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July 2012

Thankful Thursdays: Week 28 – What do we do now?

No one said it would be this hard.  The re-entry.  Attempting to reconcile what I’ve seen with how I live.  Sure, missionaries who’ve spent months or years in a faraway land deal with this stuff, but the 7-day crew?  Ours was a whirlwind trip.  We barely had a chance to let it all sink in before we were back in our beds. So what do we do now?  Practice more…

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Home Sweet Home

After 30+ hours of traveling, including sprinting through the Amsterdam airport and an unplanned stop in Iceland for a medical emergency, I finally made it home. Through my loopy haze, I spotted these two cuties. I was so excited to see my family, and so out of it that I forgot to get my checked bag.  My dad ran me back to the airport yesterday to pick it up. I…

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Meeting Chereka

I have someone I’d like to introduce you to. If you went up to her house, she would walk right out and shake your hand. That’s exactly what she did to me before she even realized I was her sponsor. Quiet, sweet and affectionate, this is Chereka. Chereka is five years old and lives in the small town of Jido, Ethiopia with her mom and dad. I expected to be…

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Faces of Ethiopia

We just finished up a long but energizing day in Ethiopia.  I only got about 5 hours of sleep last night, but it didn’t matter because today was the day to meet our sponsored children.  I’m trying to gather my thoughts enough to tell you about it, but first let me share some of my favorite photos from the day. I dare you not to fall in love with these…

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Community Building in Oitu

Let me just start by saying that I feel MUCH better today.  I think the jet lag has finally worn off.  I’m so thankful for that because now I can really focus on what we’re seeing and the people we’re meeting. This morning we woke up to a fierce thunderstorm.  I immediately thought of the families we met yesterday and wondered if they were ok.  I remembered Meseret telling us…

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Our first day in Zeway

Yesterday we left the capital city of Addis Ababa and headed to the town of Zeway.  The 3-hour drive was absolutely beautiful.  We saw green mountains, miles of farmland, huts and stick houses, donkeys and goats, and even a monkey darting across the road.  Once in Zeway, we visited the FH office and learned a little more about the programs and about the people we were going to meet. I’m…

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We made it! (well, 4 of us did)

Good morning from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia!  Holy moly, was that a long day of travel.  I woke up at 5 am to head to the airport in Phoenix.  We arrived at our hotel in Addis about 31 hours later.  I was only able to take a few short naps on the flight, so I was crazy tired.  But so excited to be in Ethiopia! The weirdest thing for me yesterday…

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