Hello blog! Hopefully we will become good friends in the next few months :)
A few hours from now, I will be leaving the comfort of my sweet friend Carey's house, and heading to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia! Deanna and I will be there for 3 months working in an orphanage called Strong Hearts Ethiopia. I can't wait to snuggle and kiss all those little babies!!
Deanna and I have been preparing for this for a year now! We even unknowingly have the exact same pair of shoes, and matching hats! Neither of us even wear hats! We (mostly me) had to do a lot of rearranging of our suitcases to make them under the 44lb limit of Turkish Air.
Her parents are taking us to chipolte for dinner, so we can have our favorite last American meal. After that... It's all African from here! Unless we decide to get a snack in Istanbul. Which would be pretty sweet. 11 hours from Chicago to Istanbul, then 5 hours to Ethiopia. Good times are coming, I can already tell.
Ok, I think I am going to use the bathroom again, since toilet paper is such a luxury here, and I know it will be extremely missed. I will update as soon as I can from ETHIOPIA!!!!
Toilet paper, that's right.m I guess you better get used to ummmm paper bags!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. Stay away from the hot sauce tonight.
Luv ya!
Cant wait to hear more! Love you!
ReplyDeleteKendra and Denise,
ReplyDeleteYou will be in our families prayers.
Enjoy your time there. You are going to LOVE the Ethiopian people, culture and WEATHER!
(It is really cold here, and I bet it was REALLY cold in Chicago!)
Thanks so much for taking time to see us before you headed out!
Love you!
Julie