The time has FINALLY come.  We will be going to Ethiopia in three weeks.  What a wonderful Christmas gift.  We are so excited.  When we received the news, I was at work and I just wanted to shout.  But I kept my cool until I got in the car after work and I just lost it.  I am so happy no one had a video tape.  We took the girls out to dinner and told them.  They were like..."we have to get the room together....can we tell our friends?"  We have a lot to do before we travel but in the meantime, we will enjoy the Christmas season.