in Sendafa once again

Today was my first day in Sendafa on this trip. It has been more than
one year since I have been there, so it was very nice to visit it
again. There is a lot of new construction of homes and they are also
completely re-doing the main road through Sendafa. We were not there
very long, I think only 3 hours or so. And we had some trouble getting
there, the car had some problem with the axle (we spent hours waiting
for it to be fixed once we got back to Addis). I got to see a
construction of a new church, see some of the micro-financing
recipients.

But the best part of today was getting to be with the entire PAAV
staff again. They are all such wonderful people and I always enjoy
spending time with them. I had seen everyone before today except
Ageritu, so I was glad to finally see her on this trip. She is a very
nice lady, a single mom who works on this project and goes to school
as well.

I think that I will go back to Sendafa about 4 or 5 more times on this
trip. They generally go about twice per week, as there is not much
need to go more than that. There is a chance that we will have to go
an extra day or two to hand out all of the multi-vitamins to the
children, but we will see.

One other bit of news today: I am able to drink the water. I had
always thought the water was un-treated and contained a lot of
bacteria that would make me sick. But, as it turns out, in Addis they
treat the water with chlorine like we do in the states. So, I brushed
my teeth with it and drank a half glass of it today without any
problems. I wish I had known this on my prior trips because it sure
would have made eating and taking showers much easier.

I am very tired right now, I have been waking up at 4am for some
reason the last few days and so I have not gotten much rest. Luckily
tomorrow I am able to sleep in since we do not have any plans.
Hopefully I actually do sleep in.

Will try to write more tomorrow.

Tebarek