What a small world!

Vaughn and I had taken the Sister Mkwanazi and Sister Amunyela to dinner at the Hilton because they always seem to get left out--the elders are a little more forward about going to dinner with us!  We ran into an american couple who were in Ethiopia adopting two  little boys.  It turned out that they had lived in Virginia were good friends with Emily Martino, so instant connection and we ate with them and had such fun!  This is the first us/lds family we have run into here in ethiopia adopint.  This particular family said that it cost them about $35,000 to adopt these two babies!  With 5 other boys at home, I am in awe of this!

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Street scene

This is a typical sight that we see each day on the way to and from the house to the office.

Stick ladies

Women like these carry these sticks down a moutain no telling how many times a day. They walk back up and get another load. They weigh about 70 lbs.

Washing Veggies

Washing our fruit and Veggies in bleach before they are eaten. It is a fun process to get things ready to eat. We also wash out dishes in bleach. It is easier to eat out.

Kids in Jallidada Village

Showing them a picture that I took of them

Hut

We went on a trip to our out lying branch in Awasa. 5 hour drive from Addis. We stopped at a village where the Church has dug a water well. This is the type of housing this tribe lives in,

Ethiopian Construction

There is a lot of building going on in Addis Ababa, but you wonder how they ever get done. As you can see their scaffoling is sticks and the construction is almost all concrete and steel. Vey little wood is used because they have a big termite problem

First Sunday at Church

This is the members of the Debre Zeit Branch where we went to Church the first Sunday. It is a one and half drive from Addis, They have about 70% attendance.

Blake and Dallin

Baboons

Mud Cover

This guy was standing out in the open for a long time. When we got to him it appeared that he was a lookout for several smaller Giraffes that were across the street eating. He looked black from a distance and when we got close he was caked with mud.

Mud Cover

Starring us down

Crock

We watched him for a while then he did a big back flip and dove in the water not to be seen again. He was in the same pool of water as the hippos but they never surfaced enough to see beyond their eyeballs

Moneky on a rock

Eland

Dinner Time

There has been a drought here and many of the animals are dying. But for every animal death is the vultures meal.

Rear end of a Zebra

There were a lot of Zebra's in the park. They are larger than the ones we see in the zoos or even at Joe Cates pasture. They are a beautiful animal.

Cape Buffalo

We saw a lot of these African Cows as the guide called them They are a pretty mean animal. Not you typical cow.

Rino

We were alos very lucky to find a rino as we only was 4 during our day at the park

Animal Park trip to Kenya

We got to the park early in the morning. It is about 80 square miles so it certainly isn't like a zoo. We drive around with a guide to find the animals. We were very lucky to find a pair of lions first thing. We spend the balance of the day and only saw two others. Many people driving through the park didn't see any lions.

He doesn't look from the expression on his face that he liked us much