Thomas with our care package

Thomas with our care package

Leaving Dulles for Ethiopia

Leaving Dulles for Ethiopia
Family minus Thomas

Departing Dulles airport

Departing Dulles airport
Saying "goodbye"

Meeting Thomas for the first time

Meeting Thomas for the first time

Patti with Thomas for first time

Patti with Thomas for first time

Steve with Thomas

Steve with Thomas

Orphanage

Orphanage

kids at the orphanage

kids at the orphanage

30" plus of snow

30" plus of snow
The path up to our house

Coming home with Thomas!

Coming home with Thomas!
Too much snow

Sunday, January 31, 2010

We arrived safely

Hi Everyone,

We arrived in Addis Ababa safely on Sunday evening (Sunday afternoon your time). The trip was uneventful other than being delayed an hour or two due to the snow in Virginia. The flight was not full so we were able to use a few extra seats which is always nice. We are at the guesthouse now and will try to get some sleep even though our bodies are in another time zone. We are tired. Tomorrow we work on paperwork and visit with Thomas for a little while in the afternoon. We will try to post again tomorrow. Thanks for your prayers for a safe flight.

Steve and Patti

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Country Information

Addis Ababa is UTC plus 3 hours....so 8 hrs. ahead of Eastern time. The currency in Ethiopia is the "Birr". $1.00 = 12.9 Birr

Ethiopian Airlines

We are leaving Saturday evening at 2030 (1/30) on Ethiopian Airlines flight #501. We arrive in Addis Ababa at 1930 Sunday evening (1/31). No jokes about Ethiopian Airlines please, unless you are going to be praying for us.