As Layne and I traveled to the southern region of Ethiopia, near the village where Levi and Jesse's Ethiopian family live, we observed many things out the window as we drove. We were traveling to meet Aster and Assefa, their birth parents. What an emotional day. We will NEVER forget this beautiful couple and their love for the LORD and Geremu and Habtamu. We will tell the boys about this day many times throughout their lives. I just wanted to record what I had journaled as we traveled in the Range Rover to get there.
A baboon running on the side of the road
little children playing soccer by the road
mostly grass thatched roof homes
homes made of thin sticks and a metal sheet roof, built at a slant so water runs off
many people walking by the roadside and some wearing white shawls. It is Sunday, their holy day. White signifies this. Many families visit each other on Holy day, says our driver in very broken English
a man walking on the side of the road in the rain using a HUGE leaf as an umbrella
a man standing outside his hut under the cover of his grass roof awning. His hut had puddles of water around it
a donkey pulling a cart by the side of the road
a woman gathering water by a puddle near the side of the road
many people with sad serious faces
most barefoot in the mud
children carrying mangos, corn, and vegetables on their backs in large baskets to market in the rain
naked little children standing in the doorway of a grass hut
signs indicating that certain villages are under the jurisdiction of Ethiopia
MUDDY creeks that look like a trickle, but the people act as if the trickle is a huge river
our driver honking at birds that stayed alongside the road
sometimes very thick fog
beautiful green moutains
one mountain had 3 stripes all around
lots of little boys ages 5-9 pushing carts with big loads or tending a cart pulled by a donkey
tarps are very useful here
the water that is running in creeks and under bridges is very brown, almost orangish in color
Saw a woman with a load on her head, kneeling down and collecting water from a puddle
very rocky red soil
boys using the road to play soccer (quas)
a lot of corn growing in patches all over, some tassled, others knee high
mosque in the village
some sections of roads not paved and very muddy and rutty.
We nearly hit a man walking by the side of the road who was using a cane
little boy 5yrs? dipping water from 2 small buckets on a porch
Amharic news on the radio while we drive, it blows my mind we are in Africa and almost to the area the boys are from
It's raining, with out this newly paved road we would not be able to travel in these muddy conditions
When crossing bridges we slow WAY down and drive over a big ridge where the road meats the bridge
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