Gladney Teen Service Trip in Colombia - Day 5

We had a fun day today seeing more of Bogotá. Started off with a great trip for mountain climbing or biking. Super fun!

Beth Whitacre and I both conquered a Colombian mountain face.

Then we had a quick lunch and it was back on the bus to the Salt Cathedral. Very beautiful and a marvel. We even had an added treat of getting to see the two Gladney families currently in Colombia taking placement of their children through Gladney's Colombia Adoption Program. It was wonderful getting to visit with them and meet their kids. 

Part of the tour we actually got to mine for salt.  Hard work!  I would not have been a successful miner. After the salt cathedral we headed back to the hotel for dinner. The traditional Colombian soup is GREAT! 

Now it is off to bed, we are leaving for the airport at 6 am. See ya Monday :-)

Angie Parish

Intake Specialist| Eastern Europe and Latin America

Bringing Hope and a Future

Gladney Center for Adoption's Colombia program has a lot going on!

• Through our regular Colombia Adoption Program, several families are traveling this month to meet their children face-to-face for the first time and go through the adoption process in-country.  
• Many children have been adding to Gladney's waiting child website - A Child to Love.  
• Through Gladney's Hope Exchange Program, families have an exciting opportunity to brighten the life of a child living in an orphanage, and experience the culture first hand!  
• In July, Gladney adoptees will travel with staff to Colombia for a Service Trip.  They will work and play with children living in an orphanage in Bogota, Colombia.  They will also be providing shoes for these beautiful children.

You can help our adoptees raise humanitarian aid funds for their service project by purchasing coffee, tea, or special drinks from the Gladney Ground To Cup coffee store!

How will you get involved?

Giving Back

I recently had the opportunity to become a "godmother" to a young teenage boy in a Colombian orphanage.  My friend and I purchased gifts for him so he would have Christmas gifts.  It was fun to shop for him and we hoped that he would like and be blessed with the presents we chose.

Little did I know that I was the one that would be blessed by my "godson".  This week I received a picture of him opening his gifts as well as a beautiful letter thanking us for remembering him on this very special day.  This precious teenage boy will probably never be in a forever loving home and that is a heart-breaking thought.

There are so many children, like my godson, who need loving homes. Gladney's Colombia adoption program has a regular adoption program, a Hope Exchange Camp program, and a Colombia national program.   If you are interested in adopting one of these precious children from Colombia, please get started today by requesting Gladney's Online Information Packet.