Day 2

**I'm posting this quick--we only have Internet for 20 minutes at a time, no connection most of the day.  More to write on our visits to YZM**

We started our day with a visit to Yezelalem Minch office, where we presented our donation to purchase sheep to the YZM staff.  The staff was very gracious and will be choosing which families will receive the sheep.  We get the privilege of traveling with them one day next week to deliver sheep to some of the families.  To be continued...

Later in the morning we met Samira, Mischa's sponsor child.  Samira is one of the 1400 children that YZM serves.  Her Dad brought her to YZM and we invited both of them to lunch at the golf course.   The golf course was full of beautiful flowers and a grassy area where the kids could play and get to know each other while we waited for our food.

Something that is very obvious to both Steve and I is the change in Mussie's personality.  Mussie feels at home here.  Maybe, it's the smell of the African air!  There has been a giddy-up to his step since leaving the airport.  He has been fun, outgoing, and full of energy!!  The little boy that walks way behind in America is now running.   He has shown great enjoyment to see people that look just like him.  There is a family staying with us at the guest house this week who adopted 3 years ago and is back visiting.  They adopted 2 older sibling boys from YZM.  Mussie absolutly adores them.  Wherever they go he wants to be nearby.  It's been really neat to watch him interact with Birtukan's children and her staff,  especially the guard who he loves to play baseball with.  We discovered he really enjoys baseball and wants to join a league when we get home.