I cannot believe we are really going to Ethiopia and we are really going to bring Liam home! It has been a rough journey with so many ups and downs I keep expecting someone to tell us we cant go yet. But they aren't going to! We are all packed and ready to go, well I am, Josh needs to get moving hahaha but he is pretty much a professional packer so I am not worried. I look like a hoarder with all the food I have packed :) but I am not going to be sick this trip! God is so Good, we are so blessed I am so thankful that we have this opportunity and that He has worked out all of the kinks.
We are leaving College Station tomorrow (Sat.) afternoon, we have an overnight layover in DC which is nice since we will get to sleep in a hotel and not on the plane. Then we will leave early Sunday morning for Addis Abba, Ethiopia. This is a pretty big city, there are so many people everywhere; walking, driving, begging in the streets, it is overwhelming. There are not really any traffic laws or I couldn't tell if there were, everyone is driving however they want the intersections are CRAZY with everybody turning their own way its a little or a lot scary. The air is so polluted it is hard to breath, its dust and car exhaust. There is also no trash system so there are just piles of garbage on the sides of the road and sidewalk. The people are beautiful! They are all so friendly and helpful. The lifestyle there is so laid back its like stepping back in time from the hustle and bustle of America. At night it gets cold, I froze last time, we didn't have AC in our hotel so we slept with the small windows open, the first night only, big mistake! I think the hotel we are staying at this time is a lot nicer so I hope I wont freeze (Josh loved it). There are hyenas and/or wild dogs that bark all night long, it sounds like hundreds of them, I never saw them but they bark from dusk till dawn. The prayer is played over the loud speaker for the Muslims to pray so early in the morning, this was something I was not used to at all, again Josh didn't notice, I guess he had had a chance or 2 to hear it before. So pretty much the dogs keep you awake and the prayer wakes you up, ear plugs may be a great idea.
We had some issues getting in touch with our agency in Ethiopia on our last visit since the phone networks were down, which caused us to not be able to see Liam on our 1st day, we also didn't have a driver so we couldn't leave the hotel. I have sent out itinerary to them this time and made sure they know where we are staying and when we will be ready to be picked up so hopefully there will be no issues with this trip. Our hotel is supposed to have wifi this time woohoo so I hope to be able to update our blog while we are there but last time it took 3 days for the post to actually post so don't worry if you don't hear anything from us. We will be in back in the US on Sunday Oct. 7, we are supposed to arrive in Lexington at 3:45 if anyone wants to meet us at the airport that will be fine just keep in mind we are leaving Ethiopia at 10pm on Sunday and traveling for 26 hours since Ethiopia is 7 hours ahead, so we might look a little rough :) We will be back in College Station at 9pm Sunday Oct. 15th, again feel free to meet us at the airport if you want to we may look a little more refreshed on that trip.
Big thank you to our church for all of there prayers and support! Thank you for the ride to and from the airport and for watching Sam while we are gone! And to everyone else for your prayers and support! Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we travel.
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