Monday, September 17, 2007

Hello from Ethiopia!

Hello Everyone,
I wrote this long email on my laptop but can't use it to connect to the Internet so I have to send this shorter version:
We made is safely after a long flight! We could not sleep on the plane so we were really tired when we first met Tsehay. Our first meeting lasted 15 minutes and she was a little weary of us but did not cry when Jarusha picked her up. She is even more beautiful than her pictures and seems to be kind of quiet. We left and went back to the guest house to eat lunch and then we took a nap and slept through our second visit with her :( . Sunday morning we drove down to Hossana to meet the birth family. The trip was very cool and the country side was awesome. When we arrived we were told that the family will be late and were asked if we wanted to wait. We did. Everyone left and we and another couple waited around for 3 hours. Finally, the families arrived and we went in to a room to meet her. We were told that she was not the birth mother and that the mother could not be found. The women was instead a woman who took the mother in when she was pregnant and cared for her and Tsehay for 4 months. A lot of the questions we were going to ask were pointless, however, we did find out a little information about the beginning of Tsehay's life. We left and drove home. We stopped to pick up two families that had left 3 hours before because they had a car accident. The fault of a Donkey I hear. They are all okay but stiff and sore.
Today (monday) we were suppose to go to a museum with the other families but instead decided to stay and see Tsehay since we have only spent 15 minutes with her since we have been here.
Tsehay was a little grumpy and has a rash under her arm. She cried when the doctors were looking at her arm and when they applied Hydrocortisone. We then picked her up and took her outside where she fell asleep in Jarusha's arms. She has not let me hold her too much but that is okay. As long as she bonds with one of us that will be fine with me. She looked sweet and peaceful in her mothers arms. We will eat lunch today and then come back and meet with the doctor this afternoon. Tomorrow is the embassy.
We love you all and can't wait to get home. Ethiopia is nice but our home is better! Will write more later.

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