Leaving on a jet plane tomorrow

Thank you to all who have followed our adoption journey to our son. I am a mix of emotions nervousness and excitement. Jesus told his followers I will not leave you as orphans. James tells us true/pure religion is to look after orphans... God has adopted me into his forever family. Now our family has given a little boy in a far away place a forever family. Tomorrow evening we will board a plane in Raleigh, then DC. This plane will fly us to the beautiful country of Ethiopia (I have never been before, but have seen hundreds of pictures of the landscape and people). On Monday morning I will be given the awesome joy to hold my newest son.

A few things we are taking:

Suzanne:

2 pants, 2 skirts, 2 capris, 8 tops, 2 pj's, 1 sweatshirt, 1 jacket, 3 pairs shoes

Kellar:

4 pants, many shirts, 3 pairs shoes

Tewodros:

2 shoes, 5 pants, 10 shirts, 3 pajamas, 2 jackets

2 suitcases full of our humanitarian aid items:

box of toothbrushes from our dentist, several packs of diaper, 3 large formula containers, 8 tubes A&D ointment, 4 wipes packages, 20 baby outfits, several packs of bottles, crayons, markers, colored pencils, coloring books, beach balls...

A backpack full of fun stuff for Tewodros

Snacks

Blanket for Tewodros

soccer ball, floppy frisbee, and beach ball for Tewodros

PAPERWORK (documents, itinerary, passport, airline tickets...)

MONEY (thank you bank ladies who helped me with finding 100 bills after a certain year)

While we are gone Ashleigh will post on here when they hear from us

Stay tuned many pictures of Ethiopia, our trip, and our family will follow in the weeks after our return