The following people are active team leaders on the Adami Tulu Project. Team leaders make a commitment to each annual phase of the project, and pledge to generate, share and promote fundraising ideas as a part of the team during that project phase.
(Alphabetical by last name)
Jim Clawson & Carmen Scroggin
Jim and Carmen have been married for 15 years. They have one amazing daughter, Almaz, from Gondar, Ethiopia. Jim is a veterinarian and Carmen is a licensed professional counselor. They live in Dallas, Texas where they are on the leadership team of Tapestry, a vibrant and active adoption and foster care ministry. Jim and Carmen are passionate about helping orphans and vulnerable children, especially in the area of income generating projects, education, and training. They have recently traveled to Ethiopia and are excited about their next trip.
Phil & Starla Goad
Phil and Starla Goad have been married for 36 years and are thankful for their three awesome children, each of whom have been blessed with wonderful Godly mates. They also have three grandsons who live “just down the road”. Phil is a business owner and Starla is active as an assistant teaching director in Community Bible Study. They have a passion for God’s Word and for helping build strong marriages and working with God to repair hurting marriages. They also have a growing desire to practice “pure and undefiled religion” by helping orphans. They’re excited about the ministry of Lifesong for Orphansand are asking God to open doors for His kingdom work with the folks involved with this great ministry.
Aaron & Cacey Klein
Aaron and Cacey Klein have been married for 10 years, and have experienced the miracle of adoption twice. Their son, Spencer, is nearly 5 and was born in South Korea. Their daughter, Emma, is nearly 3 and was born in Ethiopia. They are “committed for life” to the radical mission for changing the world that Isaiah 1:17 calls us to. In their spare time, Aaron leads a tech startup, and Cacey chases around the two aforementioned little short people who make their house a home.
Steve & Danae Lehman
Steve and Danae Lehman have been married for 11 years. Steve is an engineer working in Design-Build and Danae is a stay at home mom/domestic engineer/visionary architect.They have 4 children…1 biological, 2 adopted from Ethiopia, and one adopted from Colombia. They are the founders of Gobena Coffee and The GO Initiative.
After adopting their daughter from Ethiopia, and seeing the extreme poverty and vulnerable children, they felt a call from the Lord to be an advocate for the needs of orphans and children in desperate situations.
Jon & Holly Lutterman
Jon and Holly Lutterman have been married for five years. They live in the beautiful foothills of Northern California. Jon is a Broadband Technician and Holly is a Registered Nurse. They teach in the children’s church ministry at their church on a regular basis and both have a passion for helping children in need. In August 2011 they were privileged to be part of a team that went to Ethiopia to see the schools there. Through this trip, a love for the children of Ethiopia has grown as well as a desire to help educate them. Through this ministry they hope to truly make a difference in breaking the cycle of poverty in this village and show God’s love to these children.
Mike & Julianne McDaniel
Mike and Julianne McDaniel live in Grass Valley, CA where they were both raised. They have been married for 11 wonderful years and have 2 daughters. Grace is 9 and Megan is 7. Mike is self-employed as a financial advisor and Julianne is a proud stay at home mom. Mike loves to fly fish, work in the yard on his tractor and spend time in the garden with his family. Julianne also enjoys gardening, as well as cooking, sewing, volunteering at the girls’ school and serving God through Bible Study Fellowship. The McDaniel’s feel passionately that God has called them to contribute to the ministry of caring for orphans.
Bob & Ann Meyer
Bob and Ann Meyer have been working as Lifesong Advocates to Ethiopia for the past two years. Their lives have been deeply impacted by their trips to Ethiopia. They have a passion for orphans and vulnerable children since the Lord engraved Psalm 82:3 on their hearts: “defend the poor and fatherless.”They have been married for 37 years and blessed with three children and four precious grandchildren. Bob is a business owner and Ann loves her job as a grandma. The Lifesong orphan ministry is a way in their “empty nest” years to further God’s Kingdom.
Casey & Mary Beth Picker
Casey and Mary Beth Picker have been married for 10 years and have three young children. Casey is a free-lance web developer, and Mary Beth is a bible study leader and stay-at-home mom. They both are actively involved in their church’s orphan care ministry.They first fell in love with Ethiopia when they traveled there in 2009 to adopt their infant son. They returned just a year later to bring home their daughter. Since that time, Casey and Mary Beth have been working as fundraisers and supporters of Lifesong Ethiopia to serve orphans and fight against the orphan crisis in Ethiopia. They are passionate about their role as Orphan Advocates in their church and community and are thankful for the work God has given them to do.
David & Shana Reece
David and Shana Reece have been married for 7 years and live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Forest Grove, Oregon. They have been blessed by God to be the parents of three young children; Micah is nearly 6, Shani is 3, and Sarah is nearly 2. Their hearts were broken wide-open for the beautiful country of Ethiopia and its children during their first adoption journey to Ethiopia in February 2009 during which they brought home their first daughter Shani. They returned again in December 2010 and June 2011 to bring home their youngest precious daughter Sarah.
David works in the high-tech industry and Shana is a busy stay-at-home mom and part-time financial analyst consultant from home. They greatly enjoy spending time with their children in the beautiful Oregon outdoors and ministering with their church family. Their hearts have always been passionate about child sponsorship throughout the world and advocating for the “least of these” while trying to live daily their family life verse: James 1:27.
Terry & Juli Waggoner
Middlebury is the home of Terry and Juli Waggoner, where Terry serves the community as a Chiropractor and Juli assists him at the office in a variety of ways. They are honored to be the parents of six children that range in age from 20 months to 25 years. The Waggoners enjoy vacationing in Minnesota where they hike, bike, fish, cookout, swim in the lake, and enjoy family games together. As adoptive parents themselves, Terry and Juli love to advocate for children in need while sharing their story about the beauty of adoption and how it has changed them personally.
Ryan & Cassie Williams
Ryan and Cassie Williams live near Boulder, Colorado. Their family recently moved to Colorado from Oregon where they were both born and raised. They have been married for 11 years and have 3 wonderful children, ages 6 to 23 months. Ryan works as a software engineer and Cassie is a busy stay at home mom. They live a fun, action packed life that includes hiking, biking, and exploring their new home state. They are also involved in their local area church as well as the Ethiopian adoptive community. Ryan and Cassie have a strong passion for advocating for children in need around the world and love sharing their story of adoption with others.
Want to join this team? Let’s talk!
The Adami Tulu Project is a project of Lifesong for Orphans, a non-profit organization bringing love and purpose to orphans and vulnerable children around the world. Lifesong operates the Adami Tulu School in partnership with Misgana Ministries and Mesereto Kristos Church.
