On his Way....

It's still a little surreal and sometimes we have to pinch ourselves to make sure it is real-but yes Dave left yesterday (Friday) for Ethiopia to get Danny and Yordanos!! He is in flight as I write this-he will arrive in Dubai this morning (night there-about an 8 hour time difference) and stay overnight in a hotel and then leave in the morning (our night) for Ethiopia. Travel is a bear-the flight is about 14 hours to Dubai and 4 hours to Ethiopia-but it is all worth it!!

Along with all of the required paperwork and embassy visit, he has a lot planned while in Ethiopia. He is taking all of the kids from Bethel Orphanage (about 17 kids) on a Lake trip-should be a blast for all of them! He is also going to be able to meet with Alex and Joseph's family as well as Danny and Yordanos' families so it will be such an amazing experience! This will probably be our last trip to Ethiopia for a while so we made a LONG list of stuff to bring home-can't wait for Ethiopian coffee and spices!! Luckily, we have two wonderful gentlemen who we keep in close contact with in Ethiopia who will be joining him and helping him out a lot on the trip so he won't be solo all the time!

The boys are doing well-of course they miss their dad, but they are really excited about Yordanos and Danny coming! They are counting down the days!!

Please keep Dave and the kids in your thoughts and prayers! Hopefully I can give some updates on his trip-communication is not always easy there and they are entering rainy season so all depends on power and Internet outages!!

Here are a few recent pics of the boys!  I had to post the one with Alex in a tie-he wanted to dress just like his dad one day-didn't last long-he took the tie and shirt off before he even got to school! 
 
The Slover Family...of 6!!