The Ball

Mahi was in an orphanage for 6 months before her court date and then she was moved to a care center that is ran by our adoption agency. That is where we picked her up. While we were in Ethiopia we went to Mahelet's original orphanage. As we were sitting in the director's office visiting with him about the orphanage I noticed something from the corner of my eye. In a sack were some old balls. On top was the old rugged soccer ball that Mahelet was holding in these pictures. Mahi's Uncle Duke donated some wonderful new balls to her orphanage so her sweet Daddy politely asked the director if we could trade these brand new balls for the one old soccer ball that no longer holds air. "No problem" he said. So to mark that 6 months of our daughters life she has a wonderful old soccer ball. The love she was given there by the precious nannies will forever be in her heart and ours, too.

We have so much to tell you...

We are back, have our precious daughter and had the trip of a lifetime!! We will have to break our trip up into many blog entries because we want to tell you all about it! Every single thing about the entire week was simply amazing! The best of all was getting our sweet Mahelet! Her nannies call her Mahi so that is what we are calling her now. We will break down our first week with her during our blog entries but we don't want to leave you hangin' any more! She is just AMAZING!! She is the cutest little things you've ever seen. She has a new nickname that Daddy gave her...Peanut! And a peanut she is. She is 10 inches shorter than Ella but you would never know it by her spunky attitude. She is adjusting better than we could have dreamed of. The only problem is her sleeping pattern. She did great while we were in Africa but since we've been home she is awake several times a night. That's one reason it is taking me so long to blog...I'm tired! But I am NOT complaining. God has been amazing to us in this journey and we are forever thankful.
A few things about her...
Mahi loves to give kisses. She will just grab your face and pull you close and give you a big kiss with her angel lips.
She has a wonderful big sister who loves her and is so patient with her.
She has pretty hair, gorgeous lips, eyes you can read like a book and a sweet, sweet laugh.
She can count to 10 in Amharic (her native language).
She is all Ehtiopian...everytime she plays with a toy car or train she says "beep, beep!"

Thank you and Mahelet seeing a picture of us for the first time

We wanted to let you all know that the response for the supplies and donations for Mahelet's orphanage have been tremendous! Thank you all so much and we can't wait to be the deliverer of these great blessings.

We have been given:
-formula
-a beautiful guitar
-a wonderful case for the guitar
-blankets
-50 gift bags full of goodies for the kids
-crayons and coloring books
-bubbles
-medicine
-footballs, basketballs and airpumps
-a total of $475 to buy supplies (which we did most of this shopping Friday night and will finish in Ethiopia)

We have been amazed at the outpouring of love and gifts toward these kids. We will post pictures of our celebration with the kids when we return home.

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Happy Easter and Thank you!

The Morgan Four

here is a picture of us holding a picture of Mahelet



and here is her holding the picture of us holding the picture of her

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update to the update

I could just cry! You all are so thoughtful, loving and generous! We have been given $355 to buy donations for Mahelet's orphanage (remember Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world with an average income of $108 according to BBC).  Yesterday one of my sweet patients and friend brought us 50 bags for the kids filled with candy, crayons and toys. Tonight a dear friend brought over bubbles, crayons, coloring books and formula for the kids. The guitar should be here tomorrow!  And some balls and a pump are on there way from Coffeyville, KS. WOW!

that's all the words I have WOW and THANK YOU!!

donations update

So the guitar is on it's way from Carthage, Missouri and today we received another $150 to buy supplies for Mahelet's orphanage. This means so much to us that you all are helping in this way. You will be impacting these kids in a big way and we are so happy to deliver these blessings of love and hope.

Also, shoes would be a great donations to the children of Ethiopia. If you choose to donate shoes please make sure they are in new or gently used condition. Crocs or generic Crocs would be great because they are so light because our luggage may be an issue. The kids range from newborns to 14 years old.

Thank you all so much!!