It has been an incredibly crazy summer for us so far. Starting with a trip to Florida and then on to ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, dance class, volleyball camp, soccer camp and basketball camp with numerous trips up north, weddings, an Ethiopian Adoptive Families picnic, and a trip to Chicago in the mix. We have been booked every weekend and it is going to be a strong finish with Samson turning 3 next weekend a trip to Cape Hatteras, NC coming up. Our new normal is really starting to click as Sofie and Sam have settled in.
We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Taste of Ethiopia tonight which is always a wonderful experience as the owner and all of its staff treat our family so special. We look forward to it every time and try to get there at least once a month. Both Sofie and Sam still love the food and love the attention.
I know I never finished writing about Ethiopia but I used to blog during lunch at work or in the evening, but they cut off all posting to "social networking" sites at work (I can read, I just can't log on to post) and after putting the kids to bed we are always ready for bed ourselves. So here is a photo montage of our trip to Ethiopia all the way through our first six months home. Ethiopia was truly a life changing trip in so many ways for us. Our hearts still long for the country and its beautiful people.
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Your photo montage was fantastic and a very fitting song that you chose. I'm very glad you're falling into a routine, even with all that busyness. :)
thank you for adopting older children from Ethiopia. I am an Armenian American, we have ancient roots and christianity with the Ethiopians.
Here is the true story of the 40 orphans from the Armenian genocide and how the King of Ethiopia adopted them. Beautiful people Ethiopians!!!! ENjoy the photos,
Armenian Christians share the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem with the Ethiopians we have many roots in common. Armenia was the first Christian Nation in 301 AD, and one of our saints (Mesrop Mashdots- who actually developed our unique alphabet and language so we could read the bible ALSO developed the alphabet for the Ethiopians. The Alphabets are both similar. They have shared this with the Ethiopians and Koptics for Centuries.
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Rediscovering_Armenia_Guidebook-_Armenian_Quarter_Of_Jerusalem
In the 1920s, just after the Genocide of 1.5 million Christian Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. There were many Armenian children left without parents, they were slaughtered in front of them and many of the children were given to Kurds to sell or Armenians paid to have Kurds take their children to safety. Some of the children were sold to moslems in Harems, house keepers, etc.,
But many were taken to an orphanage in Jerusalem, where 40 ARmenian orphans started a brass band. The King of Ethiopia made a visit to Jerusalem and was entertained by the orchestra, he was saddened to learn they were orphans without a family.
The King of Ethiopia declared "I will adopt them all and they will be children of Ethiopia"
Armenians prospered in Ethiopia, with a beautiful church, they where business owners and wrote the first national anthym of Ethiopia called "Hail God to thee"
Because of many years of neighboring Moslem countries invading and cutting Ethiopia off economically, many of the educated ARmenians have left the country.
http://www.azad-hye.net/news/viewnews.asp?newsId=100dsz67
PHOTOS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Armenians
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=The_Armenians_of_Ethiopia:_A_Community_of_Survivors
I remember praying for you all last year--So happy to happen upon your blog and see these beautiful healthy kids!!! God bless you guys!
Lyndsay Taylor
(adopted Yemi last spring through AAI)
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