Each year during the last week of the first term, all the middle school and high school classes at Bingham get involved in community service activities and take part in a retreat of some kind in various parts of Ethiopia. The Grade 7s went to Langano and helped out at the Langano Elementary School, which … [Read More »]
Babogaya SIM Orientation
In September, the new SIM missionaries were required to attend an orientation weekend at Babogaya, where there is a lakeside SIM compound near Debre Zeit, a town a couple of hours drive south east of Addis. The lake is an old volcanic crater and is apparently one of those ones where no one is quite … [Read More »]
Sorry…
… for the lack of updates lately. I have a bunch of posts in draft form, but finding (a) the time and (b) the decent internet connection to get them uploaded can be a challenge sometimes. When I have the time (ie on the weekends) inevitably there is a power cut which means the server … [Read More »]
A Traditional Coffee Ceremony
One of the best parts of our orientation programme was the opportunity to visit the homes of some of Bingham’s Ethiopian employees for a traditional coffee ceremony. I went to the home of Embet, who is the houseworker for several Bingham families. She is a delightful woman who lives about a 20 minute walk from … [Read More »]
What I am reading: Red Dog
The film Red Dog came out in cinemas just a few days after I left for Ethiopia. I was sorry to have missed it, not the least of which because the delightful Josh Lucas plays the lead role of John, and am looking forward to seeing it on DVD when I get home! As I … [Read More »]
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