I am so sorry I have not been posting on my blog:( My life here is so crazy and finding the time to tell you all what is going on has been hard to do, so hopefully I can keep up with this:)
I AM FINALLY HOME!!! The place my heart longs to be. I love waking up everyday and knowing I am here in Ethiopia. I get to get up and serve my Savior everyday!
I wanted to share with you my everyday life here in Ethiopia...
I live with my friend Ashli who is a missionary from TN. She is greatest and helps me a ton while I am here. We have 7 children that live with us. These children come from the a place called Korah. Korah has a landfill of trash that many families go and find food. Very poor community but God has given us the opportunity for us give them a home while they are home from boarding school. The children wake up bright and early, so sleeping in is difficult:) I get up and fix breakfast for me and children. They eat there traditional food and I usually eat eggs or oatmeal:) I do, however miss eating cereal every morning. After breakfast, if there is electricity we all take shower and get ready for the day. As I am typing this I don't have electricity, so hopefully my battery last til I finish.
I go shopping for food everyday for the program. I have a set menu that I have for the kids everyday. I hired a cook to cook food for the kids, which makes things so much easier.
So, by 12 or 12:30 I head to the post office in Addis ( 20 min drive) to pick up the kids. They all pile up in the car and we head back to my house. It has been difficult lately because so many children want to come and I have to turn them away. They chase after my van wanting to get in. I wish I had more vans and a big house for them to all come.I have the space for about 15 kids and I need space for at least 30 kids
My program is at my house:) Houses here in Ethiopia have rooms outside the house within the compound. So, I have a small room that I teach the gospel in. I decorated it and had tables and chairs made by my sweet Ethiopian friend Alex. After, the lesson we have lunch and after lunch the go to a field that is near by and play football. These kids love FOOTBALL(soccer)!!
My program runs about 3 to 4 hours long and then we head back to the post office. When I get home its about 6 in the evening. Dinner time!! Food here for me is hard. I love Ethiopian food but they have this stuff called burberee and my stomach cant take it. The cook only knows how to cook Ethiopian food. So, I don't eat much! I miss food at home. I really miss my sweet sisters cooking! HOME cooked meal from AMERICA:) or Chick-fil-a would work too:)
Most days here are great but some days I just feel very overwhelmed by the kids. Everyday I am ask for SHOES. How crazy it that! Shoes are what kids want here, as well as food:) Children mob my van asking me for food. I always smile and say I don't have but it kills me every time inside that I can't help them all. I just pray that God can use me to help these children.
Soon to come... I will blog about some of the children here:)
Please continue to pray for me and the children here that I am working for
