Our International House of People: It's Final

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

It's Final

Today we held the official adoption proceedings. It is just more signing the paperwork and they ask a few questions and boom it's finished. Actually I was really happy because they gave us a traditional Mongolian outfit for Taite and the orphanage had been putting together an album of Taite since she was there. It has dates of when she did things and a lot of photos. The only thing is that I will have to get it translated but it was absolutely beautiful and I am thankful that we have all of this information about her.
After the adoption I was very blessed with company. Jackie, Rich and Gavin stayed and ate lunch and had some playtime with us. I was so happy to have people to talk to and they are great company. I am so thankful that I have met them and we will get to spend more time together over the next 9 days. Their son Gavin is a real little cutie too.
After all of that Taite took a nap and our guide was supposed to take us to go shopping. Unfortunately the paperwork took longer to register and she was unable to meet us so I took Taite up to the pool. That did not go over that well with her and hopefully over the next few months she will warm up to the water since we all love the beach and the pool so much. Then we just had some girl time and ordered room service for dinner. We wound down with a bath and some play time and soon it will be bed time for little on. Right now she is fixated on a mini magna doodle. I thought she would never put down her toy phone and play with something else. She has definitely warmed up to me today and even said 4 words now. Now she did finally say one word in english and that was button. I guess she keeps hearing it from her toy. I amalso amazed that I asked her to do hi five and she knew what that was. I put my hand up and she did it. I think she will pick everything up quickly.

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History of Ethiopia

Ethiopia is one of the oldest known cradles of civilization known to man. Christianity was brought to the Kingdom of Axum around the 4th century AD and later in the 7th century Islam was introduced. Foreign missionaries were introduced to the region around the 1630's. Because of these unwelcomed guest Ethiopia did not welcome foreign Christians and Europeans into their lands. Its isolationism may have saved the country from 19th century colonialism. In 1936 Italian facists entered the region and forced its emperor into isolation but was later returned when the British and the French defeated the Italians. Civil unrest would lead to the demise of the aging emperor and in 1974 a socialist sort of government was named. The country went through a period of red terror that was funded by the Soviets and Cuba. This lead to the implementation of a communist government being installed in the late 1970's, early 1980's. In 1989 the country went through a period of famine that also lead to a change in governments. Finally, in 1994 the country would declare its independence and later hold free elections.

History of Vietnam

For about two thousand years Vietnam was ruled by China, following this period it would become independent for the next almost thousand years. In the 1800's it would be colonized by the French. The early 20th century would bring about visions of an independent republic. In 1945 Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam independent and renamed it the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. By 1947 a full-scale war would break out between the French and the Viet Minh (Ho CHi Minh's followers). China also began to aid the Viet Minh at this time due to its own communist revolution. July, 1954 the Geneva Accords would be sign paving the road to France leaving Vietnam; however, it would partition Vietnam into 2 independent states seperated by the 17th parallel. The South was helped by the United States, while the North would be dominated by the Viet Minh. By 1963 the South's government was very unstable. 1965 President Lyndon Johnson would send troops into Vietnam. The North would lead a massive attack in 1968 destroying much of the South. In 1969, Ho Chi Minh died but his forces remained in tact. By the early 1970's many Americans viewed the war as unwinnable and would prove unsuccessful at containing communism. January 1973 the Paris Peace Accords were signed ending the United States role in the war. In 1975 Saigon would fall to the North Vietnamese and in July of 1976 the two parts were reunified into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The war was disastrous for the Vietnamese people leaving an estimated 1 million to become boat people, 1 million imprisioned, and more than 100,000 killed. Today, Vietnam still has a communist form of government and although they are a developing nation many people remain extremely poor.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

It's Final

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