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Wed, 25 Mar 2009 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [664] | Comments [3]
Last minute posting at the Addis Ababa airport (omg the internet connection is AMAZING!!!!) Well, we are off to another continent...hopefully with faster internet and less bees. Haha, I keep telling everyone at the airport who looks at my passport, ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1391] | Comments [9]
We made it to Bahir Dar, caught the 3 am minibus from Addis Ababa and sat/slept in it for about 10 hours or so (stopping twice to stretch and once to eat/use the facilities). The scenery through Ethiopia is AAAAmazing, completely different from the rest ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [985] | Comments [11]
So, most tourists who come to Ethiopia visit ancient churches, tour museums, and dine on traditional food. Well, we've done all these things, but yesterday we also had a very unique experience: we were attacked by bees in the middle of Addis Ababa. ... Read more >
Tags: addis ababa, bees
Fri, 6 Mar 2009 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [723] | Comments [3]
We made it, almost missed our flight (not our fault, I swear!), and now we're in Ethiopia. It's a cool place so far from what we've seen, very different from Eastern Africa, different people, different climate, different language...no more "Mzungu"... Read more >
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Photo Gallery
Some photos taken during house building and a home kit we delivered.
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Sun, 18 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Views [919] | Comments [1]
This is my first contribution to the blog as the team is breaking up and Adele and I will be the last to leave. This is our third trip to Ethiopia and each trip has been different. While there are things that are the same (general maintenance and improvement ... Read more >
Sat, 17 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Views [581]
Over the last week, many people have left to continue on their travels. We are now down to 9 adults and 2 kids but plenty of good work has been completed. A few of us went out to help one of the workers build her own traditional mud house out of eucalypt ... Read more >
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Views [2728] | Comments [2]
On Sunday morning we assembled on the lawn of Grace Centre HQ for a little cute church service. This was very refreshing. We started with sitting around in lazy chairs singing some songs - lots of Moore Park classics including "Blessed be Your ... Read more >
Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Views [887]
There are so many people and so many different aspects and functions of life here that its hard to decide what to write without it becoming a thesis. A few people have been sick (Mary, Naomi, Keliesha, Bryce, Jeff, Simon and myself) so we appreciate ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 7 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Views [2717] | Comments [2]
The 5th of January involved more practical assistance at the Grace Centre. We completed installation of a ground water tank to boost the header tank. Mary, Steph, Helen and Sara and some others completed preparing Christmas presents for the children.... Read more >
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Views [778] | Comments [1]
On the 4th we had packed schedule of sights and sounds outside of the Grace Centre to attend to. We left around 9am on a massive bus (one of those gigantic school bus types) which was really bumpy, then smooth for a few minutes on the main road, then ... Read more >
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Photo Gallery
Grace Centre
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Mon, 5 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Views [2804] | Comments [4]
The current operators of the Grace Centre are Andrew and Dee Knife who have five children living at the Centre; Lidya, Joshua, Sara and two other little ones that cannot be named. Sara (14) and also the latter two (a brother and sister (2)) are Ethiopian ... Read more >
Sat, 3 Jan 2009 | By grace_peoples | Photo Gallery
1-3rd January 2009
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