Ethiopia: Day 3 (12/30/10)

We made it! The ride back from the airport is shocking! I didn't quite picture the city of Addis and capital of Ethiopia to be like this. The smell is overwhelming and there is garbage everywhere.

Our guest house is nice and has hot water. I am in a room with 6 other men sleeping on a bunk. We spent the afternoon in Korah; one of the worst slums in Ethiopia. Project 61 is a Christian based organization established there to help these families. What we saw and did there was life changing! The people are so friendly and welcoming to us. We went in groups of 4-5 (with a translator) and visited families delivering food and praying with them and for them. The children are everywhere. The ground is a thick mud and they live in one room shacks with 4-6 other's.

That night we ate at a nice Italian restaurant that had an art gallery inside. I bought a picture to take home. I went to bed at 11pm and then awoke to a migraine around 3am and threw up. In the morning I felt much better and the doctor with us said it was probably due to exhaustion.