OK, it's not right around the corner, but we DID book our flights and hotels for a trip to Ethiopia this winter. I am very nervous about it because we are ALL going. It cost a FORTUNE to buy five plane tickets, especially because we are taking the easy way and stopping in London for a night on the way there and two nights on the way home.
I think it's going to be a total shock for G and E, and it will be interesting to see how Mebira handles it all as well. Because she came to Canada when she was almost 5, she still has a lot of memories. However, sometimes things are a little bit different than you remember...especially after living in Canada for two years.
Why did we decide to go back? Well, Mebira still has some relatives in Ethiopia who we would like to visit. Who, you may ask? That is Mebira's story and I will let her tell it when she's ready, to whom she wants to. In the meantime, I will tell you that we are all five going to travel to the remote village of her birth, and will visit the relatives who are there. I'm a bit nervous about how this will go...I can imagine it will be incredibly emotional for all of us.
I absolutely loved visiting Ethiopia both times...it is an amazing country. I know it will have a totally different flavour now that we are bring G and E along, though. They find it difficult when we camp without sewer hookups! :-) It will be very eye opening, though and will give us many teaching moments.
The girls have been very excited about doing some fundraising for organizations in Ethiopia. We've decided to support the Soddo Christian Hospital http://www.soddo.org/ and are going to have a crazy busy weekend baking apple pies and making friendship bracelets. If you live in our area and want to order a pie ($10) or friendship bracelet ($2) or would like to donate, we would love it!
I'll update more thoughts on our trip another time...for now thanks for reading. :-)
