This is a re-post. Apparently when I posted this Sunday it did not work.
FROM SUNDAY:
Good morning.
It's 5am Sunday (6pm Sat in Oregon) and I find myself unable to sleep, yet again. Yesterday morning we visited a museum at the University of Addis Ababa. That was an awesome experience. The culture of this country and people is amazing. After that we went to lunch at a GREAT Ethiopian restaurant. I took plenty of pics. It, like everything else here, will take too long to describe (and someone else is waiting to use the computer). The building was beautiful, the food was great, and we had a coffee ceremony (ancient tradition of roasting coffee beans and making coffee). That was a very unique and special experience. The pictures we took are amazing.
After we lunch we spent a few hours with Joy. It is so great see everyone's children in our group having fun. Everyone except Joy that is. We call her our diamond in the rough. We're curious to see how she does when we get her away from the nannies. Long story short, she is doing great, we spent some time coloring and putting stickers on paper, but she is still very fussy. I'm not going to lie and say it's easy, we prepared ourselves for the worst, but you can only prepare so much for a child you love so much that doesn't want much to do with you. But we are making great steps and have a good feeling she will warm up to us (after all we've only spent about 4 hours with her). Please say a little prayer, because although we're strong, we can only find this strength through God. She is a very funny girl, VERY independent. She is a sweetheart though and can't wait for you all to meet her.
We will head out to Durame in an hour or so and will return tomorrow. We'll try to post and let everyone know how that trip went. We hope we are able to meet Joy's birth-father. We're a little nervous though...
Matty and Katie, we love you very much and can't wait to come home. See you soon!
FROM SUNDAY:
Good morning.
It's 5am Sunday (6pm Sat in Oregon) and I find myself unable to sleep, yet again. Yesterday morning we visited a museum at the University of Addis Ababa. That was an awesome experience. The culture of this country and people is amazing. After that we went to lunch at a GREAT Ethiopian restaurant. I took plenty of pics. It, like everything else here, will take too long to describe (and someone else is waiting to use the computer). The building was beautiful, the food was great, and we had a coffee ceremony (ancient tradition of roasting coffee beans and making coffee). That was a very unique and special experience. The pictures we took are amazing.
After we lunch we spent a few hours with Joy. It is so great see everyone's children in our group having fun. Everyone except Joy that is. We call her our diamond in the rough. We're curious to see how she does when we get her away from the nannies. Long story short, she is doing great, we spent some time coloring and putting stickers on paper, but she is still very fussy. I'm not going to lie and say it's easy, we prepared ourselves for the worst, but you can only prepare so much for a child you love so much that doesn't want much to do with you. But we are making great steps and have a good feeling she will warm up to us (after all we've only spent about 4 hours with her). Please say a little prayer, because although we're strong, we can only find this strength through God. She is a very funny girl, VERY independent. She is a sweetheart though and can't wait for you all to meet her.
We will head out to Durame in an hour or so and will return tomorrow. We'll try to post and let everyone know how that trip went. We hope we are able to meet Joy's birth-father. We're a little nervous though...
Matty and Katie, we love you very much and can't wait to come home. See you soon!
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