Shalom Orphanage is amazing, so wonderful. Yesterday, June 6, they celebrated their first anniversary. They waited for us to arrive and we celebrated with cake and a coffee ceremony and the director made a little speech. We were so honored to be part of it, and it was clear they all loved Dawit. I will share some great stories they told us about him later. Here's the really special part: One year ago June 6 when Shalom first opened its doors, our dossier was leaving the U.S. en route to Ethiopia -- the very same day!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Back in Addis
We just arrived back from Awassa and are sitting at the guesthouse with Shadley, Dan, Esias (what a doll!) and Lindsey from the Bethany Iowa office. We had a wonderful time and saw amazing countryside. I'm half delirious from being in the car for a zillion hours so I'll post the details later. But here's one tidbit:
