T-shirts!!

I am so pleased to announce that we have finally received our Simply Love T-shirt's! The shirt's have been counted and sorted and will be on their way to you no later than Monday.  We know it is not nearly as exciting as movement on the wait list, but still exciting because you will all be sporting our cause on your backs.  Hopefully the shirts will give you great opportunity's to tell others about the orphans in Ethiopia and remind you to pray for our orphan as we seek to bring them home. 
Don't forget, there are a few extra shirts still available in Design B if any of you latecomers are interested! And thank you again to everyone who donated via a T-shirt, we know you will wear them as proudly as we will.  :-)

Finally something!

I had resigned myself to having nothing fun to post, but then was pleasantly surprised yesterday that there was finally some movement on the waiting list.  A little 4mo old girl has found a home, which is wonderful news and even though it does not really change things on our wait, I was excited to have something to post.  But as I sat down to right this an email arrived letting us know that an infant boy has also found a home!  So after two weeks of nothing, we get two days of something.  Here's to hoping for three days of something!
Or new numbers are...
Baby Girl - #45
Baby Boy- #23
Toddler Girl - #10
Sibling Group - #15

Ethiopian Basics 103...

Ugghhh... it has been slow moving the past couple of weeks! As I mentioned before, we were very spoiled with all the movement on the lists and have now come to expect it. Well, in an attempt to distract myself, I am posting another short "lesson" on Ethiopia and its culture. Enjoy!

Ethiopian Basics 103

Tomorrow is the Ethiopian New Year (Enkutatash)!

Ethiopia still retains the Julian calendar, in which the year is divided into 12 months of 30 days each and a 13th month of 5 days and 6 days in leap year. The Ethiopian calendar is 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar from January to September and 7 years behind between September 11 and January 8.

Enkutatash means the "gift of jewels". When the famous Queen of Sheba returned from her expensive jaunt to visit King Solomon in Jerusalem, her chiefs welcomed her bolts by replenishing her treasury with inku or jewels. The spring festival has been celebrated since this early times and as the rains come to their abrupt end, dancing and singing can be heard at every village in the green countryside.

But Enkutatash is not exclusively a religious holiday. Today's Enkutatash is also the season for exchanging formal new year greetings and cards among the urban sophisticated - in lieu or the traditional bouquet of flowers.
(information taken from www.tourismethiopia.org)

Better late than never...

So due to Addie's Birthday, Brandon's work schedule and Addie now battling a stomach bug, I am a little late in posting this news, but we did move up in a couple of categories last week. I am hopeful that we will see more movement this week, but we are always hopeful for that!

Baby Girl - #46
Baby Boy- #24
Toddler Girl - #11
Sibling Group - #15