Monday, September 17, 2012

Back in Ethiopia

It is hard to believe we are finally back. We arrived early this morning and decided that we would visit Jeremiah today, but that since neither one of us slept on the plane, it would be a good idea to get some sleep tonight in order to be ready for tomorrow.  We had lunch with 2 other families here for their embassy trip and then went to the Transition Home to play with Jeremiah for a bit. We were so excited to see him again and were so thankful for the smiles and giggle we got. He also surprised us and was counting from 1-10 in English! Obviously they have been teaching them some English so it was fun to hear something come out of his mouth that we could understand.
We could barely hold our eyes open while we were there (Tony may have fallen asleep in a chair on the porch!) so while we hated to leave him, we were so ready to get back to the guest house and get some sleep. We have napped and are now trying to stay up for a little bit and then return to sleep.
Tomorrow is the big day... please pray that Jeremiah doesn't feel afraid with us as we take him from all he has known for the last 7 months. We feel so grateful to finally be at this place.

I will post more tomorrow but just wanted you all to know that we are here safely!