13 Days

We spent today getting things in order for our trip. We bought coloring books, crayons, and candy to give to the kids in the orphanage. I deflated eight soccer balls that we plan to give to the orphanage in Addis, and the orphanage in Awassa. That's where Graham spent his first couple of days before being transferred to Addis. We are allowed to take two checked bags and one carry-on each, and plan to pack them as full as possible, and empty them while we're there. Every time we get something for the trip, I think about all of the people in our lives that made this possible, and want to take another opportunity to thank each and every one of you. Oh yeah, on Friday, we had homeade Ethiopian food with eight of our closest friends. My new friend Shamissa cooked it for us. What a great time. We are going to take some perfume to Addis for Shamissa's family.