After being disappointed that no letter was in my stack of vacation mail, I received one with today's delivery! Yay!!!
From Ashenafi:
22/10/2002 (June 29, 2010)
Dear Dan & Julie
How do you do? I am doing well. Praise be to God.
(Parents & 3 siblings names.. hard to read.)
Best game: Soccer
Best food: Chicken stew
Best pet: dog
Color: white
Holiday: Easter
I live in a town called Debre Zeit which is 47km from Addis Ababa. There are around 7 lakes and mountains. The weather is nice. When I grow up I'd like to be an accountant.
I am so thankful for your willingness to be my sponsor. Where do you live? I would like to have your picture. How many children do you have? I live with my family. I am 2nd year accounting college student.
How about your weather? Are your children students or workers?
Pray for me to be successful in my education and __?__ to have driving license. Pray that God may help me.
** There are a couple parts I'm confused about. The translator wrote 3 of the same sentences twice. I hope that she didn't miss anything by doing that. His letter seemed longer than that unless he did in fact rewrite things. Regardless I received a beautiful letter from him. I just love him to pieces!
Chronicles of our family as we researched adoption and our eyes were open to the needs of the children in Africa.
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