Tourists

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Today was a tourist day!  We took a long drive out of the city and visited the Debra Labonos Monastery. It is an Ethiopian Orthodox church and there are about 500 monks living in the hillside surrounding the church.  We were able to take a tour.  A service was taking place at the time, and the priest directed us in through the building and talked about the different parts of the building and church history.  There were some beautiful paintings and stained glass windows.  The artwork and history is something to be appreciated. 

Following our tour, we went to a place called the Portuguese Bridge and ate a picnic lunch and hiked around.  It was beautiful to see God’s handiwork all over.  There is, of course, a bridge too.  It was built in the 16^th century.  We also saw some baboons, though not for long.  We all really enjoyed a day to sightsee and relax.  A stop at Kaldi’s on the way home to enjoy a cup of coffee and our day was complete.  Tonight we hang out and get rested up for a busy two days of work at the Korah Kids sponsorship house.  There are currently 6 boys living there with a house father.  Our projects include painting their bedrooms, assembling an office for the Korah Kids staff, and planting some flowers in pots for their patio.  The boys asked for more of those because they have enjoyed caring for the ones they already have.

Pray for our endurance during these upcoming days of hard work.

Some other great news... when we returned we had power!!!!!  Warm showers!!!!  All of those exclamation points are pure excitement and joy!!!

~Melissa