Abdissa's shoes

We would like to introduce you to Abdissa! He is one of our new friends in Ethiopia. Actually he is the Ethiopian representative for our adoption agency. He is the one who prepares the referrals and takes each adoption case to court. It was a special treat to get to meet him. It's obvious that he is doing this job out of his love for the Lord. He also really loves the kids! We got several pictures of him and his wife with our little Joseph. 

You may be wondering why he is pointing to his shoes in this picture. Well, in Ethiopia shoes are a really big deal. :) Several times when we walked into a room we saw Ethiopians checking out our shoes. We didn't know this before we went there so we just wore our tennis shoes. Who knows what they thought about us. 

Anyway, Abdissa put on his best shoes on the last night we were there and we went out with some other adopting families for a nice Ethiopian dinner.