Emails from Erik and Satu

January 1, 2009

Dear Dad:

We went to go see Sitota today! She fell asleep in our arms, at first she was a little uneasy then she started to warm up to us a bit, babbling and playing with moms necklace. Also on the way to the orphanage we drove through the city, that was a big eye opener. The traffic was crazy; it isn’t like Canada where rules are enforced, as soon as the car stops there are beggars coming up to the window asking for money. Instead we send them away with food, which all we had was ring pops. Our driver, Ketema (means city) is very nice and he taught me a bit of Amheric. Around 2:30 we met with Kifle from the Addis Kidan Churches & the earliest we could have the tour and figure where we will help out is on Monday but we are going on Tuesday because we go to see Sitota on Monday.

Later today we went to a café with the young life group and bought some drinks on the way up a collage student named Isayas joined us. He and I talked and walked on our way up; he was telling me that he grew up in a Muslim village near Africa’s largest market called Merkato. A year ago he was saved, he says it is tough to live in with Muslims, because of the criticism. He is very happy though, he is studying law and wants to be a judge, and his marks are really good. He is getting sponsored by a man in the states named Mark with the money he has received he has bought himself a laptop. So I got his e-mail off of him and we will talk to each other.

Chow (that is what they say),

Erik and Satu