No access to phone, internet, or any other electronic. I realized as we drove back to Addis that I have not truly 'unplugged' for a VERY long time. Getting to camp is no easy process here in Ethiopia. I have been many places in the world and experienced lots of transportation issues. But sitting in a small car on a Ethiopian 'freeway' might be at the top of the list of 'not fun' experiences. No AC, and thousands of old trucks, dump trucks, semi's, and buses billowing black smoke with potholes, accidents, and honking horns and 2 hours later I had a large headache from the fumes.
When we got to camp and I heard that kids coming from a town called Jima had travelled 12 hours...well, suffice to say it was my first of many wake up calls. (Emma did fine by the way and chatted endlessly with Moges (country director) - yet another humbling reminder of my only child issues :).
We arrived and the first person to greet us was Ephram, a DGL student. He is a quiet but very effective leader (one of 200+ here in Ethiopia). We met the DGL student the Hanson family sponsors the next day and he is AWESOME! I will do a write up on him in one of my next posts.
Moges (knowing me) brought us to our 'room/closet'. He offered to take us to a hotel each night of the camp. I was thinking: No bathroom, OLD mattresses, crickets and bugs, no mosquito nets, had to lock us IN at night, no shower for 3 days.....HELL NO. As I was about ready to say, 'ya, we will just do the hotel deal, I turned to Emma and she said "Moges this is awesome and you have given us the best place at camp, we will stay here..THANK YOU". So, we moved in. (see picture below).
More to come....
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| Emma getting 'used' to her bunk for the next 3 days! It was about the size of our pantry :) |
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