Painting and shopping, with a little carpentry

Today was a workday at the Bethzatha Children's Home Association orphanage in Awassa. Most of the crew spent the day scrubbing walls, speckling, putting on a bright-colored base coat and painting murals. The orphanage is a converted house with about 12 kids, all toddlers and bed babies. It is a newly established branch of the Bethzatha orphanage in Addis Ababa and there is a lot of need. Your donations to our team bought them a two-burner tabletop stove and the supplies for painting and table-making projects.
In the picture, Randy and Myron trim some linoleum that is going back into one of the rooms after the painting is finished.
While the painting was going on, Randy, Myron and I hit the road in the bus with our Ethiopian helpers in search of wood, screws, a power saw and a drill. We were reminded how lucky we are back a home to be able to run down to Lowe's or Home Depot and pick up everything we need in one stop. We spent most of the day going to multiple hardware stores, lumber outlets and carpentry shops before we got everything we needed.
We couldn't find a ladder for sale anywhere in town. When we returned to Bethzatha, Myron and Randy built a stepladder for the painters out of 4-inch tree trunks and boards. Tuesday we will be back at Bethzatha to finish the painting while Myron and Randy build tables.