Kyle is on a place from Addis to Frankfurt, then from Frankfurt to Chicago. He characterized the next day and a half as "the dark side of the moon", where there will be no contact by email or phone until he lands in Chicago. So I trust that he is sleeping on the long Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. Of course, they will wake him up twice to feed him.
So shall we backtrack? Last Wednesday was Halloween, and I neglected to post photos of the most beautiful witch in the neighborhood. Actually, she was the most beautiful witch at the Aquarium, which is where she and I spent our evening. The teenagers were stationed as Asbury (Erin, working the Fall Festival) and home (Colin, handing out candy and watching a movie with Sean). So Alison headed up to the Aquarium to see how the sea creatures were costumed. It was really neat. They turned out the lights and lit up the fish tanks, and handed out candy. Alison was much more all about the fish than the candy, which is really remarkable. I had to keep reminding her that they were handing out candy..."you know, that sweet stuff you beg for most days." Anyway, she absolutely loved the Aquarium, as she always does. She is quite passionate about the sea creatures, and the girl who sort of stumbles over her words most of the time becomes very articulate when it comes to talking about fish, sharks, anemones...and beavers. She gave me a little lesson on the way home: "Are you aware that beavers tie their babies to them with seaweed so that their arms can be free to build the dams?" Wow. I was not aware of this. We had a fun evening. We missed Dad. It's hard to believe he's coming home tomorrow!
Stay tuned for photos. Kyle has over 500 that he took in Ethiopia, so I am charged with sifting through them, choosing the best ones and then editing them on Photoshop. So there should be photos showing up here, hopefully as soon as Wednesday. Thanks again for all your prayers. It has been an amazing three weeks, for all of us.
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