Ethiopia can be a tough country in some ways: the government is the only internet provider (!!) and its slow, and the cell phone network is patchy outside of Addis. I am so thankful for texting!
Anyways, we had a really encouraging meeting last week about the Health project, and it was encouraging because we all realize we need to get Ethiopians into these upper level management positions or the project will never last. I hope we can pull through and get those changes into place!
I mentioned some kind of a seed project- that was just my off-the-wall idea of a way to help out in this time of hunger- backyard gardens growing things like spinach, potatoes, and carrots, that we could water with some kind of drip irrigation system and have a bit of agricultural education happening at the same time. Well, we have picked two sample gardens so far, one man is digging up his land and is allowing us to use it, the other man has already dug it up and prepared the land. We have a boy raising seedlings for us, then we'll transplant to those plots. I hope it can help in some way...
Now I'm in Addis for a few days-- being with Brian is great! I haven't had time to catch up with many others, but I'll take my time with him. It is a new world talking about combining~ fun!! Today we tried to talk through wedding plans.
So now he's back to school tomorrow and I'm off to run errands before heading back to Langano on Tuesday. Its been a great time up here!!
