By the end of the first few hours, she stopped playing a game with us and kind of went to the side and sat. Jonathan noticed she began to cry softly. We went and sat close to her and I said, “come sit on mommy’s lap” with gestures, to which she quickly responded and sat quietly for at least 30 minutes. We never did figure out what made her sad, but we thank God she felt comfortable coming to us when it did! Hopefully this was a good bonding experience, as we snuggled together.
We then had to leave for lunch but came back for another few hours. This time we got out the blanket and sat together – we colored, we played with play-doh, and we worked on a puzzle. She also discovered our umbrella and played with that for quite some time : )
It was a really nice afternoon of laughing and
smiling together. We also told her colors of crayons and she would repeat them,
but also counted groups of crayons that were similar colors. She, on her own,
said “1 – 2 – 3” when counting a group on her own. We learned that they do
offer some schooling at the transition home and she seems to have been paying
attention : )
Also, on her own at one point this afternoon,
she referred to us as “mommy” and “daddy” for the first time – what a
blessing!!!
We left around 4:30 with plans to return on
Thursday. Please pray for our little girl as she does not see us the next 2
days (but sees other families). This, of course, may be confusing to her and we
look forward to seeing her again in a couple of days!
For us, we have our court appointment tomorrow
morning (please pray!) and then we travel up north to visit an orphanage. We
will return to Addis on Wednesday evening.
We will continue to keep you posted as much as
able, but we are unsure of the accommodations in the other city, so we may or
may not have internet access.
Thanks for all the continued support and prayers
: )
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