Passports

Today we have been working on getting Rwandan passports for all our kids to travel home (they get their U.S. passport after we do re-adoption in the States). Normally, the passport office requires 5-10 days to process a passport, but because we didn’t get our travel document from MIGEPROF until yesterday, that timeline is impossible. We all wrote letters asking for the passports to be expedited, but it really is up to them if they want to accommodate us or not. We have to be in Addis Ababa for our visa appointments on Wednesday since our agency only gets appointments every other week on Wed. Needless to say, we were all praying they would be favorable to us (Kara was working on the tears if they needed more convincing!  ). After we explained, the lovely woman at the passport office told us to come back tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. Nyanja said that is the time that they give out passports. Though we weren’t guaranteed anything, we are all very happy that we’ll most likely get passports tomorrow.

We are discovering more and more of Moses’ personality! What a character! He is a very, very busy boy and loves to drum, sing, dance, and play with cars. We’re having to lay down some boundaries already and that makes him unhappy (like, you can’t hit your friends with a toy! What a bummer!), but for the most part he is an entertaining, sweet, and silly little boy. His favorite word is “Doh!”, which means “look” in Kinyarwandan. He points and says that a lot. He is saying mama and dada, mostly in the right context. We can’t wait for you all to meet him!

P.S. Happy 93rd birthday to Grandma Great Limmer! We love you and hope you have a very special day!