Nathan is booking our flights as we speak! This is so surreal & amazing! August is a very busy time to travel to Ethiopia, plus the Olympics are making things even more difficult! We are ending up having to leave Friday the 15th & won't return until Saturday the 23rd. So, a little longer trip, BUT it looks like we may meet our daughter a day earlier (on Sunday) since we will arrive in Ethiopia a day earlier than expected!
Please pray extra hard for the immigration situation! We have still gotten no where, so I just contacted the first congressman! :-( Please, please pray for God to move this mountain quick! If anyone knows of a good congressional contact, please let us know. We need all the help we can get at this point! Thank you!!!!!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Famine Video
I found this video on CNN tonight. It is very graphic, but it definately explains the dire situation in Ethiopia. Ignorantly, I've thought, "If it's rainy season, doesn't that mean the drought is over & things should be improving?". This slapped me in the face! Duh...stupid spoiled American. Check out the video...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Africa Here We Come
We just got our travel dates! We have to be in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday, August 17th! O.E. here we come!!!!!!!!!
Monday, August 4, 2008
To Top It Off
As if the news we heard today wasn't enough to bring us pure joy...we just heard our daughter speak for the first time. Karen found our daughter in some of her video from her trip to HH & she shared it with us (thank you Karen :-) )! Wow! We are in awe once again! Thank you, Lord, for this blessing!
2-3 Weeks
Just got the most wonderful call from Kate. We will be traveling in 2-3 weeks!!!!!! Now is crunch time with immigration. We are still trying to get them to process approval for our updated age. Please, please pray that this will be resolved within the next couple of days!!!!!!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Weekend Waiting
This weekend has been so refreshing. It's amazing how better you feel when you know THE CALL can't come b/c it's the weekend. Plus, the updates on our girl have really helped us out! As Monday quickly approaches we are filled with apprehension & excitement. We pray that this is the week we find out that we passed court & get our travel date! Thank you for all of your prayers for us & the other families waiting with us!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
More About Our Girl
We heard more wonderful things about our daughter this morning! Check it out!
"She is so sweet. She was handing out candy and when she only had one piece left and it came to keeping it for herself or giving it to another child, she quickly gave the lollipop to the other child with a big smile. I can't say enough sweet things about her. You are just drawn into her kindness and gentle spirit. She loves having her photo taken as is evidenced by the three videos and about 25 pictures I took of her. She was comfortable playing by herself, but often other children would come to her to play....Finally, did I mention that you have an absolute angel? I'm not just saying that, because I can be cynical. But she truly was so sweet and has the best smile in the world--next to Grace of course. She was somewhat shy, but just because of her gentle spirit."~in Sharon's words :-)
"She is so sweet. She was handing out candy and when she only had one piece left and it came to keeping it for herself or giving it to another child, she quickly gave the lollipop to the other child with a big smile. I can't say enough sweet things about her. You are just drawn into her kindness and gentle spirit. She loves having her photo taken as is evidenced by the three videos and about 25 pictures I took of her. She was comfortable playing by herself, but often other children would come to her to play....Finally, did I mention that you have an absolute angel? I'm not just saying that, because I can be cynical. But she truly was so sweet and has the best smile in the world--next to Grace of course. She was somewhat shy, but just because of her gentle spirit."~in Sharon's words :-)
Friday, August 1, 2008
Look What We Just Got
We just received an email from one of the families who just returned today from HH with their daughter who is 4...just like O.E.! First of all, I have to say that Sharon is my hero tonight. I'm sure she's exhausted from the trip & she took time to send me an update & a preview of the pictures (of which she will be sending me a whole disk of by snail mail)! She also sent us an update from Ethiopia...what a blessing! Here is what she said, "OMG(osh)! Your daughter just lights up the play yard at HH. I couldn't take my eyes of her shining face. I wanted to snatch her up myself. She is so gentle and sweet. Not a mean bone in her body. I watched her carefully for a long time and found her to be the girl that everyone flocks to for comfort. What an angel she is." So, now we are sitting here reading this over & over again & looking at the new pictures & VIDEO! This is first video we have seen & let me say that we are in absolute awe. Thank you, Sharon!!!!!!
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