Sorry we have not posted since we passed court, but we have been moving so fast that we have not taken the time.
Here is where we are now--the US Consulate in Ethiopia has now signed off on the adoption and given us an appointment date of July 28. Therefore, we are flying out on Thursday, July 23, and will land in Ethiopia on Saturday morning (we have to layover overnight in DC so we will actually take off for Addis Ababa on Friday morning, July 24. After the visa is completed on Thursday, July 30, we will take a late evening flight for home and will land in Chicago on Friday afternoon, July 31.
Here is our specific flight information as we would covet your prayers while we travel (the DC to Ethiopia leg is about 15 hours going and almost 17 hours returning):
23 JULY 09 - THURSDAY
UNITED 950
LV: CHICAGO/OHARE 110P
AR: WASH/DULLES 406P
24 JULY 09 - FRIDAY
ETHIOPIAN 503
LV: WASH/DULLES 1005A
AR: ADDIS ABABA 820A ARVL DATE-25 JUL
30 JULY 09 - THURSDAY
ETHIOPIAN 500
LV: ADDIS ABABA 1015P
AR: WASH/DULLES 755A ARVL DATE-31 JUL
31 JULY 09 - FRIDAY
UNITED 151
LV: WASH/DULLES 1221P
AR: CHICAGO/OHARE 120P
We will get Eyob (Gabriel--we will let him decide when he is ready to go by Gabriel) on Saturday and are looking forward to experiencing Ethiopia with him. Like we did in China, we will go to an Ethiopian church service on Sunday. There are lots of other things we are hoping to experience as well, like Mount Entoto, a coffee ceremony, and eating local foods (we have seen some amazingly frightening dishes on the Travel Channel).
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I am praying for y'all and hope everthing goes smoothly. I hope you can blog from Ethiopia. Have fun with the food - should be interesting!
OH MY WORD! I'm so excited for you all! What are you thinking -- 5 kids? MAN!
Table for 13 please - 9 kids menus please! PLEASE PLEASE remember those of us who are eager to follow along (your little fan club)!
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