…
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