Thursday's Text

(There was no text on Wednesday) "Sorry I fell aspleep last night. K (Olivia Kefelech) slept better and so did we. Starting to see more of thier personalities and talking. They are so good and such a joy always."

Tuesday's Text

"Day 2- Mamush: can tie his shoes, trace most of the alphabet correctly, get dressed, say the alphabet, fold his clothes, match sets for go-fish, smiles a lot. Kefelech: helpful, made the bed, get dressed, loves to draw and copy brother, 1st real laugh, tiny and talks, can write about half the alphabet correctly, cute. They called us Mommy and Daddy today, looked for us when time to go, are restless wiggling sleepers, eat well, talking more, and are absolutely wonderful! LOVE"

Monday's Text

"Today was amazing and so tiring. The kids are absolutely wonderful! K (Olivia Kefelech) doesn't like onions and is so smart. M (Zachariah Mamush) is ticklish and got car sick."

1 day down, only about 4745 days till they are 18 years old

I am just kidding, right now we are really enjoying this time with Mamush and Kefelech. It was the most exciting day in my life next to our wedding day! Just FYI, Internet connection will be intermittent so we may or may not be able to post regularly.

So Children's Hope International (CHI) picked us up at Melkham House around 9:30 am local time and it was about 15min driving to reach House of Hope (HOH) and then we were shown into a room on the second floor with couches, chairs and what not, basically the equivalent of the torturous hospital waiting room, 10 min later one of the nannies walked in with the kids. Neither one of them knew who to look for ( we found out later the photo book, stuffed animal, and toy caddies made for them never arrived so they have never seen us until today. ), once they were pointed in the right direction it was hugs and picture taking city. I wish I could write more however time is limited. Overall it was the awesomest day ever, life is good when you are thirty years old and it is OK to play with the big wheels!

P.S. Ethiopia is 3+hrs ahead of greenwitch time, 10+hrs ahead of Utah.

The latest from Raylene and Patrick

Hey everyone... This is Shiloa (Raylene's sister) The happy parents asked me to post the texts and emails they send to us here on their blog so that everyone can enjoy this week with them. Just so you all know, Ethiopia is 10 hours ahead.

On Saturday morning (Saturday at 9:00 p.m. for them) we received an email that they were at the guest house (where they will be staying). The trip was long but they arrived with no problems. I also got this text from Raylene, "We are 10 hours ahead. All is great. Can't wait to see it in daylight. We should get a bit of sleep. I sent a message to Mom. Saw a fruit stand. Love it so far."

Yesterday (Sunday) we received a text as well... "Today we were just lazy. Slept well, ate pizza at Green View. Loved hot shower. Nervous & excited about tomorrow, seems surreal. Patrick's phone not working. Love"

Then later that evening my mother got this email... "We just got the Internet to work! I wanted to write a quick note to say hello. Everything is going well and we will see the kids in less than 12 hours! This is so exciting and wonderful and completely nerve racking at the same time. Hope that the cats aren't giving you too much trouble - thanks so much for all that everyone has done to help and support us in getting here. This is truly amazing. I will try to write again tomorrow when I hope to have so much more to tell. Take care, I am going to bed now!
~ Raylene Miller, mommy to 2 :0)"

By now they are with their children... Hooray!!!!

I'll try to keep their blog updated. ~Shiloa