And Away We Go

Tonight was our last night as a family of 4 and tomorrow we are headed to Ethiopia and we just cannot believe this day is here.  Our flight departs from Nashville at 1:30pm and we arrive in Addis Ababa on Thursday night at 8:45.  The nerves are officially setting in so please say a little prayer for safe travels, that Sol will bond quickly with us and that Harper and Hud have a total blast while we are away.  Some great news to report is that we have officially Pitter Pattered and fundraised our way through this adoption.  It’s official every last dime of our adoption is paid for in cash.  What an amazing feeling that is.  God is SO SO good and we know He deserves all the praise.  And a big thank you to everyone who has placed an order, bought a ticket or just donated in anyway period.  We are SO SO grateful.  We also had a family call us and tell us they wanted to pay for our plane tickets, but wanted to remain anonymous.  How AMAZING is that.  I gladly accepted and I must say what a family this is…especially that they want to remain anonymous.  That takes quite a person to just want to give with wanting nothing in return.  We are extremely grateful.  Lastly a huge thank you to our family.  You’re the best and we love you tons.  And in the category of family, I have to mention the relentless love and support from my mom and dad.  They have made it their personal mission to help bring Sol home and they have done it with a vengeance.  They have donated like nobody’s business and never want a thing in return.  They give because they love us and they love Sol and it’s just that simple.  I know that without them I would not be saying that financially this adoption is sealed and done with.  They have given just that much and worked relentlessly on fundraisers to bring in as many donations as possible.  You both have out done yourselves in every category of giving.  Sol will hear of this amazing love you have shown him.  Thanks you from the bottom of my heart.

We cannot wait for everyone to meet Sol.  We will be landing in Nashville next Friday afternoon and are so excited to have our family of 5 all together.  I will try to update my site while in Ethiopia…hopefully the connection will be good.  Oh and check out the necklace my dad gave me the other day.  It’s the shape of Ethiopia cut out of a Tennessee quarter.  I love it.  Thanks dad.  So thank you again and Solomon James Altaseb we’re on our way.