Update on Sibling of 4...and my visit to HH!!

Well, i'm going to attempt to bust out a post in about one minute FLAT!! :) That's about ALL the time i have these days...It's something about being gone a week...arriving to the Christmas Holiday in full swing...two out of five of my littles are down with fever (nice welcome home for me :) AND...I'm dragging all my littles around town as I gather some "certain" paper work....Stay tuned...I'll be making our BIG ANNOUNCEMENT SOON...Maybe it would make a good New Year's Day Post...Hmmmmmm...we'll see!! :)

** I also wanted to take this minute and thank you from the bottom of my heart for advocating for the sibling group of 4 that were in my last post!! I've heard of a few different serious inquiries...but for various reasons...nothing has worked out for them yet...so....KEEP PRAYING!! I did my post, my sister, kelly, did her post on her OH blog, and she also blasted out her "speak up" emails to advocate for them too....I've heard of LOTS of folks passing all this forward...so I TRUST and KNOW that God will make it land in the correct hands and heart!!! Praying until they are HOME!! :)

***I also wanted to tell you about my visit back to LLM's orphanage Hannah's Hope!! Oh, it is SOOOO nice!! Hannah's Hope has actually moved buildings since LL was there...so I took this rare chance of being in ET to go and visit and see the new HH:
Oh, I loved being back. Even though it is in a new building, the director, Almaz, is the same...and so are most of the nannies!! I saw ALL of LL's old nannies and got to share her pics too:It was wonderful talking with Almaz again...She is a wonderful person doing an amazing job!! She'll laugh at me telling this story...but...while we were there, she ran her finger along the wooden banister upstairs and discovered "dust"...she called to one of her workers to make sure it GOT CLEANED RIGHT AWAY!! She made us take off our shoes before entering and we had to disinfect our hands BEFORE ever touching a child!! Things run very smoothly there and it is all because of her hard work... So...if you are one of my AGCI peeps...rest in knowing that your kiddos are in GREAT hands...I witnessed them being pampered like always: oil massages while out in the sun, nannies rushing to babies cause no one is ever allowed to be left crying, babies and children being fed everywhere..and lots of love and kisses being given on EACH child!! It's a breath of fresh air in Ethiopia!!

Also, Almaz told me about TWO sets of waiting children they have right now...One is THIS precious 7 year old girl with HIV:

She might have been the cutest, sweetest little thing EVER!! I can not show her face since she is NOT YET adopted...but you can email or call someone at AGCI to get more info on her if interested!! She looked more like a 6 yr. old to me..but Almaz says she's too smart..she must be more like 7!! Trust me...she is a doll!! Even Almaz loved all over her and talked about HOW MUCH SHE'LL miss her when she is gone!! She never quit smiling and looked adorable in my LL's hair bows...did yall notice that I spread LL's hair bows all over Ethiopia...we had enough to go round!! :)
Well, i've had to walk away from this post at least half a dozen times to tend to littles...so gotta rap this up...I also wanted to tell yall about the brothers we met and played wth at HH too...Two adorable brothers..ages 8 and 4!! They are healthy and on target for their age. My sister kelly got tons of pics of them...but I wasn't taking pics while I was there...so, also call AGCI if you are interested in learning more about the "brothers". They had reserved, sweet personalities and big brother was very protective and caring of little brother. They'd make a wonderful addition to anyone's family!! :)

**Gotta run... Thanks again for spreading the word and advocating for these children.....together I know we can make a difference!!

*Happy Thursday to you all, kj