Today was adventurous! We started off the morning by going to the Ethiopian Immigration office to get Isayas and Molla’s passports which entailed getting pictures and approval for urgent processing (we had to skip the museum. We'll do that next week). It was amazing because the Immigration agency building has hundreds of people waiting just to get in line to get inside the building. For what, who knows. But there were a lot of beggars and mobile sellers walking around. But we were able to just walk through the gates, get frisked for fire arms, and then fill out paperwork and walk from office to office. We were blessed to have a knowledgeable “lawyer” from CHSFS do most of the work, as everything is in Amharic. When we got to the office where we needed to plead our case, the man was nice enough to look at us and just sign it to approve its urgent processing. The passports should be available tomorrow for us.
We go back just in time for lunch, and then most people just crashed in the afternoon, taking showers and naps before we headed out to each of the care centers for the goodbye ceremonies. Lots of tears and hugs ensued.
We had a new family join us today, so it was nice to have some new faces around to converse with! The night was pretty uneventful also, as most people were pretty wiped from the week and starting to get ready to pack for the plane ride home.
Molla is doing much, much better! We have been giving him amoxycilliin for his ear, probiotics for his diarrhea, and we have switched him to soy. All of this has seemed to have done a world of good, as he has been sleeping much better, there is no more spitups, no more diarrhea, and he appears to be putting on wait! Praise God!
Isayas is still Isayas; very strong willed. This has caused some clashes between him and us, and we are still trying to figure out how to deal with this. It’s tough because we want to set boundaries, but we also want to treat him like he’s a 2 year old, in order to help build the attachment that he needs. Pray for us in this. His “episodes” are difficult.
1 comment:
Hello Strangers
We miss you so much. YOu should have just snuck out with the other families leaving. WE loves the picture of the four of you, it was so amzing to see you both with your two boys. Jake and Thad loved seeing the boys in familar things ( the shirt and shoes those really made Jake smile!!!!!)
Anyway even though we know God has a plan for you their and that you are in his hands. We miss you and love you and wish you were home with our boys already. We will continue to pray for you all and hope that of the present we all can look forward to ringworm for your family isn't one of them!!! All our love, thoughts and prayers. May the Lord Bless you and Keep you.
Love
Anya and the guys
Post a Comment