Sunday

We awoke to the sound of church bells Sunday. This was the Sunday before Christmas here in Ethiopia! We were able to join the International Evangelical church for worship. At the service we met Bridget Sullivan and her family of eight! We would be joining them for the remainder of the day.

After church, all 18 of us walked to a pizza place for lunch. Everyone enjoyed some yummy pizza.  The children especially were excited for familiar food:). At lunch we heard more of Bridget's story. She and her husband adopted a boy from Ethiopia through America World four years ago. A year later they adopted two older girls to make a total of 6 children in their family. A year and a half ago they decided to move their entire family to Addis to serve!  They opened and now operate a child care center for children 0-4 years old. The children who attend are often of single mothers. Many times single mothers are not able to work because they have no one to care for their children....often leading to many children to be left at orphanages. This center allows mothers or care givers to work and keeps families together!  

Following lunch we went to their child care center which was in need of some fresh paint. Our team and the family got to work and painted five rooms at the center. Everyone worked hard and even the kids helped out some!  

It is now Monday morning here. We are getting ready to meet our Compassion children this morning!