Bethlehem trying to ride a bike on the SIM compound basketball court
On Wednesday night we took our neighbors (Dirk-Jon & Maryam Baarson) out to dinner at a nearby restaurant. The couple run the boarding school home for about 10 children. They invited us for dinner last Friday... they have been so nice and supportive of us that we wanted to thank them. Most of the kids were Middle School and High School... and they all orded pizza I think! :)
dinner last Sunday with a family here who have adopted 2 girls Bethlehem's age who wanted their girls to tell B about their experience moving to US
Bethlehem helping Jaci bake cookies at the SIM guest house this week
Bethlehem in front of the Christmas tree at the Sheraton Hotel
Sheraton Hotel again... this Christmas display had a mechanical reindeer... it frightened Bethlehem at first until Efrim convinced her it was "fake"
The kids that we met on our drive Wednesday to the King's Forest. This is the oldest forest in Africa. The king of Ethiopia 500 years ago set aside this forest as it was his favorite place. On the drive there we met several groups of children, and gave them them the lollipops that our daughter Jill sent with us to Ethiopia.
Jim and Bethlehem hiking on the trail in the King's Forest. It was a great hike... 5.4 kilometers to the top where we got to go in the museum...
turns out it was full of stuffed animals endemic to Ethiopia. Bethlehem was pretty terrified at first of the animals... until our driver/friend Efrim convinced her they were not able to hurt her. :)
Hello!
Here's a mother and baby that Jaci gave out some food to on our trip home from the King's Forest. She was standing in the field gleaning grain like Ruth in the bible with her baby in her arms.
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