Each New Day

Wasn’t Chelsea’s blog entry awesome! Her heart never ceases to amaze me. The process of adoption has already been an interesting adventure for us.


Today Chelsea and I were trying to imagine what our plane ride will be like to get our child. Anyone who knows Chelsea knows she doesn’t exactly travel well. By that, I mean she gets motion sick. While this is not a commercial for Dramamine, I think we’ll be purchasing some, because I’ve seen it work! We were joking that she’d probably better take the non non-drowsy kind! That way she’ll be out for the longest part of our flight. Personally, when I fly, I never get sick. On the other hand, I can’t seem to sleep. Airplanes are the only place where I just can’t seem to relax enough to fall asleep (for long periods of time 1hr. +). So, I guess what I’m saying is that I may need a few suggestions on how to relax and rest on the very long flights we’ll be taking – I can just imagine being awake for most of the flights and our connections, and then being a total crab once we finally reach Ethiopia. In many ways this has seemed like Christmas to me (the excitement and anxiety of it all), or even starting a new job. The emotions are absolutely crazy that we seem to feel. I’m assuming that’s typical of any new parent to be…

Anyway, Chelsea has traveled overseas before, and I haven’t. I have been to Mexico several times and she has been to Braz(s)il where her aunt and uncle are missionaries. So I would guess the longest flight I’ve been on is either to Portland, OR or Albany, NY - never had to worry about jet lag before. I’ve never had to worry about flying with an infant either! Lot’s of new things for us on the horizon.

I think Chelsea answers and has answered the adoption questions very well. It is amazing to me that people can’t see the importance of the orphans worldwide. This is one problem where individual families can actually make a difference. Imagine if only one family from every two thousand people who lived above the poverty line across the world would choose to adopt a child. How much difference would there be in the number of orphans? Adopting children not only provides great joy to the parents that adopt them, but also gives the children forever homes. If you have ever experienced inconsistent lifestyles, if you have ever not known where food was going to come from, or had to wonder why you didn’t have parents like everyone else – you might be able to understand on some scale what these children endure – through no fault of their own. We are so pleased and excited to be in the position that we have the opportunity to add a child to our family. It is our prayer that those who are able will also consider the great joy of adding to their families through adoption.