Wow! What an incredible month! This month my team was paired with another team from our squad, Team Parresia while we partnered with HOPEthiopia in a small village 3 hours outside of Addis Ababa.
We did a number of things including painting houses, gardening, reforestation, and working at a clinic. A medical team from Canada came our second week there and put on a free clinic for two weeks for all the local people. I was in charge of the hand washing station where I taught people how to properly wash their hands. Each individual was given a bar of soap to take home. Many of these people had NEVER washed their hands with soap before. Incredible amounts of dirt was washed away from their worn and tired hands.
Below is a summary of what HOPEthiopia is all about and links videos from this past month.
HOPEthiopia is all about bringing HOPE
(where HOPE stands for Home of Providence / Prayer / Power Ethiopia) and restoration to the orphaned children and homeless retired pastors of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a land that has been greatly blessed with geographical, ecological, and cultural diversity, in large part due to its rich history. However, this blessing has come with incredible costs. The land and the people have had to withstand terrible wars and disasters, and in the more recent generations, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS. As a result of these challenges, Ethiopia is faced with the reality of a great number of orphaned children and homeless citizens. It is with these conditions in mind that HOPEthiopia is working with participating Ethiopian citizens to create an environment of hope and restoration for both the people and the land. Addressing the concerns of Community, Agriculture, Reforestation, and Land Reclamation HOPEthiopia is helping to realize the revival of a nation.
www.hopethiopia.com
Ethiopia Recap
Thanksgiving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=75&v=QV-v4EYRdRQ
Preaching at Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd1521VOGxU
Christmas party dancing
