Dennis officially joined our family on 27 November 1999. Governmental red-tape interfered so that we were only able to go to Bulgaria to get him on February 26 though the red tape had not cleared. The Ministry of Home Affairs here in Namibia, which had to clear Dennis' visa, had gotten far behind during Christmas break. Though his visa was promised on 9 February, it still had not come out by the next week. We decided that we could not let Dennis (our son, right?) sit in Bulgaria without us so we launched out, hoping that the visa would emerge in time for us to leave on schedule. It didn't arrive on schedule, so we spent three weeks in snowy Bulgaria. We were finally able to return to Namibia on March 17.

For More pictures of the Bulgarian experience, check out http://photos.yahoo.com/namibdon Click on the hypertext, Bulgaria and Dennis.

Peaceful Sleeper

Dennis asleep on the sofa during our second week together in Sofia.

Thanks, Roger, Janice and Ljubo!

The Bulgarian trip could have been incredibly difficult. Instead, it was a blessing from God that we could not have imagined. Roger and Janice Capps, IMB representatives in Bulgaria, took care of us during our stay and became special members of our family (or us of theirs). Ljubomir Hristov hosted us in his apartment for two weeks. What a blessing he was (and is) to our lives.