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...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 10, 2012 | 2012 Mission, Blog, Travel
Less than a year ago, my wife Haleigh and I visited the rural Ethiopian village of Arbegona on a small, information-gathering trip. Since school was out, only a few children wandered the countryside in front of the mud buildings used as a school. The school...
by Haleigh Almquist | Jun 9, 2012 | 2012 Mission, Blog, Travel
Today was a travel day for The Davis Moon Project and we made a 5 hour trek to Awassa. One challenge in Ethiopia is that due to poor infrastructure and roads it can take a long time take to travel 175 miles. The upside to the long drive is that we were traveling...
