Friday, December 12, 2008
Ready,Set, Go!
My Mom and I beat our way down to Kirkland though a crazy down pour. We had a wonderful evening with Patty and her family. We are set to fly out early tomorrow morning. Next time I post, I hope to be in Addis Ethiopia!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Our God is big!
After much prayer and hours on the phone to everywhere from Washington D.C. to Yakima, we finally contacted the right people who pushed through our paperwork! Miracle done! So Mom and I our packing!
Today I prepared the girls backpacks. They have not even one earthly possession at this point. These clothes they will wear home - they have to give back their orphanage clothes. Earlier this week, I went to my mailbox and was greeted with a letter from the girls. I was so excited I ripped it open to find it was in Amharic! A day later I found someone in Ferndale to translate it. It was wonderful. Halima, our oldest, at the end of her 2 page letter requested that I bring 2 gifts for 2 dear women at the orphanage that have become "like family" to her. This is a very good sign. First that Halima has bonded with people while there and second that she is thankful and cares to give them something. We assume the girls were bonded with their birth parents (before they died) and it sounds like Halima is bonded with these gals....so psychologists say that if they have bonded once they can bond again! So that is good news!
Thanks for sharing the journey with us! Annie
Today I prepared the girls backpacks. They have not even one earthly possession at this point. These clothes they will wear home - they have to give back their orphanage clothes. Earlier this week, I went to my mailbox and was greeted with a letter from the girls. I was so excited I ripped it open to find it was in Amharic! A day later I found someone in Ferndale to translate it. It was wonderful. Halima, our oldest, at the end of her 2 page letter requested that I bring 2 gifts for 2 dear women at the orphanage that have become "like family" to her. This is a very good sign. First that Halima has bonded with people while there and second that she is thankful and cares to give them something. We assume the girls were bonded with their birth parents (before they died) and it sounds like Halima is bonded with these gals....so psychologists say that if they have bonded once they can bond again! So that is good news!
Thanks for sharing the journey with us! Annie
Saturday, December 6, 2008
We need a little miracle!
Well, we received news Friday that there is a bit of a glitch. A week from now I am scheduled to be on Ethiopian Air flying over the Atlantic ocean on a 17 hour trip, There is a problem! Some how someone at the adoption agency transposed the birth date of our oldest child wrong. Unfortunately, this does not match the other documents so the question is?????….is it possible to change the birth certificates in Ethiopia in the next few days so my Mom and I can travel as planned. This is a huge bummer and we are praying that some how/ some way we can leave on time. I received an e-mail this morning from the nun who is the head of the orphanage where the girls are. She said Halima our oldest was very concerned, but she assured her that in God’s perfect timing I would come to get her. So pray also for our girls. They have waited almost 5 years now and are ready to come home. – God speed the Ethiopian Government with the birth certificates!!!!! Annie
Well, we received news Friday that there is a bit of a glitch. A week from now I am scheduled to be on Ethiopian Air flying over the Atlantic ocean on a 17 hour trip, There is a problem! Some how someone at the adoption agency transposed the birth date of our oldest child wrong. Unfortunately, this does not match the other documents so the question is?????….is it possible to change the birth certificates in Ethiopia in the next few days so my Mom and I can travel as planned. This is a huge bummer and we are praying that some how/ some way we can leave on time. I received an e-mail this morning from the nun who is the head of the orphanage where the girls are. She said Halima our oldest was very concerned, but she assured her that in God’s perfect timing I would come to get her. So pray also for our girls. They have waited almost 5 years now and are ready to come home. – God speed the Ethiopian Government with the birth certificates!!!!! Annie
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
I guess I must be prego!
I can't sleep and I am due in 8 days with triplets! I wake up at 2 in the morning with a million things on my mind. The Christmas shopping is almost complete
so now it is just the lovely waiting time! Today I received some awesome pictures from a gal who went to the orphange 2 weeks ago! She brought the girls a letter from me - they were holding it in the picture! My Mom is traveling with me -you can pray for her she has a bit of a cold this week. I have to share with you what Pete said the other day. We were talking about the possible new names for the girls. (we will keep thier African names too!) so we were saying Faith for the oldest, Esther for the middle one and Mary Grace for the youngest.
Pete piped in and said " Gosh mom why don't we just call that little one Holy Bible and call it good!" Well , hey we started a trend with the Jake, Pete, Hannah, Ruth, Isaiah thing so we have to keep it up at this point! God bless and thanks for following the blog!
so now it is just the lovely waiting time! Today I received some awesome pictures from a gal who went to the orphange 2 weeks ago! She brought the girls a letter from me - they were holding it in the picture! My Mom is traveling with me -you can pray for her she has a bit of a cold this week. I have to share with you what Pete said the other day. We were talking about the possible new names for the girls. (we will keep thier African names too!) so we were saying Faith for the oldest, Esther for the middle one and Mary Grace for the youngest.
Pete piped in and said " Gosh mom why don't we just call that little one Holy Bible and call it good!" Well , hey we started a trend with the Jake, Pete, Hannah, Ruth, Isaiah thing so we have to keep it up at this point! God bless and thanks for following the blog!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
The Count Down!
13 days and counting! Soon GG and I will be getting on the plane to head to Ethiopia to pick up our girls! We will arrive home 4 days before Christmas ( if all goes as planned). I have been busy getting all the gifts ready so when I come home with the girls we can dive into Christmas. GG and I will travel down to my sister Patty's house in Kirkland on the 12th of December and fly out the next morning. The Carlson house is full of beds! We just assembled the last set of bunk beds. Everyone is in a room and Pete and Jake are in an "area" on the 3rd floor -for when they come home from college. The Ethiopian girls room is coming together. Their closet is beginning to fill up with hand me downs from many of our friends. I am packing backpaks for the girls for the plane ride home. The stretch from Addis Abba Ethiopia to Washington D.C. is 17 hours!
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