We are settling in for our last night here in Ethiopia. This time tomorrow we will be on our way back to the US! While we have had a great time here, we are ready to be home.
Today we were able to get out of our Guest House for a bit and visited a park where the kids were able to run around for the morning. We went to a nice restaurant in town for lunch which was our son's very first time to eat-out. Apparently he liked it, because he ate more than anyone at the table. :) This afternoon we played more soccer (imagine that) with the other families at our Guest House.
Overall things are still going really well. The language barrier hasn't been too bad yet. Our son's English is limited, but still better than we expected. He doesn't understand a whole lot of what we say, and speaks even less English. What we have been most impressed, though, is that he can read English pretty well. This is amazing to us considering Ethiopians have an entirely different alphabet. He is able to sound out most words when given something age appropriate to read. Of course, we know that he is not actually comprehending what he is reading, but this is still a very good start.
Our prayer as we journey home is that God would continue to strengthen the bonds that are forming within our new family. We know there may be struggles ahead, but we also know that our God will be present to us through all of them.
Next post will have some REAL pictures!!
Today we were able to get out of our Guest House for a bit and visited a park where the kids were able to run around for the morning. We went to a nice restaurant in town for lunch which was our son's very first time to eat-out. Apparently he liked it, because he ate more than anyone at the table. :) This afternoon we played more soccer (imagine that) with the other families at our Guest House.
Overall things are still going really well. The language barrier hasn't been too bad yet. Our son's English is limited, but still better than we expected. He doesn't understand a whole lot of what we say, and speaks even less English. What we have been most impressed, though, is that he can read English pretty well. This is amazing to us considering Ethiopians have an entirely different alphabet. He is able to sound out most words when given something age appropriate to read. Of course, we know that he is not actually comprehending what he is reading, but this is still a very good start.
Our prayer as we journey home is that God would continue to strengthen the bonds that are forming within our new family. We know there may be struggles ahead, but we also know that our God will be present to us through all of them.
Next post will have some REAL pictures!!
Loving hearing your story and being able to pray with you guys. Cant wait to see pics!!!!
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