What do you plan to do?

Saturday afternoon (our time)

I will be getting two of these.

My driver will fulfill the wishes of our oldest two

who want to be at the airport when we arrive.

This time, I know what to expect.

I'm not worrying about traveling

across the globe to a country

I've never been to before.

I know what to expect...

and I KNOW it will be WONDERFUL!

What do I plan to do?

Well, this time, I also know that plans in ET are

hopes and wishes.  Time travels a little slower,

things can take a little longer, or may not happen at all.

Things I hope to do, may not end up

happening...  but hope is still good!

I hope to buy fruit, for the boys again.

This time, though, at the suggestion

(and financial donation)

of a Mom who has 2 Kolfe boys in her home...

I am hoping to find strawberries.

Oranges and bananas are common

to Ethiopians who can afford to buy fruit..

(Remember, Kolfe boys don't get fruit regularly.)

Strawberries are not.  Why? They are expensive,

because the are not purchased individually.

So, just for fun and memories,

she thinks the Kolfe boys need the luxury of tasting

a strawberry...  I couldn't agree more!

Pray I find them!!

I hope to be able to let the younger boys play with the

beach balls and punch balls that were donated!

I will do my best to get photos and videos...

Expect lots of noise and laughter!

Ayal has been "20" for as long as we have known him,

due to the fact that 20 is just a guess, and he has no

idea when he was born.  He is the only one of our

sons without an assigned "birthday".  YET!!!

Wednesday night when he gets off of work,

and heads to Kolfe for a visit...

I hope to change that.  There is a bakery

not too far away. I have packed party plates,

balloons, & birthday cards from John and the kids.

I hope Ayal will be walking into his first ever

Birthday and Party.

(Notice how I put an "and" in there...

what would that be like to have your

first ever birthday??  Thrown by the Mom

you never thought you would have?)

11 months ago, (1 year, the week after I get home)

Emnatu became a part of our family.

How, after being an orphan his whole life,

he is so well adjusted, and free from the mental

baggage so many of them carry... 

I will never understand!

I am coming packed with letters of love

from John & the kids...

to celebrate his "Anniversary of Family".

I hope to be able to sneak him away for a special meal

to rejoice in the fact that he is loved.  He belongs.

Beyond all of that...

there is all of this to distribute at Kolfe and Korah.

There are 3 U.S. families living there that need

some encouragement, and I am excited to visit them.

I will also need to spend some time working

on the schooling of a college student that I

helped register last time.

He has an awesome Mom in the states,

who is worried about him and his education.

I plan (this one's not a hope) to get

some answers for her, and help this kid out.

That's where I will be, for the next 10 days!
Blogspot is blocked from ET, so there
won't be updates until the 2nd week of March.
If you haven't already, friend me on facebook...
that's where I will be updating while I am there.

If you would like specifics on praying for us,
please let me know. 
I sent out daily prayer ideas, to my sending team,
and would love to get one in your hands too!