this short post was from a blog from one of Julie's tram - ethiopiateam2011.wordpress.com
We had a long bumpy ride out to Nekemte, VERY bumpy! Nekemte was filled with painting, fixing, enjoying time with babies and loving on the people.
Then on to Gimbie. Gimbie was an experience in God’s grace. A mom got to meet her future children.
God provided several team bonding moments. As well as the awesome opportunity to meet an amazing woman who has been in Gimbie as a missionary for 2 years.
Thank you all for your prayers! WE appreciate them!
It is Awesome that Julie got to meet our children for the first time!
she sent a very short email to me -
The trip is going well. The boys are beautiful! The trip to Gimbie is long and bumpy, but so worth it to see those two boys. I was able to play with both and even able to hold and cuddle both, putting each one to sleep. So precious. They both have great giggles too. So fun. I am going to get kicked off the computer so I will send this then try to send more. I love you all. I am looking forward to seeing you at the end of the week.
on a very cool side note, God's providence was evident in that Julie flew from Knoxville to Ethiopia on the same plane as the medical team from our church that Julianna, Elizabeth and I went with last year. I just saw this post from the Cedar Springs team:
"Went to church today as a group then out to eat for lunch. We ran into Julie Steimer and her group at the restaurant
..Please keep praying, with much thanksgiving ....
-Mark
WOW! so exciting can't wait to meet the "boys"
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