Jan 16, 2012
Happy New Year!
In Ethiopia we get to celebrate two New Years and two Christmases. The Ethiopian New Year falls on September 11 and their Christmas is two weeks later than ours. I guess that gives me twice to break my resolutions.
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)November 7, 2011
Hello!
The best part of being at the Trampled Rose is seeing the transformation of the women in our program. They arrive almost unable to hold their heads up and then they graduate full of confidence, hope, and new direction for their future. The part I like the least is writing reports and project proposals.
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May 28, 2011 from Ethiopia
Hello!
I’ve been back in Ethiopia for just a little over two weeks now. It was so nice to be in the USA and see so many of my friends, eat Nachos and drink Margaritas and have some time to spend with my family.
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)November 21, 2010
Oh my gosh! Thank you Melanie for sending a bag of Hershey’s miniatures over to Ethiopia!!! I forgot what Chocolate tastes like. I think it may be a sign that I’m adjusting to living here. One of the things we foreigners who live here do is obsess over what foods we miss the most from our home country. For me, I go straight to the sweet potato fries at South Side Johnie’s in Colorado Springs!!!!!
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)September 30, 2010
We did it!
This crazy group of us that think women shouldn’t have to be rejected for any reason but especially not just because she lost her baby and now has urine running down her legs night and day. We have just graduated our third class of women! Women who came to us with their faces full of shame are now reading, working, helping each other. I think we all need to take a moment to celebrate that we DID make a difference even when many thought it couldn’t be done and even more they wondered why we even cared enough to try.
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)September 21, 2010
I thought you might all enjoy this article from blogger Partick Hahn.
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)July 13, 2010
For those of you who think that my careful driving could be considered “nervous”, you may consider this an act of God.
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)July 6, 2010
Hope you all had a nice fourth of July!!! It was so strange to be here with no celebration and no BBQs. We do have very wonderful watermelon though. The weather has been very cold and rainy but I just keep thinking that there will come a time when you all are snowed in and I get to be out in the sun. My most prized possession is the portable heater I have in my home. If I turn it on to high and close the door, it really does get warm. I’m trying not to think about the advanced technology called a thermostat.
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (1)June 16th, 2010
I can’t believe that I have already been back in Ethiopia for two weeks. The time is flying. The first week I spent most of my time sleeping. It is nine hours later here than it is in Colorado Springs. This usually means that I spend the first week being wide awake at night and sound asleep during the day. It usually takes a little time for me to adjust to the traffic, and the pollution, and the change in food, and…….
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)April 28th, 2010
I can’t believe that three more months have whizzed by! I’m winding down my stay in Ethiopia and will be heading to see friends in Spain on Saturday. I’m looking most forward to having time to visit with people that I love and second to the food and wine! One of the benefits to my volunteer work here is the precious friends that I have made all over the world. Most people stop to see their friends on their way home from work in their city. I get to stop by in countries.
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