March 29, 2011 4pm So. Yesterday we left off after our meeting with Tarikua, the birth mother. Tarikua means my history or my story. Jonas tells us people will name their children something that means something about what is going on in that mothers life at that time. Very similar to the way the names […]
The full wall sign right as we walked into the airport from the tarmac. March 28, 2011 Well. I guess I didn’t know what a whirlwind was until today happened. I did get 2 hours of sleep last night on the plane and I have stayed up all day (we landed at 9am Ethiopia time) […]
March 27, 2011 11am W are waiting for the shuttle to take us to the Washington DC hotel. It’s cold. Supposed to snow. I’m dressed for 75 degree weather. Always an adventure. We met a guy on our shuttle to our hotel and then again at breakfast that was quite interesting. He worked for Middle […]
The next several posts to come are the emails I wrote to family and friends while we were on our trip to Ethiopia in March 2011. Pictures are now added. March 26, 2011 Dear Family and Friends, These emails are going to serve as a journal of this trip to Ethiopia. Im sending this to […]