On Friday, Lucas and I attended a session provided by our adoption agency about traveling to Ethiopia. Of course, we are still many months away (we are guesstimating about 6) from actually travelling, but our agency invited all families who were waiting for matches. We learned a lot from a few couples who have just completed their first trip (remember, there are 2 trips we all must take before we can bring kids home). They had a lot of great information about visiting the orphanages, seeing the kids and their living conditions, where to stay, what to eat, and a little bit of what to expect. We saw pictures and learned a little more about how things are done in Ethiopian orphanages. It made it much more real for both of us. Please feel free to ask us about it, as I'm not sure I'll get to write it all here.
We met new people (couples and single moms), had wine, and ate great catered Ethiopian food from Abyssinia restaurant. We also got to spend some time with a few friends we had met at the first adoption training, and another couple we had met at the Ethiopian cooking class we took back in March. It is so comforting to know we aren't in this alone and we're developing a local support system of friends who are also adopting from Africa.
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