Sunday, February 21, 2010

We made it!!!

We made it safely into Addis Ababa last night. Our flights were all very smooth and we didn't have any trouble at akll with our transfers. We had to change planes in Detroit to head to Amsterdam. Cris was wearing one of her homemade Africa shirts, so another gal came over to ask if we were adopting. They are too. Nice couple from Michigan, also bringing home 2 older boys. They are with another agency, but we traveled together all the way through baggage claim in Addis. We met up with 3 other couples in Amsterdam. 2 with our agency & in our same hotel. Allison & Jason from Ohio and Chad & Courtney from Oregon. We had breakfast together this morning & we will spend the week together. It's fun to have other people to share this process with.
 
Our room is a large suite... room 602 for those who know it. =) You enter on a lower level into a small living room with a couch & chairs & a small TV. The rest of the room is up about 5 steps. There are 2 bedrooms, one with a king & another with 2 twins. There is a long hallway where the boys will be able to play. We discovered this morning that the hot water heater wasn't plugged in, so we had cold showers. I plugged it in this morning... maybe we'll have warm water tomorrow. Cris forgot to pack a hairbrush, so she had to borrow one from one of our new friends (Thanks Courtney!)
 
We have a meeting with our agency coordinator today at 1:00. We will fill our the papers we need for tomorrows Embassy visit, then we will go to Hannah's Hope to meet the boys!!! 
 
We have good internet inthe hotel business center, but I am not sure yet if I will be able to upload pictures or not. We'll send daily emails to keep you posted.
 
We are feeling good & traveling well. Thanks for your prayers!!! Please pray that ourt meeting with the boys goes well. We aren't sure that they will be very interested in us... we'll see soon enough!
 
~C&C

14 comments:

  1. Oh, so glad that you've had a good journey there! Praying for sweet moments together tomorrow. Can't wait to hear more! :)

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  2. Thanks for the update! We were talking about "you guys" today on the drive to church. We'll continue to pray for a joyous meeting and week.

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  3. So good to hear you've arrived. I've been covering your journey in prayer. It is so neat to hear your description of the suite knowing that we will most likely be in the same room when it's our turn to pick up our kids. I can't wait to hear how the first meeting goes. Wow. God bless you both!

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  4. This is so exciting! I'm so glad you have Internet access, and I am just dying to hear all the details about meeting your sons!

    Oh, and I want that room when we travel. Haha! :)

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  5. Oh I have goose bumps for you all! Love it that we can hear about it....praying for you all & those transitions that are sometimes pretty tough. PRAYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. woohoo! so glad to know you're there and it's going well so far! i cannot wait to see your boys!

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  7. yeah!!! yeah!!! It won't be long now!!! We're praying for you all like crazy here! Thanks for all your descriptions. You know us waiting eat that up :)

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  8. Sounds like a very nice room...so great to have that space so you all can play (not just the boys, hehe). I can't wait to hear about the big Gotcha moment! Whether it was hard, easy, scary, smoothe...no matter what...it is the beginning. And THAT is all that matters. Praying for you all! Theresa

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  9. We are praying for you! So happy travel has gone well. Guess what? We found a college friend of yours today in our Sunday School class! Russ Russell! Isn't that wild? It's a small world! Can't wait to hear about your first meeting with the boys! Thanks for updating.
    Cristie

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  10. oh, i can't wait..post, post post...I need more :) kristi

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  11. SO glad you made it safe! Can't wait for another update!

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  12. So excited for you guys! praying for you all! Can't wait for your next post!!!

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  13. Glad you got there ok. Praise the Lord for travel mercies and friends along the way!!! What a blessing from God. Take lots of pictures!!

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  14. How exciting! I can see the sparkle in your eyes!

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