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November…

30 November, 2008 | 0 COMMENTS

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. Apologies for that, it seemed over the last few weeks every time that I went to post something new, there was some reason why I couldn’t. Anyway, all is well now for me to post so I’ll try my best to remember the most of everything that has happened over the past couple of weeks.A couple of weekends ago, the Grade 11 students went to Sodore for their retreat. This retreat was the same as that which happened last year that I attended (describe...

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Rain!

4 November, 2008 | 0 COMMENTS

Rain has come once again to Ethiopia; I never thought I’d see it again so soon. Usually there is very little rain from October through to May, but this past week we have seen a lot of it. As I write this now at our house, I can hear the rain on the roof. This isn’t pleasant for those in the city, but it’s more serious for the farmers in the country. The November harvest is one of the biggest of the year and the rain is likely to ruin the crops. The Teff grain that injera is made from needs...

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Kilimanjaro

29 October, 2008 | 0 COMMENTS

So I’m back from Kilimanjaro. Which was stunning. Absolutely fantastic. Simultaneously one of the hardest and most rewarding things I’ve ever done in my life.We set off on Monday 20th to fly to Nairobi and then on to Kilimanjaro airport. After arriving at our hotel, we relaxed by the pool (yes a pool!) and went to bed.The next morning we were picked up early and set off on our route up Kilimanjaro. We had a total of 17 assisting us on our way up the mountain. We had 13 porters, a guide, an a...

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Grade 7 retreat to Langano

16 October, 2008 | 0 COMMENTS

Still having internet problems, until I get these sorted out the frequency of postings will be low; bear with me!The weekend of 4/5th Oct, I joined Brian and a number of other staff on the Grade 7 retreat to Langano. This is a large lake about 4 hours to the south of Addis; I had never been before so I was glad to join in. Before we set off, we were informed that we needed to deliver a package, from SIM HQ in Addis down to the SIM clinic that is located in Langano. The package turned out to be a...

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Nothing new

6 October, 2008 | 0 COMMENTS

Sorry for the time that’s gone by since the last post; we’ve been having more internet troubles (nothing new, then). Ethiopia Telecoms continues to be a constant frustration for me.Another couple of weeks have gone by here; I’m continuing to enjoy my work here. I’m finding the elementary teaching tough, it takes patience solving simple problems (like Caps-Lock is on and taking new lines by pressing enter) 1000 times a day. However, I’m enjoying helping out with the high school kids’ ...

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