Home from Ethiopia!!
Abel. Kinda sad and confused after we all met for the first time..
Dean and Abel playing with some matchbox cars just a few minutes later..
Us a few hours later outside the Zebra Grill..
Abel having fun with the camera..
Yurad who is deaf,and Issac who also is deaf and lived on the streets for a couple years, having fun with Abel.
All of the families we traveled with and their kids..
Abel doing his Uncle Pat imitation (inside joke that some will get :-)
Abel in his Ethiopian flag hat and scarf and me in my traditional Ethiopian dress..
Dad and Abel having fun..
The kids with Tigest, who did a traditional coffee ceremony for us at the Guest House.
Abel and Tes just before separating at the DC airport today. Good friends who both are from Tigray and speak the same language and loved each other.
Steele Abel and E at the New Orleans airport.
Steele and Abel tonight in the bath tub.
Tes, Abel, Yurad and Issac, orphans no more!!!!!!!
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"orphans no more!!!!" then there came the tears.
I am so happy for y'all.
PRAISE GOD!!!!!!
What a wonderful experience... I am SO happy for you all; I can't imagine the emotions you are feeling right now. I am only on the periphery of this whole experience and I am about to bust with joy!
And you definitely need to wear that Ethiopian dress to church on Sunday! That is beautiful!!
Welcome Home!
Love, Ammye
You all have had a powerful journey.
I'm so glad Abel is home.
Seeing the photo of him and the kids and especially the one of him and Steele in the tub made it "sink in" for me.
He's really here now!
-Erin