Ethiopia: Day 8 (1/4/11)

This morning we woke up at 5:30am. Our last day in Shanto. We spent the morning at FOVC finishing up last minute tasks and saying good bye. We said our good bye's with hugs and kisses and there were many tears shed on both sides. We headed out toward Addis in a different direction going through the Rift Valley (also known as the lake country). Our first stop was for lunch at a beautiful lake resort. There were monkey's all around in the trees...
Here are a few pictures of the country side as we drove through...
This was a hot spring that fed into a large lake.
They had many beautiful distinct trees that are not found in America.
This one I was convinced was used as the crown of thorns upon Jesus head. It was pretty hard to think about.

When the sun set it was beautiful but became very dark really quick since there is no electricity in most areas. The stars were brilliant also and it was hard not to praise God for his creation!