Another amazing day given to us by God! We had another packed day here in Ethiopia! We started off attending an international evangelical church. We enjoyed a great time of worship (half way through Margie leans over to me and says, "Hey we are worshiping God in Ethiopia!!"). After church we went to lunch with Tracie, the girls, and CCC staff. The menu had some great Ethiopian dishes, but at the last minute we chickened out and decided to go with a club sandwich. we could have had a burger with egg on it...still trying to figure that one out!
The best part of the day was when we went with Tracie to the conference site. We arrived at a church whose sanctuary holds 7,000 people! We were able to help "decorate" and had so much fun blowing up 1,000's of balloons, putting them in bunches of 6, and streaming them on ribbon from one end of the church to the other. As we started to huff and puff our way through the balloon blowing, one of our new CCC girlfriends suggested that we ask the women, who had come to meet their host family at the church, to help blow up the many balloons. It became a game of sort for the women and they all got into the FUN! It was a wonderful opportunity to give them a moment of laughter and play while they were waiting for information on their week stay here in Addis Ababa.
Damtew and Tracie treated all the men and women who had come from other countries to join their team for the conference to a delicious orientation dinner at a local hotel. Each person was given the opportunity to tell their name and share how they hoped to connect in during the week. The keynote speakers for the week will be Elizaberth Schenkel and Judy Douglass. Elizabeth and her husband Eric are the new Executive Directors for The Jesus Film Project and Judy is the wife of the President of CRU.
It is now 1:00am and we have to be up at 6:00am! We will continue to keep you updated and hopeful have time soon to add in more details for you!
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