I was up ALL night throwing up and with a headache and diarrhea.... : (   So we are sticking close to home today.  : /  So ~ here are a few more photos we've taken lately!!

Elder Kevin Hamilton of the Seventy is a Counselor in
our Africa Southeast Area Presidency.  He and his wife,
Claudia came to our Zone Conference in Ethiopia on
Sept. 13th.  We found out they are friends of my cousin,
Sharon Egan Cutler and her husband.  He will be
speaking in the  Sunday afternoon session of General
Conference.  (The power was out and this was taken
in the DARK!!) 

Here is a colorful Church and bus near our neighborhood.

I snapped this VERY common scene of women going to
worship at one of MANY Ethiopian Orthodox Churches.

Another familiar sight ~ a boy selling sugar cane on the
street with his wheelbarrow and colorful plastic shoes.

These were the Meganagna Elders when we got here.  
Left to right: Elder Bingham (ZL) , Elder McGregor (ZL
who just completed his mission and went home),
Elder Clement, Elder Salakielu (who was just transferred 
to Kaliti),  Elder Ferrara and in back, Elder Keith 
(new ZL from Queen Creek, AZ! )

I took this as we were coming home last
night just as it was getting dark.  There was
a BRIGHT  ray of sunshine shining
on our neighborhood, but I JUST missed it.
I still thought this was pretty.... A shining
ray of HOPE over the people of Ethiopia!

These boys, Abdi, Shatu and Tariku come 
and visit us at the Mission Office often. 
They live with Jason at a home for boys 
near the Office.

I thought I put this on earlier but I didn't.... These CUTE boys sang to us in the Preators' driveway as we were backing out, the first week we were here.  They hit their poles on the ground to make a rhythm as they chanted and sang.  The boy on the left would sing out in Amharic and the others would copy what he said.  We recognized the words "taxi" and "Michael Jackson"! We gave them money, (which is why they were singing to us).  They were GREAT!