I have arrived in Ethiopia!!!

Wow! Ok! I didn't think this would work here, but I'm going to try it! I have arrived in Ethiopia! I know I have not updated the blog in a while! Life got really crazy! And then I found out about a week and a half before I was originally supposed to leave I did not have a flight. I did some scrambling and weeded through some ridiculously priced flights and found one. I left this past Monday night and arrived in Addis Ababa very early this morning local time! It's been a little crazy and stressful, but I am so glad I am here now!

Internet comes and goes as it pleases so my blog updates will probably be short. I have one HUGE request for you all. PLEASE buy my remaining Ugandan necklaces!! Spread the word!! I had so many donations to take with me I had to pay ridiculously high baggage fees!! Fees that were not the same as to those listed on the airline's website. I cannot even mention the number because I think I might be sick!! Honestly I figured it out based on what the website said and when I got there I was told a completely different price. Thankfully I had the money to put out, but I would so appreciate some help on this. So, please buy a necklace! Tell everyone you know about the necklaces! I think I have about 14 left! It won't cover the baggage fees, but it would make me feel a little better! :) They are $25 a piece and can be purchased on the right side of my blog. Just look for the Ugandan necklace tab and there will be a buy button. Thank you so much!

Please don't get me wrong in this. I am not complaining about bringing all these donations. The price is so worth being able to bring these donations for the children. I just feel very mislead by what the airline's website said as to what the actual baggage fee is. I would pay anything so these children could have these items, but I would just like to be properly informed so I could be prepared. And I was not prepared for this....I was about half prepared for this!

And because it is definitely a miracle!!! ALL 7 of my bags arrived in Addis!!! This is HUGE!!!!! Last time I was here all of my bags did not make it and it took a few days to get them all. So this is definitely an answer to prayer! Thank you all who were praying for my bags! It may seem so trivial to pray for bags, but it was so important for me to have all my bags arrive!

I will update as often as I can depending upon the internet. And hopefully I will be able to post a few pictures here and there. The internet just is so unpredictable you never know what you are going to get day to day...sometimes minute to minute! lol Please keep praying for my trip! I need all the prayers you all can give! Thank you all so much for everything. I appreciate it all so much!! All the prayers, all the donations, and all the financial support!! I would definitely not be sitting in this amazingly beautiful country right now if it was not for all of you! Thank you!! :)