Monthly Archives: September 2010

Buddies: from Africa to America!

Yohannes had his first play date on Monday.  We invited his buddy “SG” and his mom over to play.  These two little boys were friends in Addis Ababa while at Hannah’s Hope.  Here they were then: “SG” arrived in Nashville exactly two weeks before we did, and we’re thrilled that he and his family only...

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a cute picture

Riley, Daddy, Mommy, Yohannes, Cole & Piper (the kitty)

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{REWIND} Trip 2 – Day 7, Part 2

We boarded the plane in Detroit and were SO ready to get the final “leg” of the trip out of the way.  I was working hard to keep Yohannes happy, and the pilot finally announced that the plane was a little too heavy and that they were trying to decide what to do . ....

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{REWIND} Trip 2 – Day 7, Part 1

Friday, September 10, 2010 So, when I last wrote, Yohannes had slept for 10 hours, which was GREAT!  But we still had 6 hours left on the long flight, which made me kind of nervous.  I would say that we did pretty well for 4.5 of those hours, but there were about 1.5 hours (spread...

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{REWIND} Trip 2 – Day 6

Thursday, September 9, 2010 It was our last day in Addis Ababa, and besides flying out that night, our main activity of the day was going back to Hannah’s Hope.  While there, we gathered the documents needed for Yohannes to enter the United States.  We received his passport and a sealed package containing lots of...

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