We had a great day in Ethiopia!
We spent the day getting to know a new couple here in Addis, and spending time celebrating a birthday of their son. We were able to go to an orphanage (not the one where our son is at), and celebrate, complete with a bouncy castle, and oodles of food. The kids were adorable, and we enjoyed getting to know some of them a little bit by having the sit on our laps, and just generally interact together. It was great.
It was also awesome to get to know a couple in the same situation as what we are in. We hope to get together with them some more over the next few weeks.
Please once again pray for us as we struggle with the isolation. Even though we had a great day with a couple whom we would definitely consider friends now, we are still struggling with how we are going to make it through multiple weeks of this. Obviously, we will also soon have a little one to help adjust to living with us, as well as take care of our needs. Please pray for us as we go through a difficult and exciting time.
Pictures will probably not get uploaded very often as the internet connection seems to be poor, and intermittent.
We were blessed to have a chance to chat with Hilary's parents this morning (at 4 in the morning here, since we could not sleep). Hopefully this will re-energize us going forward being able to have some of this contact with our families.
On that note, we shall try and get back to bed. And, today we get to meet our son for the first time. Please pray that this will be a positive experience, and that it will give us a boost as we move forward.
We spent the day getting to know a new couple here in Addis, and spending time celebrating a birthday of their son. We were able to go to an orphanage (not the one where our son is at), and celebrate, complete with a bouncy castle, and oodles of food. The kids were adorable, and we enjoyed getting to know some of them a little bit by having the sit on our laps, and just generally interact together. It was great.
It was also awesome to get to know a couple in the same situation as what we are in. We hope to get together with them some more over the next few weeks.
Please once again pray for us as we struggle with the isolation. Even though we had a great day with a couple whom we would definitely consider friends now, we are still struggling with how we are going to make it through multiple weeks of this. Obviously, we will also soon have a little one to help adjust to living with us, as well as take care of our needs. Please pray for us as we go through a difficult and exciting time.
Pictures will probably not get uploaded very often as the internet connection seems to be poor, and intermittent.
We were blessed to have a chance to chat with Hilary's parents this morning (at 4 in the morning here, since we could not sleep). Hopefully this will re-energize us going forward being able to have some of this contact with our families.
On that note, we shall try and get back to bed. And, today we get to meet our son for the first time. Please pray that this will be a positive experience, and that it will give us a boost as we move forward.
Lovely to receive your update! Glad you tried New York New York...that food'll probably start tasting awesome soon!
ReplyDeleteI remember the morning after we arrived feeling like we'd just been dropped off in the middle of nowhere - everything so unfamiliar and no one that spoke of home. No one familiar to phone or get together with or even talk about anything 'normal.' I can imagine how isolating it must be, particularly given the long stay you're doing. We're praying for you, for all of these things, and that the hindsight view some day will be worth every moment of loneliness right now.
Hang in there friends.
Love you both...all three!
Ruth