Leavin' on a Jet Plane

The Power of Prayer! It works (now duh!)

We got our travel call yesterday morning. We are so, so excited to finally be going. We are leaving next Thursday...one week. yesterday I spent a lot of time on the phone with travel agents and airlines to find tickets. First we were going for price, then ease of return flights and then it was, "Ok, what can we actually get?". After 55 minutes on the phone with Delta (the second time-I won't go into the first time) we actually got pretty decent flights and the price was rockin'.
Doug and I leave on Thursday the 20th at 7:50pm. We fly to Amsterdam and then have a 24 hour layover. We fly from Amersterdam the following night to Addis, Ethiopia. So we actually arrive in Ethiopia the late night of the the 22nd. My guess is we will meet our daughter on Monday. Our embassy date is the 25th and then we can pick up her Visa on the 27th. We will fly out on the night of the 27th and arrive home on Friday, May 28th around noon. It's a fast trip, but our main focus is to get Emma. Site seeing will come on a later trip.

We ask for continued prayers for our children left at home, safe travels, and of course for Emma. Who is leaving a life of knowns to come to a big world of unknowns. How scared she is going to feel can not be put into words.

I will be posting more the next week with more information on where we are staying and a better iternary schedule. My friend has graciously agreed to keep up the blog while we are Ethiopia. The internet connection is very sketchy at times so having one point of contact is the best.

I can't believe we are really going!?!?!?!!