Prayer requests for our trip!

We just thought it would be easier to let you all know what our schedule will be while we are in Ethiopia so you can pray specifically for us!!

Wednesday March 16 ~ We will be flying out of Omaha at 1:30ish for our first flight!! We will be arriving in Ethiopia at approx. our time on Thursday at 1:30 in the afternoon!! So please pray for great flights with NO delays and also for endurance as these flights are quite long!!

Friday ~ We will have orientation in the morning and the whole afternoon we will be able to spend with Kendra at the Care Center playing and talking to her nannies to learn her schedule!!

Saturday ~ We will be leaving Addis and going to Durame where Kendra's family is from! We will be able to see the country, where she was brought into care also have the privilege of meeting her birth family!! This is going to be a very emotional trip! So please pray that the visit will be able to happen. That we will have the strength, courage to go thru this!! This is a wonderful blessing to have the opportunity to meet her birth family!!

Sunday ~ We will be heading back to Addis (this is about a 5 hr trip)!! We will be going back to the Care Center for a farewell ceremony! This is going to once again be an emotional time as the nannies and children that Kendra has lived with for approx 6 months will have to say their good byes. At this time we will have custody of Kendra for the rest of our stay in Ethiopia! So please pray that the attachment will go well. That she will also attach to her daddy!!! (as they have said that she doesn't really care for men!!)

Monday ~ This is the day for our Visa Interview with the Embassy! Pray that this all goes smoothly and that we will get her Visa that is needed for her to leave the country! From this time until Thursday evening we will be spending our time at the Care Center as we are not able to take Kendra out and go site seeing! So please pray once again that the attachment is going well and that she will adjust to us being her Mom and Dad!

Thursday ~ At midnight Ethiopian time (3:00 Iowa time) we will be heading out on our journey to return home! Please pray once again that the flights will go smoothly and that Kendra will do well on the flights back!

Once again we would like to thank you all for praying for us on this amazing journey that God has set us on!! We are so glad we stepped out in Faith and listened to Him! We are excited to be home as a family of 6!!!