We drove up into the hills surrounding Debre Zeyit
for the first time on Thursday. It was beautiful!
Debre Zeyit from the foothills
That is our chapel in the center with the steeple.
Gebrella, Iserael and Rediet Solomon
These are AWESOME sisters with strong testimonies
and commitment in our branch. We LOVE them!
We practiced the hymn "True to the Faith" on Thursday for our
Conference and then took these cute girls over to Get House for
ice cream before school started Sept. 29th! It was Jamie's last
day in Debre Zeyit....
These are AWESOME sisters with strong testimonies
and commitment in our branch. We LOVE them!
We practiced the hymn "True to the Faith" on Thursday for our
Conference and then took these cute girls over to Get House for
ice cream before school started Sept. 29th! It was Jamie's last
day in Debre Zeyit....
Shopping at one of our veggie markets in Debre Zeyit
to find a bell pepper for our Hawaiian Haystacks
for dinner Thursday night.
to find a bell pepper for our Hawaiian Haystacks
for dinner Thursday night.
Kids are all over the streets selling gum ~ even in the rain!
This little guy would NOT give up!!
Burger Shack in Beklobet
Lunch on Friday at Burger Shack, our
favorite burger and fries place in Addis.
(It's almost an AMERICAN burger and has
grilled onions and REAL BBQ sauce!)
Saturday was "Meskal", a religious holiday celebrating
the "finding of the true cross" (part of Jesus' cross).
On Friday night every neighborhood put a cross in
front of their compounds and lit it on fire.
Ethiopia District Youth and YSA Conference
EFY ~ ESPECIALLY FOR YOU ETHIOPIA!
Bob introduced the theme and Ashenafi translated his remarks
into Amharic. He did a FANTASTIC job ~ as usual!!
Jamie loved taking care of Eyob's and Mesi's baby Daisy
while they presented their workshop.
Eyob's and Mesi's darling baby Daisy LOVED Jamie!
The future of the Church in Ethiopia!!
We love these cute sisters from Awassa
Our district president, Habtu with Mesi, Daisy and
President Eyob. Pres. Habtu flew to the U.S. that night
for his FIRST time! He will attend the mission reunion
and General Conference. He was SO excited!!
for his FIRST time! He will attend the mission reunion
and General Conference. He was SO excited!!
Our good friend, Tariku from the Meganagna Branch
Fikadu, Birhanu and Abere ~ three of our GREAT RMs in
Debre Zeyit. Fikadu is Elders Quorum President, Birhanu is
in the branch presidency and Abere is branch mission leader!
in the branch presidency and Abere is branch mission leader!
Our Ethiopian young people with 21 people traveling with the group Hope Arising.
(They got up on the top of the bus to take this one with my iPad!)
Our great branch president, Kiros, his former
counselor Getu and the three of us
Grant Cordner with Hope Arising
He is one of our Jeff's dental patients.
Six of the Hope Arising group and Tariku helping with lunch
Our Debre Zeyit girls and Yetim,their YW Pres. with Jamie
Yetim and her husband, Efrem were the presenters in one
of our three workshops.
Three cute YW from the Meganagna Branch
Yordanos, Rediet, Melat, Zinash and Tigist from Debre Zeyit
Salem, Tigist and Meti from DZ with Jen Dille, from
Gilbert, AZ, the director of Hope Arising
Jamie at Yod Abyssinia Saturday night, after
our Conference
Ashenafi and Salem, our good friends
in Debre Zeyit who are engaged!
Jamie with our Seminary girls (and Ashenafi photo-bombing)
Hiwot, Ashebir's wife was there and so were her kids Grant
and Nabyat. She is our branch RS President.
Sifen, an AMAZING new convert in our branch and
the YSA representative for the branch.
Gebrella and Iserael, sisters and two of our
Seminary and Institute students
Saying "good-bye" to Jamie.... : (
We took Jamie to Yod Abyssinia for dinner and to watch
the program of music and dance from different regions of
Ethiopia..
Inside Yod Abyssinia
Jamie's plate from the buffet...
My plate
Dinner at Yod Abbysinia
Pres, Aklilu's daughter in the Beklobet Branch on Sunday
in Relief Society, ran in and out of the RS room until
I finally got her to come over to me and gave her a notebook
and a pen.
Up in the foothills on Entoto Mountain overlooking
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday afternoon
There are some BAD accidents here as you can see
by this van that was carrying 20 + people
Addis Ababa taken from the Belvedere Restaurant on the hill
on the other side of Addis
Right in the center of this photo, you can see
the Meganagna chapel
One last photo, just before we took Jamie to the airport,
from the Diplomat on Bole
We stopped off and let Jamie meet Ruth and Yeabsra,
our cute friends who lived near us when we were in Addis.
They LOVED Jamie!
What a FUN 9 days....
Jamie arrived home safe and sound.
Here are Amy, Aliyah and Ashlyn in
the traditional Ethiopian clothes she took
home to them.
