A week from now we will be tossing and turning in anticipation for our first trip to Ethiopia. We have started packing (well, I have) and gathering all the things we need: hand sanitizer, mosquito repellant, various medications for all sorts of eventualities. We are also bringing school supplies for a favorite charity, "Love for Ethiopia."
We have been working on gifts to bring Endrias and Bethelihem on our first meeting. Our agency has told us we can't bring toys or clothes or jewelry, but something that will be uniquely theres and can be shared with others. So we put together a photobook for each of them that has their names on the front and pictures of them and of us and our dog Max all in the same book. Our first family album. We hope that they will look at the books in the coming weeks and begin to understand how we all fit together.
We expect it to be 8 - 12 weeks between our first visit and our second when we bring them home. We are so excited for the profound and monumental change we know this will be.
Charmed
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