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 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...