bringing back pictures

tonight was fun....J and H helped me sort and fasten pictures to colourful cardstock.  pictures of our Ethiopian friends who live in tin shanties across from the Kingdom Vision guesthouse we stayed at in October.  we promised we'd bring them back pictures, perhaps their first ones of themselves.  we grouped several of each individual child, and tomorrow i'll take them to be laminated.  my guess is that the chance of them lasting otherwise is unlikely...Joelle even wrote a note in Amharic (with help from the Internet) to Rikik, the twelve year old she became really close to.  can't wait to see them again and pass on some love from Canada...but honestly, i know it will be a huge letdown when we show up without the girls.  hopefully the keepsake photos will ease that a bit.

oh, almost slipped my mind..................................our travel friend from trip #1 who shared the same court date as us is on a plane right now to Addis from Dubai.  TO PICK UP HER SWEET DAUGHTER!!!!!!  amazing news~ a visa for her in eight days, to be exact.  too early to say if this major accelerated pace will become the "new normal" for the CIC in Nairobi, but for two families it has been a wonderful dream come true.  but it's not like i'm paying attention or anything.  i'm calm, cool and collected, as always.  hardly even aware of the current trends.  weird feeling though, i mean if i were to ponder it thoughtfully, hypothetically speaking only.  cuz i'd probably feel like i was somewhat torn.  between feeling the need to be organzied, presents wrapped, things in order, etc....in case of "the call", yet chillin' out for the long haul and the real possibility of a trip later in February/March....sigh....