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Wow! What a blessing and HUGE gift the Logue family gave us this week! They picked up their sweet little guy last week and delivered a package for us to Teshale. They sent us almost 20 pictures that we are treasuring! It also looks like they spent a good little bit of time with him and helped make sure that our letter we sent was translated to him. Even though his first language is Sidamo and the transition home staff speaks Amharic, they say he is picking up the language quickly and they feel like he was able to understand the letter pretty well. This was really important to us as we really wanted him to understand that we are trying to get to him as soon as the Ethiopian government will let us. With the delays we have experienced, we don't want Teshale to think we aren't coming! It sounds like he was very happy to get the letter and small gifts. We are so thankful for all of the families who have been so willing to take packages for us. It means the world to us and hopefully communicates a little bit of our heart to our little buddy!

Noah made it to his camp this week and although the first day was lots of thunder and rain, he said it was better than he had expected. What a blessing for me to have the week to get some things done and know he is in good hands and having a blast with some of his dearest friends. His favorite parts were the "100 ft drop water slide and riding the bus (we don't get him out much - smile!)