Sunday, March 7, 2010
Thank you
I don't have the time or the energy to write a real post right now, but we are home! I just want to thank everyone for your love and your prayers. They carried us across the Atlantic, through the week, and back home again. I hope I am able to share more soon, but meanwhile...here we are all at home together at last.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Homeward Bound!
It's Martha again. Susan emailed this morning.
At this moment, it's nearly 6 p.m. in Addis Ababa where Jim, Susan, Mihret and Yoseph are at the airport awaiting their 10:30 p.m. flight. They arrive home early tomorrow morning. Let's all pray them home.
I can't begin to imagine what the next 48 hours will be like for Mihret and Yoseph - traveling by plane for hours and hours, met by the enthusiastic smiles of their 4 new very blonde siblings, coming "home" where home still has snow on the ground. Oh Lord, would you help them grow to rest in your perfect ways.
Mihret and Yoseph, for you:
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord. "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
At this moment, it's nearly 6 p.m. in Addis Ababa where Jim, Susan, Mihret and Yoseph are at the airport awaiting their 10:30 p.m. flight. They arrive home early tomorrow morning. Let's all pray them home.
I can't begin to imagine what the next 48 hours will be like for Mihret and Yoseph - traveling by plane for hours and hours, met by the enthusiastic smiles of their 4 new very blonde siblings, coming "home" where home still has snow on the ground. Oh Lord, would you help them grow to rest in your perfect ways.
Mihret and Yoseph, for you:
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord. "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
An Update from Addis Ababa!!
Hi! This is Susan's friend, Martha. Susan got a message to me this morning asking me to update her blog. What a privilege! (Especially since I'm sure there are many - like me - who have been by here multiple times everyday holding their breath for some news from Susan and Jim.)
I'll share what I know.
Yesterday (Tuesday) was "Gotcha Day" - the day Jim and Susan not only met Mihret and Yoseph for the first time but also took custody of them. Emails from Susan yesterday before meeting the children, revealed an overflowing heart of faith and hope, an awe of God's goodness and a stomach full of butterflies! ;-)
Much later in the day - after they had put Yoseph and Mihret to bed - I heard from her again. She was struggling to express her emotions in written words. It's completely understandable as I can't imagine how you put into writing those emotions you experience when you see/meet your children for the first time. I hope one day she'll try to do so for all of us here. She said that both children were struggling some with the adjustment and that Mihret finally fell asleep as Susan whispered prayers to their Heavenly Father in her ear.
Today was their Embassy visit which I'm happy to report they cleared. It was a long and tiring day for all 4 of them as it sounds like there wasn't much sleep for anyone last night. It's night there now and I'm praying that they are all resting peacefully.
This morning was the first time since arriving in Ethiopia that Susan and Jim were able to talk with their 4 children here in the states. Apparently, they have tried before but the folks on the state side couldn't hear them. They have been relying heavily on email and text to communicate with their 4 sweet children waiting at home for them and Susan's sister, the "wonder aunt", who is managing 6 children, 2 dogs, and 1 guinea pig, and a RAT single-handedly this week.
They are also experiencing a power outage today - the first since their arrival. I'm told power outages there are quite common. I don't know if we'll get any additional updates from them until the power is back on.
Edited 3/5 as I miscalculated exactly how many children and critters "wonder aunt" was managing this week!
I'll share what I know.
Yesterday (Tuesday) was "Gotcha Day" - the day Jim and Susan not only met Mihret and Yoseph for the first time but also took custody of them. Emails from Susan yesterday before meeting the children, revealed an overflowing heart of faith and hope, an awe of God's goodness and a stomach full of butterflies! ;-)
Much later in the day - after they had put Yoseph and Mihret to bed - I heard from her again. She was struggling to express her emotions in written words. It's completely understandable as I can't imagine how you put into writing those emotions you experience when you see/meet your children for the first time. I hope one day she'll try to do so for all of us here. She said that both children were struggling some with the adjustment and that Mihret finally fell asleep as Susan whispered prayers to their Heavenly Father in her ear.
Today was their Embassy visit which I'm happy to report they cleared. It was a long and tiring day for all 4 of them as it sounds like there wasn't much sleep for anyone last night. It's night there now and I'm praying that they are all resting peacefully.
This morning was the first time since arriving in Ethiopia that Susan and Jim were able to talk with their 4 children here in the states. Apparently, they have tried before but the folks on the state side couldn't hear them. They have been relying heavily on email and text to communicate with their 4 sweet children waiting at home for them and Susan's sister, the "wonder aunt", who is managing 6 children, 2 dogs, and 1 guinea pig, and a RAT single-handedly this week.
They are also experiencing a power outage today - the first since their arrival. I'm told power outages there are quite common. I don't know if we'll get any additional updates from them until the power is back on.
Edited 3/5 as I miscalculated exactly how many children and critters "wonder aunt" was managing this week!
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