Our First Rainy Season
We have been in Ethiopia for 7 months and we are halfway though our first rainy season. Time is going quickly and it's now less than 5 month until our first visit back to the US! Though, I have to say, reading the US news, it's beginning to seem like a scarier and scarier place to visit. It's strange being outside the US and reading news of what is going on from that point of view. Our first 4 months of living in Ethiopia were not without difficulties, but I would still classify them as a classic “honeymoon phase" of moving to a new culture. The 5 th and 6 th month were much harder with more loneliness and cultural stress. We missed family, friends, American food, summer activities, extended family vacations and holiday celebrations. One of our dogs, Scarlett, died during that time and her loss was very hard on the kids(and me too)! With the start of rainy season in mid June most of the missionary families we had met left the country and activities became...