All is well

We had a nice day so far visiting an old church and old palace (1800's) on Entoto mountain.   You can view they entire city from the top of the mountain on a clear day.  Today wasn't very clear but still a great view.  Last time we came the city really cleared up on Sunday b/c most of the commerce was down from church.  It seems a bit worse this trip but perhaps it is just the wind.  

Oscar and Bryce are a bit on sensory overload and are hopefully napping right now with Emily at the guest house.  We had a wonderful traditional Ethiopian lunch.  A lady was preparing for afternoon coffee.  Roasting green coffee beans, grinding them, brewing fresh espresso.  Our lunch began with a handwashing, we ate lamb, dried beef and lentils (shiro).  The lentils were a huge favorite with the boys.  

We have had to coach the boys a bit on how touchy the culture is with kids.  All the adults that we talk to (guides, housekeepers) give the boys huge hugs and spill over with love towards children.  Men/Women both share the same kind of sheer joy for children.   In all the attachment books and such that we have read, I can only imagine that this cultural detail gives even orphaned children a huge boost in the first few years of their life no matter what the conditions are.  

The Addis Flower (new flower) Guest House is wonderful and I am very happy we went this route rather than the Hilton.  It makes the experience more genuine and we will be meeting some need friends that are also in the process of adopting.  

Coffee with Belay this afternoon to plan out the week.  I think we will do the Kolfe feast on Tuesday.  There are about 300 boys that we will be buying a feast for (meat, banannas, coke, injera).  

Tomorrow will also be a big day as we will meet our little one for the first time.  Very exciting.

All for now.     

-Scott

AHH MAH SAY GANALLOW = Thank you.