Hi David!
It’s another sunny day in Ethiopia! Merry Christmas….it doesn’t seem to be a big deal here.
Yesterday, Alayu took Erik, Doug and myself to see the Addis Kidan Headquarters. It’s a fenced in lot (most of the homes are fenced in here unless they are made out of cardboard boxes or tin cans) with a few barracks put together. Kifle is a very quiet man but he has a big, expansive plan of building a headquarters that will provide space and accommodations for the training of the pastors from the Addis Kidan churches around and outside of Addis. Also it would be used for administrative offices, library and such. We saw the plan (Erik will send you a pic of it). It’s 4 stories high. I talked to them about having someone from their church (someone with the vision and charisma) to go on ‘tour’ in Canada and the US to make churches aware of their plans and ministry and perhaps partner with some churches in North America with this project. I told Kifle that you might be able to help them to put together somekind of proposal for their building plan.
Also we went to see Mekanisa church….they don’t have much of a building but they are busily using what they have. We met with their program coordinator. He has a degree in computer science. He was so excited. He explained about all their ministries. Erik and I will probably help with the feeding program for the aids victims on Fridays. We are planning to go to the nearby orphanage with Erik to give out some coloring books and crayons and color pictures with the kids. The orphanage that is near the guesthouse is called A-Hope. It’s an orphanage for the kids with aids. Just about all the kids in that orphanage are already adopted and are waiting for their adoptive parents. That orphanage is very open to visitors.
We went again to one market area in Addis. This time we took the ten-cent taxi. You have to change from one to another to get to your destination. We had Mesi and Doug with us, but we are going to have to learn to do that on our own. Soon Mesi and Doug will leave and we will really miss them.
Erik is taking a little nap. I’ll wake him up for a short walk after which we’ll start preparing our Christmas Dinner. Curried chicken. (Chicken is very expensive here, one small one was almost 100 birr).
I can’t wait to hold Sitota again. She is beautiful! She needs get out of that foster home and start blossoming into her own little person!
Love you,
Satusi
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Hi Satu,
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you, Erik and Maija. Life sounds very interesting for you and these experiences are so wonderful for you. Band was canceled tonight because we have had some bad weather and school was canceled. So we had to go with our policy. It is actually not bad out right now, but I guess we have to stick with the plan. I was looking forward to getting back at it for tonight. Laura (Tuba Laura) is heading out to Scotland for a couple of years and tonight would have been her last night. We will miss her as we will miss all of you guys. I will pass on all the news from you two as I know so many will be asking. Keep the pictures coming. It is a lot of fun to be in contact.
Love you lots.
Laura.
XOXOXO
Hi Satu and Erik!
ReplyDeleteGreetings from the Rock. I hope you are loving every minute of cuddling...silly me, of course you are...with Sitota. Enjoy every minute that you have with the people you will meet there. We have our court date of Feb 8th. Hopefully we will see you there. If not, hugs for all. Please give Mestowat a hug and kiss for us.
...Susan and Family
Hey Susan and Kerry thanks for following the blog. More updates will be posted soon. Add a picture to your follower profile. It would be really nice to have. Also who is Mestowat that is not a name I remember hearing. We miss you guys here in Boularderie.
ReplyDeleteDavid
Hi David,
ReplyDeleteMestowat is our daughter who is waiting for us in Ethiopia. Her picture is now up.
...Susan
Hi Susan and Kerry:
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely picture of Mestowat and she is beautiful. We will try and do as you wish. They are very strict at the foster home as to where you can go and who you can see and access. That is understandable but we will see how things progress. Take care and hopefully we will connect soon.
David