It seems that our paperwork glitch is a bit bigger than we anticipated... We are still hopeful that it might be cleared up next week. That would be great news for us!
The rest of the week has been busy with trips to Soddo and to Adama. Some long and busy days there! But what an amazing experience! It has been wonderful to get out of the city and see some of the countryside. I am keeping a journal that i will post when we get home - we only have dial up here at the guesthouse - so no photos till we get home... Its all been amazing and overwhelming. We are so in love with Ethiopia!!! There has been so much to take in and digest -some very easy and more very difficult. The people are so amazing and we feel like we have family here now.
Today we did some shopping and it was hard to stop :) So many beautiful things! We visited the Former Wood Carrier shop this morning. They weave amazing scarves!! Took lots of pictures and will put them up when we are home. We had Marcos - some might know that name :) take us shopping and he got some good deals for us. One shop keeper told us 'he is dangerous'!!! He got some good prices!! Marcos toured us around and also took us the Ghion Hotel where we enjoyed the park and some lunch.
We managed to sneak a peak at Bedi yesterday. We were at the orphanage just for a few seconds. Germachew told us that the nannies think he will be a scientist - he examines things very carefully. It is so evident how much they love him! He cried again... but he is warming up just a little bit.
Its so hard to believe that we have to leave in just a few days!! The good news is that we will be coming back soon - its going to be hard to leave that second time!!!!
3 comments:
I just noticed on your ticker that today marks your 4th year in the process. Oh, Brenda! I am so hoping your glitch is resolved SOON!!!! Fingers and toes crossed for you!!!!
Claire
Oh NO! No more glitches! Praying that everything gets figured out VERY quickly! Glad you are having a great time in Ethiopia. Look forward to hearing and seeing about your trip when you get back.
Adam, Esther and D
We love you Brenda and Mike. Wow, so happy you got to see him again… and any family can use a good scientist! Will be fun to get to see him develop into whatever he chooses to do someday when he's "all grown up" We feel so privileged to get to watch him get older and become whoever it is he will be!
Anyways, we're anxious to see you guys and hear all about everything. Love you,
Val and Brad
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