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...
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...
