Carlyn

We love Ethiopia! Celebrating the end to a 20 year war with Eritrea and the blessing of the new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed!     I'm writing from the middle of our 3rd rainy season here in Ethiopia.  We have now lived here for 2 years and 7 months and are looking forward to our 3rd trip back to the US in 2 months. It can be very challenging living here, but we are ALL thankful to be here and to get to see what God is doing in Ethiopia.  I am realizing more and more that homeschooling has been such a blessing for our family.  It has helped our kids deal with the transition of moving to Ethiopia and of living cross culturally with minimal problems.  They are really thriving. Each child has their own challenges but they're small compared to what they could be. I’m so thankful God led us down this path.  It’s not an easy path, but it is worth it.  One of the doctors at CURE recently asked me if I “loved homeschooling my kids”.  I wa...

CURE International recently produced a series of short films about CURE Ethiopia.  They are all wonderful and give a good picture of the work and ministry we are blessed to be involved in here. Part 3 has lots of interviews and scenes of James at work. He is also in the beginning and end of Part 4.  Enjoy! Part 1: Overview Part 2: Hospital Part 3: Theater(Operating Room)  Part 4: Environment 

We have now lived in Ethiopia for almost 2 years, and we are one week away from our 2 nd trip back to the US.    I wanted to summarize all of the major events of our second term here before it is completely forgotten.   My last blog was all about our normal weekly schedule, so these are the events that were out of our normal schedule.   Rahab In January a week after we returned from our first trip to the US, Rahab was born.   Zola and Hala had asked me to be her godmother.   It was my responsibly to name Rahab.   Trying to name a child in a different culture and language than your own is a challenge!    Hala wanted a “unique Bible name” but Bible names are very popular here in Ethiopia so it was a tall order.   We went though every girl name in the Bible.   The first time I showed Hala the name Rahab, I could tell she really liked it.   The name for Rahab in Amharic is a homophone to the word that means hungry.   B...