Leaving the Conveniences of Home...at Home!

When you go on a mission trip in a developing country, it's very easy to realize how blessed you really are in the United States. Even though we had the opportunity of using the Internet, the connection was so slow that our letters probably would have made it to the United States first, before we even logged on the Internet!
It seems like the few stop lights that we did see on the roads were just decoration on the street because many people did not follow them anyway! Where we lived, the water was turned off practically every other night and sometimes all day. If we didn't fill the water containers before leaving the mission house, when we returned, the little water that we did have was just enough to wash a few dishes. And because there usually was no hot water, we washed dishes and bathed in cold water. It was like being back in the Army all over again!

For those of us who like watching movies, there were no NetFlix or Blockbuster videos to rent. And for those people who have a desire to kick fast food out of their diets, you can easily do it "cold turkey" because there were no McDonald's, KFC, or Popeye’s Chicken to add to your high fat diet!

All in all, we would not trade the experience by going anywhere else in the world! There is much work to be done in Ethiopia and God is using us to do the part that He has called us to do. We are hoping to go back to Ethiopia in March or April 2010.