We are ready!

Our bags are packed (all 26 of them) with clothes, shoes, donations and a variety of other items we're taking to Ethiopia! It's hard to believe that we leave in less that a week (4 days to be exact)!

Pictures from the streets of Ethiopia.

Our team is excited and more than ready to get our hands dirty, painted and working. When we arrive in Addis we'll be going over to Hannah's Hope orphanage and working! We cannot wait to see Almaz - the orphanage director, hold babies, play with the children and work!! We'll be doing a variety of these types of things for a few days before we fly up north to Mekele!

Pictures from Hannah's Hope

In Mekele we'll be working with Dr. Geb on his new hospital. We'll be painting and helping to build whatever is left to build. We are thoroughly excited to meet Dr. Geb, hear his story and work!! While in Mekele, we'll also meet the president of a seminary. They've asked us to bring 100 English bibles for their students which we were thrilled to be able to do. We are looking forward to learning more about this seminary and hopefully being able to connect them with a seminary here in the US. That's their desire as well. So if anyone knows of any seminary's that may be interested in forming a partnership in Ethiopia, let me know!

This is the hospital Dr. Geb is building. I'm excited to see how far it has come. Impressive!

From Mekele we'll take a 5 hour van ride over very rough roads, mountains and hills. We'll be heading to a village called Kerbera Valley. Almaz took a team there last year and they handed out shoes. This year, we'll be taking more shoes and clothes especially for older children. We are really excited to get to know these people and get to spend some time with them.

Some scenes from Kerbera Valley

After that we'll head back to Addis and work more in the orphanages.

Needless to say, it's a full and exciting schedule! Please lift up our team as well as all of the individuals we'll be meeting and connecting with in Ethiopia. God be praised for all that He will do in and through us!! Amen.