Just another day in Ethiopia

Well, we have spent another day in the very rainy, very beautiful country
of Ethiopia. Yesterday I mentioned that we went on a long trip to the
north. The countryside was so beautiful it is hard to even described. The
beauty contrasted with the poverty is startling. This a country of people
who are happy in spite of their poverty, but as an American (even as an
American who has been to Africa) it is hard to swallow. James and I found
ourselves looking at the children and thinking of our own son. If it had
not been for a wonderful biological family, Kidus could have very well
been one of those begging children.

James as primarily been in charge of the camera and he has been taking
some great pictures. I know, I am being a tease because I cannot share any
with you, but nonetheless, you will see them soon.

Today we visited two museums: The National Museum and a university Museum.
They were great... Unfortunatly we were only able to see a replica of
Lucy, because the real Lucy is in Chicago. Ah well, she probably didn't
even miss us.

Kidus had a cough last night. I gave him some Tylenol with cough, which
worked, but he still did not sleep as well as he did the night before. He
zonked out right as we were leaving, so we did decide to leave him with
the ladies here since we knew we would be back by lunch. We returned and
he was happy to see us. That was nice. James and I spent the afternoon
playing with Kidus, Taylor spent it in the Kitchen with the ladies who
work here talking music and learning some Amharic. It was a really nice
day. Tomorrow we will be going to Merkato, the largest open air market in
Africa then a traditional meal and dance tomorrow night.

We still have not resolved the memory card issue, but took this picture
for the blog of our fun afternoon.

Thanks for all your warm comments. Hope this keeps the wolves from
circling for another day :) We also pray that all is well with everyone at
home!