Is Gierma going too?

That is the question we are getting a lot when we tell people of our trip to Ethiopia.  The answer is, “no”.  Reason being is two-fold:  Steve and I are going to be so busy with our individual volunteer tasks that there would be no way for us to be there 100% for our son.  We want Gierma’s trip back to Ethiopia to be about him and not our service trip.  Second reason:  since Gierma has been home with us for less than two years, it would be too soon.  We confirmed this with my therapist, Kenna.  She mentioned a more appropriate time to bring him would be when he’s in his teens.  At that time, he would be more cognitively developed to understand and process his whole aspect of being adopted from Ethiopia, living in the U.S., but going back to his home land for a visit.