Today we visited
our last orphanage for our trip. We have
one full day left in this beautiful country before we start our journey
home. We went to an orphanage today that
is run by the Catholic Church. I had
asked Deanne early on about children with handicaps and if you ever see them in
the orphanages. I found them today! Many of team members held the hands of these
innocent children and just prayed. God
has not forgot these beautiful children.
He has provided a nice home filled with wonderful women to care for
them. We saw children with hydrocephaly,
microcephaly, epilepsy, and spina bifida.
I talked to one of
the sisters and she told me that four of the children go to a special school
that they pay for one time per year. She
said they are transported to and from school.
This little guy has an adventure ahead of him and will be adopted soon
in the US. Praise God!
I am thankful that I got to see this orphanage
and that it was on the last day. In the
middle of all of this sadness in this country beauty can always be found. Today, I found beauty in a rose blooming in
the courtyard of this orphanage, the cross sitting high against the clouds, and
innocent brown eyes that long to be loved!
We journeyed up
the mountain today and witnessed some beautiful scenery. The city below was beautiful and the drive up
was breathtaking! We sat on the roadside
and had a picnic lunch of delicious pasta and bread. After our lunch we went to see a church. The church is over 120 years old and is
filled with beautiful paintings. We also
went into the older church (over 700 years old), which was a cave and was able
to see where many have worshipped long before us.
We came down the
mountain and witnessed a lot of children begging on the roadside. It is heartbreaking to tell them no. You have it in your pocket but if you give to
one you will be giving to all because there are so many of them. We went to Kaldi’s Coffee for dinner
tonight. Ally and I ate on $104.02. Birr that is.
In reality, we ate for just $6.00 total!
Cheap dinner but oh so delicious.
Tonight Ally and I
got a taste of home! We were able to Skype
with Adam and in turn he called Scott so we could talk to him as well! It was nice to hear Scott and see Adam. He also called my mom so I could check in on
her. I think we are missed just a little
bit!
Tomorrow we have
church-for 2 hours! We laughed at dinner
and said that Americans would get up and leave after one hour! We will shop tomorrow as well and start
packing up our belongings. Praying that
tomorrow is another God filled day!
Blessings from
Ethiopia,
Tori
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