First Day in Ethiopia

We arrived around 4am, Monday, April 19th. We then went to bed and slept until 10am. Pochi was called and came with Tamirat right away. Tamirat was a bit shy and very near tears when it was time for Pochi to leave. The boys found a soccer ball and Tamirat was completely comfortable with Seth and Alex in no time. He clicked with them and everything was very easy after that.

Meseret was with Pochi so they sat on the couch at the Guest House and played with the electronic games we brought. Electronic learning games are a great idea for donations!



Here is Seth putting on a pair of the new shoes we bought Tamirat. They were too big so we sent them off to the orphanage.



Here are the boys playing soccer:



This was his first night with us. We had brought DVD's to donate so they put a movie in the computer and watched The Lion King.



Seth has done an amazing job bonding with Tamirat! Seth communicates so easily with him even though they don't speak the same language. Seth can get Tamirat to try most foods. Tamirat only likes pizza because of Seth's encouragement. Pochi had told me that Tamirat does not like pizza. He does not like cheese.



Our first day went very well together. Seth and Alex immediately loved him. (Bill and I did too.) We were both very glad to have had Seth and Alex come along. I think it would have been much harder without them.