A Day in Yetebon: Monday

Life stays busy in Yetebon, Ethiopia.  One of the things we’ve enjoyed most about our work with Project Mercy is the variety of work.  On the average day, we are teachers, friends, mentors, coaches, and tutors.  In the first of a 7 part series, we thought we’d share a bit about what our average day [...]

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A Bright Future for Yetebon

Dear Family and Friends, It is late here… almost 11:45 p.m.  But since our friend Michelle was surprised with a trip home, we wanted to take advantage of the chance to write and post pictures.  Communication, as we expected, has been a challenge.  We’re very thankful for the power as it comes and goes.  Last [...]

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Breath deep, We’re finally home in Yetebon

Happy Ethiopian New Year!! Andrea and I are back in Addis to pick up my older brother, Nathaniel, who will be working with us for the year.  The whole city is astir with celebrations of the New Year.  By the way, if you want to celebrate correctly, bang your pots and pans at 6 a.m. [...]

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First post from Addis Ababa

I’ve never been the type to get worked up about transitions.  Whether leaving for university across town or moving to Costa Rica, I don’t tend to feel the loss of moving on until I’m gone.  But the “click”, that awareness that this is bound to happen.  Two days ago the click came as we were [...]

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Broken bodies and broken souls filled with Christ’s glory

We had a sad accident late Friday night. While we were playing table games with friends, the glass dinner table suddenly broke and Andrea fell into the glass shards. She arose holding her face, and we immediately left for the emergency room after seeing blood so close to her eye. The doctors were able to [...]

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