Hello Family and Friends!
We spoke with Dad and Mom this morning! They are doing well and are having a wonderful time with Hanna. Interesting fact: in Addis, they have electricity every other day. So today, they have not had any electricity and it is a little cold.
Yesterday, they did not meet Hanna's grandmother, Modish. They will meet tomorrow morning, our time, at 5:00 a.m. Sorry for the confusion!
They also told us that Hanna is so much like Libby and Carly, and she will fit into our family perfectly. They watched an animated movie last night about Jesus, and Hanna was able to communicate that she knew many Bible stories. She still loves to play with the paper dolls too! Every time they call, Mom and Hanna are playing paper dolls. :) Hanna, like Carly, loves to play card games. She also loves the new clothes they brought her and is so happy for the wig her cousin from Ethiopia, Olivia (Eyerus), sent us to let her wear. She is so thankful for it and wears it all the time and only takes it off to go to bed. Thank you Mrs. Mize and Olivia! Mom and Dad also said that Hanna has been helping the other adoptive families communicate with their little one's.
Mom and Dad also brought all the donations from our church family and friends to the orphanage yesterday with Hanna! They were so thankful and happy for the donations. There was so much to give them, the orphanage workers were still unpacking the bags when Mom, Dad, and Hanna left. Thank you church family and friends for your donations!
Dad and Mom said Hanna is doing very well. She is very sweet and is not afraid to give love to them. She gives Mom and Dad hugs and a kiss before bedtime and when they gave her the choice to sleep in her part of the room of the hotel or near Mom and Dad, she wanted to sleep near them. They did say that she has fought back a few tears, but she realizes this is what is best for her and that her life and future will be so much better in the United States. Again, please pray for tomorrow's meeting with Modish, Hanna's grandmother. Mom and Dad can tell she loves her very much and that she is woried about her.
3 days and seven more hours are left! We are so excited!
Love,
Libby, Matt, Carly, Luke
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Praying for Modish and for Hanna! Such difficult times of joy and loss, suffering and healing. May God be with all of them each step of the way. Modish must be so thankful that Hanna will be well cared for, especially since she may not be well.
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