Today was our friend, Heidi's birthday. She and her husband, Josh are here from Nashville adopting their sweet 1-yr-old daughter, Claire. We are getting our Nanny and PopPop fixes by playing with her and taking her everywhere we go.
Our awesome driver/friend, Fekadu, took us to his house today where his precious mother made our lunch. It was beef tibs, rice, cabbage and lentils in berbere sauce. All 4 items were delicious and such an honor to be in their humble home. Fekadu also got a beautiful and delicious cake for Heidi from Bilo's Pastry in Bole. What a wonderful way to celebrate Heidi's birthday here in Ethiopia.
Tomorrow we are hoping to go visit Hamlin Fistula Hospital and learn more of the fantastic work Dr. Hamlin does here for the wonderful, needy women. Besides the hospital, she has a school here to train women to become midwives. Her dream is to see a midwife in every village in Ethiopia. Amazing; quite a challenge for a woman who is 90 years old and still practicing medicine at the hospital.
Friday we are going back to Korah to visit our sponsor lady and some other dear people we met last week. Taking Heidi and Josh there for their first visit. On our way back, we are stopping to get 50 pounds more of coffee beans from Embracing Hope ministry and then stop at the scarf factory to get 100 more scarves for our new friends at A Heart for Korah in Indianapolis.
Saturday morning will find us back at Children's Heaven for a final visit with Hanna and our sweet sponsor girls as well as the 100+ other girls in the program. We love the work that is being done there and feel privileged to be a part of it.
THEN, we need to pack - my least favorite part of the trip. How do we get ALL this stuff home when we thought we sent everything home with Brieanna and Brittany. Oh well, we will make it work as we want to bring these items home to sell to raise money for all our dear friends here.
God has done amazing things here and in our hearts again. We are coming home more in love with Ethiopia than ever and pray that God will help us share His vision with all of you. Out first presentation will be at Church of the New Covenant on March 30 at the 10 am service. Please accept our invitation to come and hear all about our life changing experience.
Thank you to everyone for your love and support and words of encouragement to follow the call of God on our lives.
Our awesome driver/friend, Fekadu, took us to his house today where his precious mother made our lunch. It was beef tibs, rice, cabbage and lentils in berbere sauce. All 4 items were delicious and such an honor to be in their humble home. Fekadu also got a beautiful and delicious cake for Heidi from Bilo's Pastry in Bole. What a wonderful way to celebrate Heidi's birthday here in Ethiopia.
Tomorrow we are hoping to go visit Hamlin Fistula Hospital and learn more of the fantastic work Dr. Hamlin does here for the wonderful, needy women. Besides the hospital, she has a school here to train women to become midwives. Her dream is to see a midwife in every village in Ethiopia. Amazing; quite a challenge for a woman who is 90 years old and still practicing medicine at the hospital.
Friday we are going back to Korah to visit our sponsor lady and some other dear people we met last week. Taking Heidi and Josh there for their first visit. On our way back, we are stopping to get 50 pounds more of coffee beans from Embracing Hope ministry and then stop at the scarf factory to get 100 more scarves for our new friends at A Heart for Korah in Indianapolis.
Saturday morning will find us back at Children's Heaven for a final visit with Hanna and our sweet sponsor girls as well as the 100+ other girls in the program. We love the work that is being done there and feel privileged to be a part of it.
THEN, we need to pack - my least favorite part of the trip. How do we get ALL this stuff home when we thought we sent everything home with Brieanna and Brittany. Oh well, we will make it work as we want to bring these items home to sell to raise money for all our dear friends here.
God has done amazing things here and in our hearts again. We are coming home more in love with Ethiopia than ever and pray that God will help us share His vision with all of you. Out first presentation will be at Church of the New Covenant on March 30 at the 10 am service. Please accept our invitation to come and hear all about our life changing experience.
Thank you to everyone for your love and support and words of encouragement to follow the call of God on our lives.
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