PICTURES!

Thanks for asking about pictures. They are very difficult to upload and send, but I will try and post thumbnail images on my blog from now on. These images will be VERY small, since I have to send them via dial up to my brother who posts them for me. Here are a few from the past month:

1. From Left to Right: Patrick, me, Matt. Heather, Rob. Jessica Merriam, Amon and Kate. This image was taken at Morehead in North Carolina during our Ethiopia Orientation. Everyone in this image is now living at the Cherokee House except for Matt, who lived in Ethiopia this summer and is now back in school. Jessica Ditto (not in the picture) has been in Ethiopia since July and is staying in the house until November. Yes, you read correctly, there are THREE Jessica¹s at the house. So fun.


2. This is our first night in the Cherokee House. We just got in from a 16 hour flight and a ridiculous ride back from the airport.


3. Jruss and Kate after a long day of getting lost in the outskirts of Addis.


4. Ohh! This is an image of myself with Yonathan, one of the neatest men in Addis. I am friends with him and his wife Hareg and their beautiful 2 girls, Abigail and Ruth. Yoni is a true instigator of peace. I was able to listen to him speak about teaching values in the classroom, and I am very inspired by the work he does. This family has a beautiful heart the poor in Ethiopia and they are an inspiration to all. Yoni just left for a 6 week visit to the states, but when he gets back I hope to do a photo story on his work.


5. These are some of the fun kids who live in our neighborhood.


6. Habtamu is one of the kids I teach in the Montessori School at the Mother
Teresa Orphanage in Asco. He is ALWAYS in a cheerful mood and his smile
brings joy to my heart.


7. MY PRECIOUS LEAHA. I wrote about her last week. I love this child so
much! I am trying to teach her to be nice and not hit the other kids. She
crys many times a day, but she has one of the most radiant smiles I have
EVER seen.