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Adopt? “You are not yet 50 years old….”

May 11, 2012 Adoption

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This is a story about one of those God moments that completely and totally changes one’s perspective. And boy did I need it. It was November 5, 2010. We had started the adoption process for Sally in the fall of 2009. Almost a year had gone by. We were in the waiting stage. And [...]

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Ethiopia Adoption – Lalibela – A Holy City – Part 12

November 14, 2011 Adoption

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The view at dusk from Lalibela Sunday, May 15, noon Though I will, I do not feel able or qualified to write about the last 24 hours. We are on a small prop plane, a Bombadier, that has a capacity of 75 people. We are heading back to Addis after 24 hours in Lalibela. Pronounced [...]

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Ethiopia Adoption Video of Trip #1

October 9, 2011 Adoption

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Ethiopia Adoption Part 11

October 2, 2011 Adoption

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Friday, May 13, 2011 6pm Yesterday I found out more detail on how children are matched with adoptive parents. Apparently Duni’s mother runs an orphanage and I guess has for years. Remember, Duni was our adoption agency coordinator over here in Addis. Many of these orphanages are private. A person just decides to start one. [...]

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Ethiopia Adoption – Pt 10 – Back to Africa!

August 21, 2011 Adoption

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May 11, 2011 Noon We are all 5, Matthew, Emma and Meg (our daughters 13 and 10,) my mother and I, in our seats on Ethiopian Airlines about to depart Washington DC straight, nonstop, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A 13 hour flight. From Oklahoma City you must do a 16 hour layover to connect to [...]

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Ethiopia Adoption Part 9 – The Name

July 6, 2011 Adoption

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Emma, my mom, Matt and Meg Journal entries from our 2nd trip to Ethiopia in May 2011 May 5, 2011 Hi all, Well, the big day is upon us. We are leaving this Monday, May 9th for Ethiopia. We are taking our 2 daughters, Emma 13, and Meg 10 and also my mother. My mom [...]

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Ethiopia Adoption-Part 8-Last Day Trip 1

May 7, 2011 Adoption

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Friday, April 1, 2011 9pm Addis Ababa Airport Right now we are sitting on the floor in the gate area where our plane will take off in about an hour. This morning we had our usual breakfast with various other adoptive parents. We have an omelet every day with cheese and veggies. There is a [...]

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Ethiopia Adoption – Part 7

May 5, 2011 Adoption

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Thursday, March 31, 2011 10pm Quick summary of recent Ethiopian history. Emperor Menelik reunited Ethiopia in the late 1800′s from existing as many smaller kingdoms. He died about 1915. Hailie Selassie came to power and was in power until 1974 as Emperor. He was liked by some because he did a lot of good for [...]

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Ethiopia Adoption-Part 6-Going to Court

May 4, 2011 Adoption

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March 30, 2011 Wednesday 10:30pm So this morning the big decision was do I wear mascara or not? Am I going to cry during or after court, or not? I did in Russia, but I think maybe a big part of that was court was very stressful there. It was probably around 45 minutes with [...]

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Ethiopia Adoption – Part 5

May 3, 2011 Adoption

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March 30, 2011 Wednesday 7am We went to bed last night at 11pm. Once again, I thought I would sleep normally. I woke at 4am and have been awake ever since. Matt is still asleep. Thats good. Up to now, I have probably had better sleep than he has. So I spent some time praying [...]

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Ethiopian Adoption-Part 4-Meeting Sally

May 1, 2011 Adoption

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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 [...]

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Ethiopian Adoption – Part 3 – Meeting her Birth Mother

April 30, 2011 Adoption

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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) [...]

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Ethiopian Adoption – Part 2

April 28, 2011 Adoption

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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 [...]

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Ethiopian Adoption – Part 1

April 25, 2011 Adoption

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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 [...]

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Ethiopian Adoption – Faith is the Substance

April 24, 2011 Adoption

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My dear daddy died in May 2005. He had cancer. Sometime during that next year I had a dream about him. He was dead in the dream but he had come back to talk to me. We were standing in the driveway of the house I live in now (my parent’s old house) and he [...]

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