Dimples, watermelon and answered prayers...

We got to talk to our new friends the Slovers, last Sunday. They got back in from Ethiopia on Saturday night and were FULL of information and had TONS of new pics of our girls! Someday (hopefully soon!) I will be able to post all of the beautiful pictures they took. Here are some of the highlights of our conversation:

On their first visit they went out to the orphanage with the nurse who is handling all of the kids paperwork. She speaks fluent English and was able to translate for them.

All of the kids were "so well behaved" and adorable. Lisa said that M. was always laughing and smiling and she was funny. The pictures really show that too! She has dimples to die for!!

G. was a little more reserved and shy. It took her some time to warm up, but once she did she was fine. There are some pictures of her blowing up a big pink balloon and playing with it. She is smiling from ear to ear. There are also two pictures of her waving to us and blowing us kisses!

They "go to school" everyday, in another room and wear "uniforms".
The kids can speak very little English, know their ABC's, can count from 1-10, know some basic sight words, and some basic math. They have 2 teachers and Lisa said that out of the 3 orphanages they visited the kids at Bethel seemed to speak the most English.

The kids pray a few times a day and are very spiritual. The kids were so excited to see that the Slovers brought them all shoes,because they had been praying for shoes!

Their second trip back to the orphanage, Lisa and her husband brought fruit and snacks. She said our G. and her boy could not get enough of the watermelon. None of the kids had eaten it before and they were fascinated by it!

The best- best- best information she gave us was that the girls have our photo albums and sleep with them in their beds! They were able to point out all of us in the pictures, and talked about Grace and Jack! They also know they are being adopted.

Lisa also was able to measure them and get their height and shoe sizes. They are tiny little things- it's nice to have an idea of what size they will wear. I already picked up a few things!

All this information was a joy to receive, yet makes us even more eager to see their smiling faces in person. We long to hug them and meet all the children in the orphanage. That will be a wonderful day.