Sunday/Monday/Tuesday

Sunday – Day 11

Pretty quiet day. I wasn't feeling so great – so Mike went to church with Charlie and Charlotte. Kata Taxi picked them up!!!! I had a great nap and was feeling much better by the time they got home. We took it easy and then Jessa and Doug came over. We hung out here for a while and then we walked to the “roadrunner' for pizza. Had a really nice night.

Monday – Day 12

We got up and walked to the Kidslink Office. We had a good chat with Martha who explained a bit more our paperwork issue. Then we walked to the Orphanage – had a very short visit with Bedi – he screamed almost the whole time. They took us to a different room so we could feed him some breakfast... but that did not go very well at all... We didn't stay too long. We started to walk back and stoped at Kaldi's for coffee. This is a Starbucks knock off... Good choc dessert with our Machiatos!!!! Then to the bank and then back to the guesthouse. Then we had an hour until we got picked up by Marcos. He drove us to the Ethnological Museum. It was pretty good. We hung around the university till he picked us up again. Then he took us for some more shopping. It was a good day. Hard to believe it was our 'last supper' at the guesthouse. Eyob came by and told us about his trip to Soddo. He also explained a bit more as to what our paperwork issue intails. Its more of a 'misunderstanding' than anything else and hopefully it can be fixed up real soon.

Tuesday - Day 13

Tuesday was our last day. We had a really good breakfast and just hung around the guesthouse all day. We got packed up and ready to go. After lunch Chris and Christine returned from Lalibela. Doug also came for our coffee ceremony. Jessa was sick. We had a nice time catching up before our flight. With just 15 minutes to spare Germachew came to let us know that our paperwork was well underway. MOWA signed the letter and he presented it to the judge's secretary. What great news before getting on the plane. Eyob and Germachew then drove us to the airport – they said we were diplomats!!!! What a great end to a wonderful trip. It was a long flight to Dubai – didn't get to the hotel till 3 and were up at 5 to get going again.... and that is that. We arrived home on Wednesday evening. My parents picked us up and delivered us safely home. We were ready for bed by the time we got home!!