Vacation
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008My suitcase arrived yesterday!!!! There is still only one bag missing. We are waiting a bit longer to see if it turns up. The good news is if it doesn’t United will claim it as lost – finally. Several tips for families traveling someday. 1. Make sure your bags are checked all the way through. [...]
Bartering Experts
Thursday, December 11th, 2008*Written 12/6/2008 This morning we went to the market to purchase scarves, Ethiopian dress for our family, and other souveiners. It was amazing the craftsmanship that went into each item. Here was a man sitting outside his shop working on weaving the scarf. All the scarves are hand woven and the clothes were handmade of [...]
Hanging out
Thursday, December 11th, 2008*written 12/5/2008 We had to reschedule because two children were ill at the orphanage and had to be brought to the hospital. We will be going tomorrow. We spent most the day at the HOH guest house. We played in the courtyard with the older children, spent time in the toddler room with Paul’s friends [...]
Phone calls
Thursday, December 11th, 2008*Written 12/4/2008 I am not sure if phone calls are good or bad. I love to hear from the Girls but inevitably I begin crying. Tonight Kimberly was telling me all about how she has the sharing bag and how excited she is to be bringing her ornament to share with the kids. Annie was [...]
Embassy Day!
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008*Written on 12/4/2008 We didn’t get our luggage yet so Sunday best was not the case for us as we dressed for our embassy appointment. I wore my three day old jeans and a new t-shirt from Addis while Bill wore his new khaki pants that don’t fit that well because the size of the [...]
Going to Brussels
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008*Written on 12/3/2008 Unfortunately my Mother got the call last night (midnight ugh!, sorry about that Mom) that one of our bags landed in Brussels. I have no idea why it is there or even how it would have gotten routed there. The good news is that we bought the travelers insurance. The bad news [...]
Shopping and Local Color
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008*Written 12/3/2008 After sightseeing we went out to try to get some shampoo, diapers, and a change of clothes for each of us. Ephrim was giving us a tour of the city and it was quite interesting how the people live. I cannot imagine living like that. People are everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE. I know [...]
Our First Night as a Family
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008*Written on 12/2/2008 Ambase did well for his first night considering that we didn’t know him and he didn’t know us. Several times in the night he awoke and cried for no reason but was easily consoled. They have been feeding him from an open cup and we tried that. It was so very awkward [...]
Highway 191
Sunday, September 7th, 2008This past weekend Bill and I went on an overnight trip in the Mini Cooper. We left early Saturday morning and drove up to Pinetop Arizona, through some beautiful country. Bill had never been that way before so that was nice. We drove out to Hawley Lake before going to dinner. It was such a [...]
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