Well, it’s 5:00PM here and we are eating some pizza and then heading to the airport. What a week this has been! Please pray for us as we traveling home. Pray that the flights go smoothly and that Fekadu and Tigist will be at peace. They seem to be doing so very well, but have also begun [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 30, 2009
Daddy’s View (A Brief Update)
Nothing in the world could prepare me to hear the word “daddy” as it
was addressed to me. Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. It
is a beautiful word. I have longed to hear that word. What a joy it
has been to hear over and over again during the past week two sweet
little ones turn and say with [...]
January 27, 2009
Meet Our Kiddos Day, Part 3
Yesterday was such an incredible day! I’m not even sure how to describe the emotions we both were experiencing. Robel met us at the hotel in the morning to bring us to meet Duni and Rachel to go over our paperwork, he said when he had visited the Transition home early Fekadu ran up to him to [...]
January 27, 2009
Meet Our Kiddos Day, Part 2
The Whole Family!
Fekadu and Tigist with Grammy and Grampy
Fekadu and Mommy – Tigist and Daddy
Looking at pictures
January 26, 2009
Museum, Money, Meals, Midnight, Muslims, Meetings, and Miscellaneous
Well so far everyone is doing pretty well. Please be praying that we all stay healthy. Specifically for my mom as she experienced a horrible migraine this morning. Otherwise we are all adjusting well and having a wonderful time.
Museums: After arriving on Saturday morning we showered and freshened up and then [...]
January 24, 2009
Update from Ethiopia
I’m currently typing from an altitude of about 30,000 feet. It is 7:30PM EST but 3:30AM Ethiopian time. We just took off from our 1 hour stop in Rome. For future travelers we left Dulles at 10:00AM and flew about 2.5 hours and then were served lunch. About an hour after [...]
January 23, 2009
Last Blog from the USA. . .
Last photo as a family of two!!! Hopefully we can update soon from Ethiopia!!!!
January 22, 2009
Our Travel Group
Well, folks its almost REALLY time to go! We will be traveling with my parents and one other family who is going to pick up their daughter. You can follow the Violette’s journey on their blog at www.bringmimihome.com
