Lost in translation

Melissa and the kids came by the office today as people have been clamoring to meet Gabriel. Afterwards, they went to State Farm Park to hang out at the pool with some friends. It was Gabriel's first experience at the pool and he was very excited and very loud. We have found that God has already blessed him with a voice that carries long distances.

Compounding this is the fact that in Amharic, the word for going pee is "shinte" which is pronounced "shint". You can probably see where I am going...when Gabriel had to go today, he would call out to Melissa "shinte, shinte". To say that there were a few raised eyebrows would be an understatement!

He played so hard today he crashed on the way home...


Gabriel and Sarah Beth are getting along well...

Homecoming

With five kids we are beginning to realize that not only is our life not our own, neither is our time! We will be posting thoughts and pictures from Ethiopia, we promise. Here are a few photos that our friends, the Semlows (recent parents to a set of three siblings from Ethiopia themselves!), took at our neighborhood park when we got home...

Home!

We are home and getting acclimated to the new normal of 5 kids. We will be posting photos in the coming days while we begin to fill in the gaps during our time in Ethiopia.

Eyob and Sarah Beth are doing very well together (in fact, better than we thought they would).