Monday, August 24, 2009

Moving in

Well, I arrived safely back in Ethiopia yesterday. Was a shorter trip
than most of mine (though still totalled about 20 hours). It was a
wonderful feeling once I walked out of the airport and was greeted by
a group of my friends. The whole family I am staying with (Dr. Frew's
family) was there, along with Eshete and Birhanu. As we started
driving away from the airport I had this feeling as if I never left,
it was wonderful. I felt completely at home and completely at peace
about my decision to move here.
This isn't to say that it isn't hard. Especially to leave all my
family behind, I love you all.

This week will be pretty mellow. Both Melese and Frew are out of
Addis. They are both in Awasah. Frew and his family are there for
vacation and Melese is there for work. So, I will spend time moving
in. Hopefully seeing my other friends. And spending time with Ruth
after she finishes work.

After this week I will start having meetings with Frew about Fields of
Hope and how we can get all of that work started. Also, Ruth and I
will start having meetings with Melese for our marriage counseling.

Also, please check out facebook.com/fieldsofhope
This is acting as our temporary website until our official one is up
and running, which I hear should be pretty soon.

Well, that's all for now.
I'm gonna go get some breakfast and start unpacking

Take care,
Dan