Just a quick post to say that tomorrow, Anne and I head for Ethiopia to meet and bring home our children Yemeserach and Abenezer. As always, your prayers are treasured. Not sure if I'll be able to post while we're away, I’ll try.

Thank you all for your continual support and encouragement! It's hard to believe this time has finally come. We love you all and can't wait to introduce you to these two beautiful children. Until then, may God bless you.

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I just wanted to write down a few thoughts. Perhaps this is a bit premature, but it seems that we’ll be leaving for Ethiopia in nine days, on Nov 28th, provided everything comes together with flights and all. This really has been an amazing journey for our family and we simply can’t believe that it’s about to finally culminate with this much anticipated union.

Over the past months, since June, we have been graced with so many photos, videos and comments about our children from families who traveled to Ethiopia. The descriptions of our children were amazingly consistent. Abe is a ham who likes to run. Yemi is sweet, and a care-giver. Both are affectionate and energetic. In a sense, we have been able to bond with our children as we studied their photos in detail. I recall their first “in processing” photo. They looked somewhat scared. As we received more photos, we could see them interacting with other children, happier and healthier. This was so relieving to us. I literally spent hours analyzing their photos, wondering what they were doing. We sent them each a small photo album of our family here; I often wonder if they also stare at our pictures and wonder about us.

We are so grateful to those families who spent time with our children, loved on them and took pictures for us. We are sorry that we were not able to share these photos online sooner. Just recently, we learned that the orphanage has now allowed us to share these photos with you. We have put together this slide shown containing only a few of the many images we received of Yemi and Abe. We hope these images bless you as they have blessed us these past months.

 

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Just a quick update.

Today was great! Anne, the kids and I went to Denver to visit with the couple who run the orphanage (Sele Enat) where our children are now living. This was an event hosted by our Agency and many other families were there, many with children they’ve brought home and others who are still waiting. We were touched by the love this husband and wife have for these children. It was clearly evident by the joy in their eyes when they saw, hugged and kissed the children who once lived under their care and are now living with their forever families. We cannot wait to meet them again in Ethiopia!

On that note, it is very likely that we may be leaving in two weeks to get Yemi and Abe! We are just waiting on official word that everything is in order. We are asking for your prayers that all flights will come together for everyone involved, for the transition in our family, and for our children here and in Ethiopia.

Blessings!

-- Pachecos

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