In 2009, Jamie was boarding his return flight from Kenya. Upon entering the plane he heard a young child crying. As he worked his way back to his seat, he noticed she was a young (about 3-4 years old) Kenyan girl nestled between an elderly American couple sitting in the front row of the plane. Jamie's seat was about six rows behind them. Hours after takeoff, the little girl was still weeping like there was no tomorrow. At one point, as the the lights went off in the cabin signaling bed time on the long flight, the elderly gentleman stood up and headed for the rear restroom in the plane. As he passed Jamie's seat, Jamie tugged on his shirt sleeve and asked the man how the little girl was doing. The man told him a short story about how they had been given permission by the Kenyan government to adopt the little girl out of what was left of her famine and disease decimated community. She was one of a few survivors, and the couple was told that if someone didn't adopt her, she would not survive. The man told Jamie that she had never seen a white person, never heard the English language spoken, had never been away from the few people left in her community and had never been on an airplane. She was scared close to death. But the couple hoped by adopting her at such a young age that she would be able to overcome the trauma of the transition, and find a better life. Jamie asked the man what her name was and he said, "It's Baraka, which is Ki-Swahili for Blessings. She has already been a blessing to us, and we hope we will be for her as well." Six months later, when Jamie incorporated the jewelry store, he named it after that little orphan girl he saw on that flight from Kenya.  Our name is a reflection of a mission and a dream. Join us in our journey.