On our way!

We are on our way to pick up our precious boy! The morning began with a 4:15 am wakeup call. We then navigated our way through the check-in at United Airlines with a little help- the kiosk would not let us check-in without checking in our infant too :). Had to explain why we didn't have the infant with us... yet. Settled in for some breakfast after a quick trip through security and while we were eating Mark sais "Honey, I think that is Ray Pritchard over there." Ray is a pastor who resides in the south. We ministered alongside him in Cannon Beach, Oregon three years ago and have followed his ministry since. He is undoubtedly one of the most encouraging people I have ever been around. I knew from Facebook that Ray was in Washington this week (at Cedar Springs- the same place Mark officiated a wedding at earlier this month) and told Mark it had to be him. Mark ran to him and we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast together. What a divine appointment! After breakfast we boarded the plane and enjoyed a 5 hour flight (that went by surprisingly fast) to Washington-Dulle Int'l Airport. We are in the middle of our five hour layover before we begin the 16 hour flight to Addis Ababa.
Hoping to post from Ethiopia- we'll see!