Ethiopia: Day 7 (1/3/11)

We started the morning early again and arrived at 7am. This is our last full day in Shanto with FOVC. Here is a picture of the orphanage we raised money for and are helping to construct. We goth the building walled in (before we left) and they need more funds to complete.Yes, that is right; you don't see me in the picture. They wanted to build it not destroy it so I stayed away, ha. I took part in many other activities.

Here, Allison and I are helping the kids with a few crafts to remember our stay.

Then, we distributed crayons and coloring books. This was a big hit as most of them have never colored before!
Later in the afternoon we visited 10 homes of widows and orphans. We delivered food and sewing kits and then prayed with them. They were so thankful and praised God with hands lifted high and some broke into dance. This was incredible and a yeah God moment.

While we were there one of the group members established a sponsorship program for the orphans at FOVC and I believe all (current) orphans have been sponsored! A few other activities that were going on was a pastor conference to about 100 local pastors equipping them with Bibles in their native tongue and teaching them. Everyday locals would come to hear the word of God preached and on the final day it was estimated that 15,000 people came and heard the word of God preached, wow! Also, a clinic was set up by our doctors and each kid had a check up.

I will always remember how happy, joyful and grateful they are in Ethiopia.

We ate dinner around 10pm and in bed at midnight.