Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts

Monday, September 12, 2011

Melkam Addis Amet!

Melkam Addis Amet! 


(Happy Ethiopian New Year!)

Enkutatash is the first day of the New Year in Ethiopia!  This lands on September 12 on our calendar (the Gregorian calendar).  Ethiopia retains the Julian calendar, in which the year is divided into 12 months of 30 days each and a 13th month of 5 days (6 days in leap year).  


The current year according to the Ethiopian calendar is 2004, which began on September 12, 2011 AD of the Gregorian calendar.  Therefore, there is a 7-8 year gap between Ethiopian and US calendars.


Yes, they are celebrating the New Year of 2004 today!!!!!


HAPPY NEW YEAR, DEAR SON!!!!  

May this new year bring you much health, happiness, love, provision, and blessings in abundance.......including coming HOME and FOREVER being with YOUR FAMILY!!!!!  We LOVE you so SO much more than you could ever know!!!!  We pray for you daily and cannot WAIT to have you in our arms once again!!!!!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!



We are so grateful for this past year! Blessed beyond measure, we are. Beyond measure.

We are thankful for Jeff's healing from his ski injury in January. We are awed by God's loving guidance toward this adoption of our little one(s) in February. And for His profound protection every step of the way, since.

We enjoyed celebrating our precious three years of marriage together in June. Our various trips to see family blessed us in July and October. The love and support of our family and friends on this journey to parenthood has been overwhelming. But even greater still............

This year's journey to our children has provided us ample opportunities to be reminded ~ in both BIG and small ways ~ of God's immense LOVE. For us. And for our children. His passion and ability to fulfill the desires of our hearts.

God is watching over ALL of us. His desire is to bless us in abundance. His desire is for us to know Him intimately. We are thankful for the ways in which we have come to know Him better over this past year. We are thankful for His blessings. And His love.

May He continue to watch over our children ~ and yours. And all those children waiting to be joined with their FOREVER family. We are excited to watch as He orchestrates our lives. And yours!