Timkat, the biggest holy day in Ethiopia was Sunday, Monday

and Tuesday (Jan. 18-20). We drove home on Sunday just in

time to see the procession….  It is in celebration of Jesus' Baptism.

Everyone dressed in traditional clothing and even the

varies were decorated!

We stopped and ate at the Indian Restaurant in Debre Zeyit

on Saturday night.  This is Krisna from India, our friend and

the owner of the restaurant.

We took our elders to lunch on Elder Payne's

LAST day in Debre Zeyit before he flew home.

(L-R):  Elder Napier, Elder Workman, Elder Payne

and Elder Burdick

Elder Workman and Elder Payne walking down

the road from their house on his last day...

We welcomed our NEW elders to Debre Zeyit ~ Elder Nzime sitting 

and Elder Clement on the right ~  and said goodbye to Elder Payne

on the left.

We drove to Addis on Wednesday, Jan. 21st to pick up Bob

and Martha from the airport for their ONE DAY stay in Ethiopia!

We stopped by the Meganagna building and they were having 

mutual, playing a card game with Sister Moses.

We met Bro. Jackson's son at the Meganagna building to get a 

painting (the LAST one he did) to take home.  Bro. Jackson

was from the Congo and taught Gospel Doctrine in Meganagna

Branch but passed away a few weeks ago…. We were afraid

it was too late to ever get one of his paintings.

Bob and Martha got in around 9:00 p.m. and we visited at the SIDRA

where we stayed overnight.  Then after breakfast, we drove to  Debre Zeyit

to show them where we have lived and worked for 13 months!

We took them to the Kuriftu Resort  on Lake Kuriftu, for lunch, 

then stopped at the Pyramid Hotel on Lake Bishoftu to show them another lake.

Rick and Carla returned from way down in Southern Ethiopia and came
to the hotel to visit at 5:00 p.m. so we got a picture of all of us.  (It only
took about 12 shots to get a GOOD one!! Haha!!)

Then we all went in a van to the Habesha 2000 cultural restaurant

near Edna Mall.  It was an AWESOME show and we had traditional

food too.  This is the outside of the building ~ St. George Church in

Lalibela and King Fasiledes' Castle!

I got mostly video of the dancers and singers.

Our enjera, with the wats and tibs….

One last picture of me with my two brothers before we went to bed….

(Ray passed away 8 years ago the day before, Jan. 21st.)