Sunday, September 23, 2012
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Baby Sam's birthplace
Green (land), yellow (peace/love), red (strength), blue disc (peace), star (diversity/unity/bright future), equidistant rays (equality of all Ethiopians)
Ethiopia's largest lake & source of the Blue Nile
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Journey to Baby Sam
- 2/10-2/21 Travel to meet Sam!!!!!
- 2/3/10 all better/ no pneumonia!
- 1/27/10 showing signs of pneumonia
- 12/24/09 PASSED COURT! Thank you Jesus!
- 12/23/09 Baby Yacob 13 lbs-happy & content-easy going&interactive, had chicken pox & upper resp. infection in Nov.
- 11/30/09 Received court date of 12/24/09!
- 11/10/09 Received Sam's beautiful picture and info!!!
- 10/23/09 Received on deck email
- 07/27/08 Dossier in Addis Ababa
- 07/24/09 Dossier is in Paris!
- 07/23/09 DTE
- 07/17/09 Drove to Austin-dossier certified-overnight mailed it to AWAA
- 07/08/09 Our I-171H came today!
- 05/22/09 Got fingerprinted for the I-171H
- 04/29/09 Home Study reports came. We passed!
- 03/18/09 filed for background checks
- 03/16/09 last home study visit
- 03/11/09 2nd/3rd home study visits
- 02/25/09 1st home study visit
- 12/29/08 applied for passports
- 12/24/08 delivered Home Study papers
- 10/10/08 we were approved to adopt
- 9/10/08 sent application to America World
Ethiopia
Baby Sam's birthplace
Ethiopian flag
Green (land), yellow (peace/love), red (strength), blue disc (peace), star (diversity/unity/bright future), equidistant rays (equality of all Ethiopians)
Lake T'ana
Ethiopia's largest lake & source of the Blue Nile
Ethiopian World Record Holders
Tom Davis
Recipes
Injera (Ethiopian bread)
* All-purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
* whole wheat flour - 1/2 cup
* baking powder - 1 tablespoon
* salt - 1/2 teaspoon
* club soda - 2 to 2 1/2 cups
* lemons, juice only
1. Preheat large cast-iron skillet over medium flame. Mix flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder & salt in large bowl. Stir in club soda & mix to a smooth batter (thin consistency of pancake batter).
2. Wipe the skillet with a little oil using a paper towel. Ladle 1/2 cup of batter into the skillet and spread to make a large crepe. Let bake in skillet until all the bubbles on top burst and begin to dry out, about 2-3 minutes.
3. Turn injera over and cook on second side another minute or two. Don't brown too much.
4. Remove the injera to a warm platter & repeat with rest of batter, wiping skillet clean with oiled paper towel each time.
5. Optional-brush each injera with lemon juice.
* All-purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
* whole wheat flour - 1/2 cup
* baking powder - 1 tablespoon
* salt - 1/2 teaspoon
* club soda - 2 to 2 1/2 cups
* lemons, juice only
1. Preheat large cast-iron skillet over medium flame. Mix flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder & salt in large bowl. Stir in club soda & mix to a smooth batter (thin consistency of pancake batter).
2. Wipe the skillet with a little oil using a paper towel. Ladle 1/2 cup of batter into the skillet and spread to make a large crepe. Let bake in skillet until all the bubbles on top burst and begin to dry out, about 2-3 minutes.
3. Turn injera over and cook on second side another minute or two. Don't brown too much.
4. Remove the injera to a warm platter & repeat with rest of batter, wiping skillet clean with oiled paper towel each time.
5. Optional-brush each injera with lemon juice.
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