Now that the girls are officially adopted I can speak openly about them! The oldest is Faith. The girls wanted new names which is a long story so …. Halima is named Faith. Boone and I picked this for her because when we read about how faithful she was to her sisters and her unfailing hope to get adopted after years in the orphanage we thought Faith was a good fit. After meeting her and spending the last 10 days with her this name has been confirmed! She has a wonderful faith in Jesus and has a drop dead voice in which she unabashedly sings to God with. So Faith has faith! Faith is around 12 years old (we guess because in Ethiopia there are no birth records). She is very mature and takes great care of her sisters. Around our house she jumps up and helps with the dishes with out being asked and wants to teach Mama to cook Ethiopian! She does get sad sometimes during the day and we talk. She misses her friends and her dear mentors, but I try to walk her through these times. It will take time and this is a good healthy grieving she needs to go through. Today she sang and danced Ethiopian style for the whole family!
Aminat is 9ish! Her name is Esther! She is a wonderful girl who sparkles! She is delighted to be here! They romped in the snow today! Esther played soccer and basketball in our main room with the kids almost all day. (Yes, in the house- I know crazy!) Esther also has a beautiful voice and sang and danced with Faith.
Fatuma is 4 soon to be five! Her name is Jessa. She is quite proud of her new name and says it with a flair Jessa Carlson!!!!! Papa was calling her Jessa –Dressa today because the girl changed clothes multiple times today. Clad with funky skirts, layered with leggins’ and many necklaces and bracelets and of course Ruthie’s hand me down fancy high- heel Easter shoes. Jessa, the little bird, flits around the house like she owns it.
Adoption is totally weird! Lets face it 3 total strangers coming to plant themselves smack in the middle of ones life. It is like 3 big oak trees growing in the middle of your living room. Change …….. a forever change. It impacts all 10 of us. We know that time will make it all seem normal. I was reminded of this the other night as I snuggled with our sweet Ruth who we have had now for 6 years. I was really feeling the Change thing and I cuddled up with Ruth and felt AHHHHH home at last and then I thought at the beginning with her it was all weird too! And now she is just so home, and wonderful and so………. Carlson to me. So pray for us in these weird adjustment days! The girls are wonderful and each day will bring us all closer! The kids feel it too! The older 3 have been through it and trust the process. Isaiah is quite out of whack at the moment. And Ruthie does quite well most of the time playing and laughing –until she sees Jessa in yet another one of her old clothes. Boone is off right now so we are in the full time mode of filling up each heart as they start to feel a bit empty. We try to spend alone time with all 8 of the kids sometime during the day right now. Jake, Pete and Hannah are awesome at building the new relationships with the girls. We are blessed that the boys are home for Christmas so we can have this bonding time for a while!
God Bless and Keep you this Christmas! Annie Boone!
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