Ethiopia in Review: Part I

Off 

to 

Ethiopia...

Saying goodbye to my babies.

I managed to keep smiling...until we drove away:

We had a layover in Germany and then boarded our flight to Addis Ababa with a brief stop in Sudan. As the plane landed in Sudan we looked out and saw a most depressing looking city...there was even a full sized passenger plane that had crashed on the side of the runway. It looked like it had been there a looooong time. A young boy sitting near us saw it and said with sarcasm, "Now that's reassuring."

 

Standing in Ethiopia for the first time.

We stayed at a 4 star hotel. We were warned against anything less. The contrast between the hotel and its surroundings was shocking.

 

 

Now...for a few more pictures of Elsa...

[Elsa, showing the other children at the orphanage pictures of her new home, here in Washington.]

[Elsa with one of her nannies and a friend 

(sorry...not allowed to show their images on social media...thus the stars!]

   

I miss her. I can't wait to go back and bring her home.

Still to come...Part II