Saturday, January 9, 2010

In Addis!

We are in Ethiopia!! We have actually been here since Wednesday night but for some reason have had trouble accessing our blog. The hotel is really nice... the Internet actually works most of the time and we even have hot showers! Both the city and the people are beautiful. Wish we could post pictures but we weren't expecting to have Internet so we didn't bring a laptop. I'm slowly pecking this out on the iPod. Yesterday we met up with a friend who showed us around a little. We went to a neat cafe/restaurant, exchanged some money, picked up some supplies at a market, found Isaiah some cute Ethiopian books, and learned how to negotiate a cab fare (although with limited language skills, it's not the easiest thing to do). We have gotten a glimpse of the poverty here, and although we knew to expect it, it's still hard to see and even harder to know the best way to help.
We are glad we arrived early, since it gave us time to rest, switch time zones, unpack, and explore a little. We're looking forward to meeting the other families when they arrive, and absolutely CAN'T WAIT for tomorrow afternoon, when we will finally get to meet our son! Thank you for all your prayers! We'd love for you to pray for safe travels for the other families, and for God to prepare us and our children for the transition tomorrow. Can you believe it? ONE MORE DAY!!!

8 comments:

  1. woohoo! sounds amazing! can't wait until it's our turn! can't wait to see pictures and for you to meet your little Isaiah!

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  2. I am so incredibly happy for you guys! Cannot wait to see pictures of him!

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  3. So we need to bring our laptop huh?
    Thank you so much for posting even though it's difficult on your ipod! That is the compassion of one mother to all the rest of us at home waiting! We are praying and can't wait to hear more and see photos! Please look in on my precious baby "D" who we call Evan. And my friend Angie's baby "T" who they call Micah!
    Cristie
    www.contagiouscristie.blogspot.com

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  4. WOW- PRAYING!!! Can't wait to see pics & hear more!!!

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  5. I'm counting down for yall too!!!! c'mon, 2pm addis time!! you're just hours away

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  6. You made it to the big day! A dream come true....I can't wait until the 16th when I get to meet the little guy.

    Shannon

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  7. Hello, friend. Its me again. Cannot wait to hear about your trip and how the first night went. Ours was rough - since it wasn't just the usual sleeping all night like we were used to.

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  8. By now you have met your sweet boy - PTL!! We think of you often and CANNOT wait for the next post, for the update on how things are going. mary anne

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