Forgive Us For Not Posting More

We have lots of excuses as to why we did not post more during our trip.

The Ethiopian infrastructure can hardly handle 24 hour electricity. It would often go out at least once a day. Water was the same way-- even in the capital city of Addis Ababa.

So you can imagine that internet connections were occasional at best.

Another excuse we have for not posting more was time. Our schedules were packed from 7 am until 9 pm. We had full days.

But probably our best excuse is that describing our experiences with words is difficult. Many of the team members had intentions of journaling daily, and most of us had days in which we stared at our pens poised at paper unable to begin processing our thoughts to words. Our typical vernacular seemed weak and inaccurate to describe the sights, sounds, smells, and feelings we were surrounded by each day.

So forgive us for our delayed postings on the blogsite. Even days after we return we are still processing all that we learned and experienced.

I often remembered the verse from Mark 9:37 when we were visiting the children. In Mark, Jesus says "whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me. . . " So in a way we had 2-3 appointments with Jesus each day we were in Zeway. This type of experience does leave one speechless.

We will fill in the spaces and tell more of our trip so please keep checking our blog. We'll also be telling more and sharing with you Ethiopian food, entertainment, and their culture on June 28th from 4-6 pm in the old worship center at Grace. Mark your calendars for this!