by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 19, 2014 | 2014 Mission, Blog, Travel
Where did the 10 days go? It flew by. This mission was our most successful visit in the history of our DMP partnership with the community leaders, church leaders, parents, school administration and children who attend the DMP school. I want to take a snapshot of...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 15, 2014 | Blog, Travel
Today was our second visit to The Davis Moon Project School in Arbegona. Since Saturday is a leisure day there were only 100 students around the school instead of 800. As joyful as it is to have all of the students it can be a little hard to get work done around the...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 14, 2014 | Blog
Today we went for our first visit with a private orphanage in Awassa. We delivered supplies (diapers, toddler shoes, clothes and bottles), played with the children and were honored with a coffee ceremony by the orphanage officials. This private orphanage housed 50...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 14, 2014 | 2014 Mission, Blog, Travel
This is my first visit to Ethiopia and even though I’ve only been here for four days it has already changed my life. Today we visited Ajuuja, a privately funded orphanage in Awassa. We brought with us bags of diapers, bottles, shoes, bedding, and clothes to leave...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 13, 2014 | 2014 Mission, Blog, Travel
Today we ventured out to Arbegona to visit the DMP School and see the progress that has been made since our last visit in 2012. Since we departed a few years ago we have supported a few new projects and we were very eager to see the completion of many of these. As we...