by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 12, 2014 | 2014 Mission, Blog, Travel
Today we spent time with the beautiful children at Kebebtsehay state-operated Orphanage in Addis Ababa. This is our 4th mission to spend time at the orphanage and the children were as expected – hopeful, spirited and loving. The baby room had in some cases 3...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 18, 2012 | 2012 Mission, Blog, Travel
Our final day in Ethiopia was spent at Kebebtsehay orphanage in Addis Ababa. Our group split up with some of our group playing with the bigger kids, some toddlers, some babies. I spent my day with the babies. I was greatly relieved to see all the babies who were in...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 18, 2012 | 2012 Mission, Blog, Travel
Anticipation Today was the day! Up early we ate and quickly mobilized for this much longed for day of work. Even though we quietly rode most of the familiar route to Arbegona, I sensed that each one of us was excitedly waiting to see the children and begin the first...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 18, 2012 | 2012 Mission, Blog, Travel
“All of you Welcome” “We win Poverty By Education” “With Out Education No Development No Change” “Education Is Base For Development” After a whirlwind 48 hours of traveling from Austin to Washington D.C. then to Addis Ababa and Awassa, we were finally on our way to...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 17, 2012 | 2012 Mission, Blog, Travel
In my last blog posting, I noted how the community of Arbegona welcomed us with an amazing celebratory greeting. Incredibly, the welcome we received for our last trip to Arbegona was even more amazing than the first. The early morning rain caused the dirt road leading...
