Looking for Suggestions!

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First, thank you so much to everyone for all of your kind words of encouragement. This is so magical, and we feel incredibly blessed and fortunate to have everyone's loving support!

Thank you to all of the wonderful blogging families and for all of your beautiful hearts and souls...you all are truly amazing people doing God's work all over the world. Your words of encouragement are unbelievable--I haven't returned all of your acts of kindness but I do wish to speak to as many adoptive families as possible.

My email address is amygugger@yahoo.com. Please write to me "off-blog", if you can. Especially those who might be able to get together (we are in Philadelphia, PA area)...but we are mobile and willing to travel (as much as $$ will allow).

Ok, so Dutch (my Dad) is travelling with me and he is urging me to get suggestions...on EVERYTHING! We are mostly looking for suggestions on the best guesthouses to stay at, as well as anything else anyone thinks is important to know about food, water, altitude, cultural activities, travel, etc.

Oh Yes, and needless to say, our little guy will be going through quite the transition, so if there is any advice on that front...we would surely welcome it. Abe is going to be 5.5 months old when we get there, so feeding is of utmost concern to me to make sure he doesn't have any tummy issues, especially while travelling. So, anyone who had brought home a little one in this age range, please do feel free to share with me what you took for food/formula. I am concerned about switching his formula mid trip and running into digestion problems.

Thank you everyone, again, for your support. It means the world to have so many people sharing this experience with us, supporting us with love and prayer. All our appreciation, Doug and Amy

2 comments:

Sam said...

One of the biggest pieces of info that I have is dont stress about packing stuff. take your meds with you and whatever else you forget or discover that you need, you can get in addis. no worries. i paced a ton of snacks that we hardly used. I have some spread sheets about money and housing and an awesome packing list if you wnat me to send them to you let me know.
samsamh79@gmail.com

J Gutwein said...

Hello Amy... I am not sure how many individuals have asked you to bring care pkgs. for their little ones, but if not too many and you have room would you be willing? It would mean so much! Do you know your travel dates yet?
Also, I have not done this yet, but I am planning on a sling being a huge help for Avo when we are there so I will for sure choose my fav. & bring with us. I will also be looking for recommendations hopefully soon :). Love, J