I am feeling a bit sentimental. I am blessed beyond what I deserve in life, and yet, I miss. I fell in love with Ethiopia in so many wonderful ways. You know what it's like when you visit a place and just really, really like it? Well, it is more, so much more than that. My sweet little daughter's life began there. Her Ethiopian family is there. Part of my heart remains there. I miss it!
We look through our photo's and video's from our 2 trips often. I wish I was there to hear their accents, see their expressions, watch them herding their animals in the streets =) , admire their determination, taste new and delicious foods, sip their macchiato's, be encouraged by Burtikan, climb all those marble steps at the guesthouse, see their amazing mountainous views, visit with the homeless, parent less children at the feeding program, even (gulp) be chauffeured around their crazy roads. Our trips to Ethiopia will remain some of the best times in our lives! AND, our lives will forever be changed because of them.
God is faithful. God is able. God is good, all the time!
Some of our special friends in Ethiopia:
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| Our Ethiopian Family |
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| Todd, Carrie & Firew just before heading out to pick up Kyah! |
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| The Morning Coffee Guesthouse with Burtikan & Nasibu |
We were fortunate and blessed on both trips to have a wonderful Christian man named Firew (pronounced Fray-O) be our Bethany guide. On one excursion, we were at the top on Mt. Toto, which over looks Addis Ababa, and asked if we could video him saying his famous phrase "God is good, all the time". Not only did he say it for us, he sang it! It is a treasure to me.
Thanks for sharing this! He should cut an album!
ReplyDeleteConnie
Wow! That is beautiful to have that video, along with all the pictures and memories, etc. I know part of what you're talking about, after going to Honduras last summer. We made such special friends and it's amazing how God's people are the same all over the world~ they have that special joy of the Holy Spirit!
ReplyDeleteI cried when we left there. We now have a special attachment to the beautiful country, and my "family" of our sponsored children through World Vision, Lesly, and now Danilson, her brother too!
Smells, and sights forever stick in my mind. Certain people, or images of poverty which are ingrained in my brain...
For you, it is where little Kyah's roots are, so it would be different than for someone like me who visits a country where you care about people. Also, your World Vision child is there too! For you, it is like part of her is "carved" out of that country. You can always keep educating her about her country of origin. You can always remember that the world is actually very small to our HUGE God. God is so good, all the time, as your friend sang!
Blessings,
Myrna