Yesterday the kids and I had the BEST experience I could have possibly imagined getting our vaccinations for our trip to Ethiopia! Praise God that through a friend of my mom’s at work we found out about Dr. Bentley at Physicians Clinic. All I knew was a Christian doctor in Tyler who offers travel vaccines in his office….but this was definitely a God ordained encounter. After meeting him we found out that he was a DTS grad…..has been to Addis, Ethiopia several times (his last trip was 1 month ago w/ALL of his family…wife & 4 kids)…..His youngest son is 2, & was ADOPTED from Addis a year ago…He has traveled all over the continent of Africa, and many other countries & offered us so much great information, but said their family’s heart is for Ethiopia and this is where they will continue to return! He was so encouraging to me that it is the safest possible place to be taking our kids and the most reassuring thing HE has NEVER been vaccinated for rabies* & neither have his kids!!! What a reassurance, that our convictions about this were once again solidified!
I have to brag on our kids-they were SO BRAVE going in to get their shots. Of course there was some fear going in to the morning, and some tears shed, but we are so grateful for so many of you who were praying for us!! Macey only had to get 1 shot, Jacob & Kayley both got 3 and I (Libby) hit the jackpot—SIX!!! Yikes!!!  (Falk has been able to get his taken care of at TI & w/his international travel over the years he was pretty much up to date & only had to get a couple that are more specific to travel in Ethiopia.)
After Kayley was finished, I said, “ok, you’re done, it’s over, we can go to Chuck E Cheese now” and she said but aren’t there more  lol—I think it was the fear built up more than the actual experience that was scary to them…..it really wasn’t that bad!! Thank you to the sweet nurses who made it a good experience!! And a BIG Thank you to our Nana for coming along as I definitely needed an extra set of loving arms to help out! And yes, we enjoyed a fun afternoon at Chuck-E-Cheese to celebrate…and only had slight discomfort over the next 24 hours!
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