Carlyn

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...

          My last blog post was 6 months ago and we have had so many big things happen since then. I'll attempt to summarize! Due to unrest in Ethiopia we were without internet in October and November(hence no updates) and not able to travel outside of Addis. Thanks be to God that things calmed down fairly quickly. In November we moved to a house on the north side of Addis, much closer to CURE Hospital. This was a huge answer to prayer. We had been praying for a home closer to CURE and praying that it would have some outdoor space. God so graciously answered our prayers. We are a 15 min drive from CURE or a 45 minute walk. This is so wonderful for our family since we share a vehicle. James spends much less time commuting and now we have more family time. Our new house has more outdoor space- a driveway, carport, small yard, lots of flower gardens and a vegetable garden. We has also have a 2 bedroom basement apartment. Our driver, Zola, and his f...