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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 | By tweber | Views [612]
Merituh is walking! I am so excited for him. He is walking across the room by himself with great balance. When he gets to me, he is soooo proud of himself and I get to enjoy his wonderful smile and laugh. We did a video last week of him walking and ... Read more >
Sat, 4 Dec 2010 | By tweber | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 4 Dec 2010 | By tweber | Views [729]
I had the chance to take a
four-day trip to Northern Ethiopia to visit Lalibela & Bahir Dar. I spent
two nights in Lalibela and one night in Bahir Dar. Lalibela is famous for its
rock-hewn churches that were built around the 12 th or 13 ... Read more >
Sat, 20 Nov 2010 | By tweber | Views [489] | Comments [1]
In the mornings, I am now teaching class to 33 children.
They range from the age of 4 to 10. Some of them have memorized how to count
and the alphabet, but there is little recognition of the written numbers or
letters. So I have been working ... Read more >
Sun, 31 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Views [450]
We went out dancing Saturday night with some local friends. It was really fun. You would have never guessed we were in Ethiopia. We first went to one bar (Che) to have drinks because the drinks at the dance club are really expensive. We had two rounds ... Read more >
Sun, 31 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Views [470]
The kids are so precious. Every time I enter the toddler room now, they all come up to me holding out their hands to do patty-cake. Last week I went to the Children's Home Academy and read a book to 10 different Kindergarten & pre-school classes.... Read more >
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 19 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Views [691]
Our dear friend, Addis agreed to drive us to Awasa on
Saturday, so we rented a car and left at 6:00 am as dawn was breaking. Awasa is about four & a half hours away
from Addis on a good highway; however this highway has more obstacles you ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By oikoumene | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Visiting Ethiopia is a journey deep into the history of a glorious ancient culture that gave birth into one of the most unique forms of Christianity, which remains unchangeable until today.
This year a youth group, WCC’s Commission on Youth, gathered ...
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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 | By cam2yogi | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
We were enveloped in a disruptive blackness. Somewhere, in the Horn of Africa, our carriage rested, while inside our bodies contorted uncomfortably on plastic benches. Supposedly, this was First Class: a 26 hour train ride from Dire Dawa, Ethiopia ...
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Mon, 11 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Views [1553] | Comments [1]
According
to the guidebooks, it should be fairly easy to get to the Entoto Mountains
right outside of Addis Ababa, which has a great view of the city and a market
on Saturday. It was supposed to be only
two mini-buses, but instead it took five ... Read more >
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 6 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Views [603]
There are two volunteers here - Beckie & Newton. They are really so nice. It's nice to have them to show me the ropes and help pave the way. Newton is actually from San Francisco also. He teaches art and is a soccer coach. He has done lots of ... Read more >
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By evanchartier | Views [480]
Oh my gosh. Where do I start this story? So I have no realized that posting everything I have done in a day makes no sense, plus it would take me weeks to put it all online, so I will try to hit the basics of what has been going on. Especially because ... Read more >
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By evanchartier | Views [496] | Comments [3]
Hey ok so I was planning on writing from where I left off, as there are many things that happened from Gondar to now such as the AMAZING Simien Mountains trek. But something great has happened! As I was wasting the day on the internet and walking around ... Read more >
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