On Monday, August 4th, we had a zone activity with the elders and 

drove about 1/1/2 hours north of Addis to Portugese Bridge.  What

a BEAUTIFUL drive and a FUN place to hike! 

The scenery was GORGEOUS!  SOOO green!!

The Zone Ü

( Habtamu on the front right in the white shirt, is a local missionary who was

getting ready to fly to Accra Ghana on his mission! )

What a BEAUTIFUL place!!

We saw LOTS of baboons!!

The cacti made us a little homesick for AZ....

On top of the bridge             

What we had to hike down... VERY slippery rocks

wet with mud! : /

The inside of the bridge is made from Juniper wood.

A baboon cave

Oops! An accidental "selfie"!

We had lunch at THE FAMILY (Mexican ~ sort of) RESTAURANT

A few hours after we got home, we had a HUGE 

rainstorm that turned to hail and piled up in the 

Church parking lot!!

 

This huge tree fell over from the wind!

We got home tonight from our weekend in Awassa and Wendo Genet.  We had a great time. Here are some photos...

We were traveling so fast they are blurry....

but they show how GREEN it is in

the rainy season!

The big Orthodox Church in Awassa, Ethiopia and the 

tower in the circle on the way to our Church

The Haile Resort where we stayed

We took the Awassa elders: Elder Payne, Elder Taylor, 

Elder Self, Elder Allen and Elder Keith to dinner.

A HUGE tree outside the hotel by Lake Awassa

The two buildings where the Wendo Genet Branch meets for Church

I taught Primary to the 17 little kids there

Thank goodness for one of our elders translating for me!

I gave them each a Testimony glove

This little girl was SO sweet with her little sister!

They were there 1/2 hour before Church started.

Some of the beautiful little children after Primary

Their EYES are amazing!!

Two young women in the branch age 14

Scenery on the way back to Addis Ababa

One of MANY Moslem Mosques on the way home