August 31, 2008
It’s so cold here in Addis Ababa that it is hard to remember that this is Labor Day weekend. I had the chance to fly from the states to Ethiopia first class by accumulating enough mileage. It really was nice. I sat next to a gentleman who founded the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. Very interesting! But I still slept most of the way.
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April 13, 2008
Well it seems only right that this trip started and ended with problems with Ethiopian Airlines! It makes things feel complete. I’m in Paris now and arrived three hours before my flight to make sure I was here on time. Everything went wonderfully. I found a place right outside of my gate that did manicures along with a massage. (Ouch on the price. I hope the dollar goes back up in value soon!)
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)April 11, 2008
Can you imagine my pleasure at turning on a water faucet to the left and not only water but hot water came out?! Who invented this great thing? How does it really work?
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I think this may be like childbirth. You forget how painful it is until you try to do it again.
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)March 31, 2008
First, Happy Anniversary to my husband. Can you believe it’s been 17 years since we had the BIG party?
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)March 25, 2008
The time is flying!!!! I had a nice surprise! There is a very sweet girl named Mollie that has been wanting to come help at the Trampled Rose for two years. Unexpectedly, she got the chance to come with another girl from Canada for the long Easter weekend. It felt almost like having my daughter here. This reminds me — I forgot to thank our two Canadian helpers from last week, Colleen and Thelma.
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)March 20, 2008
Where do I start? The magic has continued. A group of seven Americans just left. They jumped in and got to work. They organized the office, painted and redecorated the beauty salon. We now have a hair dressing room, a facial room, and a color cosmetics room. The sewing training center is open. We had a little misunderstanding about it. The women kept hesitating to move in and I just could not understand. It turns out they were using it to meet their boyfriends at night. So… I’m glad they have a new chance for love BUT the sewing training room is open and locked at night. 
March 4, 2008
Today was surreal!! I just finished a press conference announcing our move into the country side to educate the people about Fistula. This is the start of Phase III. The moment before I started I remembered that I had never done this before and I really don’t have a clue how to give a press conference! So…. I took a big breath and acted like myself. Really, what else do I have to offer? It was so weird to have the cameras and the questions. How did we get here?
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (1)February 26, 2008
I hope you have a cup of coffee to sit down for awhile because it’s been so long since I’ve had any Internet access.
Filed in "Journal" | Comment (0)February 9, 2008
I bet you can guess by now that the Internet connections have been hard to get.
My time here has felt like magic. It seems like it is the season when I get to see the results of such hard work over time. Thank you for everyone who has been there telling me to keep going. I wish you could have felt my heart when I walked into our Beauty Salon and saw the women there doing hair. It seems like just yesterday we were telling them how to take a shower and use a toilet and now they are BUSINESS WOMEN!!!!!!
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