I got a son today

[komatos]

On Apr 3, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Søren Knudsen wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I received a phone call 11.29 today informing me that there's a  
> little boy waiting for my wife and I to adopt him. He's currently 7  
> months old and staying at an orphanage in Lagos, Nigeria.
>
> Needless to say, my eyes sprung to tears and I couldn't wait an  
> instant to call Anne and inform her of the great news. Were  
> traveling down there in about 4-6 weeks and expect to be staying  
> there 1-2 months time until he feels safe about us and the legal  
> matters are settled.
>
> Wait, wait wait.... I don't wanna wait no more (see I managed to  
> stay sorta on-topic;)
>
> /Søren

Congrats Soren and Anne!  Hope all works out well ok.  Please be  
careful when you're down in Lagos for a few months acclimatizing  
yourselves to him.  Some parts of Africa are not the safest place to  
be for Europeans/Americans, if you know what I mean.  I don't believe  
Nigeria's going through any civil wars, but neighboring countries, who  
knows.  Make sure when the child grows up he receives a well rounded  
understanding of his native culture, and the new culture he's soon  
becoming a part of.  Nothing as beautiful as truly world traveled &  
informed children.

--komatos/wasted